

Lovato had previously used the title of the single as a hashtag for another Instagram picture on February 24. The artwork is a blurry picture of Lovato wearing a red jacket on a city street with the title of the single in the left upper corner. On March 2, 2020, she announced via Instagram that her new single "I Love Me" would be released four days later, attaching the cover art to the post. In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lovato described the track as "fun and lighthearted" with a "positive, upbeat message". According to Anne-Marie, she co-wrote the song with other songwriters in 2019 before Lovato heard it and recorded it. "I Love Me" was written by Lovato alongside Anne-Marie, Jennifer Decilveo, Sean Douglas, Alex Niceforo, Keith Sorrells and Warren "Oak" Felder and produced by the latter three. Billboard named it the 67th best song of 2020. The song peaked at number four in Hungary and number eighteen in the United States. It was released on March 6, 2020, and features Lovato walking across a street with several references to moments in her career and personal life. The music video for "I Love Me" was directed by Hannah Lux Davis and filmed in New York City. The song can be found on the expanded edition of the album. the Art of Starting Over, but was removed from the final tracklist.

The song was originally intended to be the lead single off of Lovato's seventh studio album Dancing with the Devil. It is an midtempo pop and R&B song, with lyrics about struggles with self-image. The track was written by Lovato alongside Anne-Marie, Jennifer Decilveo, Sean Douglas, Alex Niceforo, Keith Sorrells and Warren "Oak" Felder, with production being handled by the latter three. " I Love Me" (stylised as I ♥ Me) is a song by American singer Demi Lovato. For other songs, see I Love Me (disambiguation). This article is about the Demi Lovato song.
