Not Your Pet

"Not Your Pet"
Single by Romo
Released	October 2, 2017
Format	CD single Digital download
Recorded	2016-17
Genre	Indie pop, electronic
Length	tbd
Label	The Empire
Writer	Jenna Romo
Producer	Jenna Romo
Chart position	#7
Certification	none
Additional artwork
UK CD2
Romo chronology
"Spontaneous Combustion" (2014) "Not Your Pet" (2017) "Feminist Christ" (2020)

"Not Your Pet" is a single from Romo. The single was released October 2, 2017, marking Romo's 16th single release and first in almost exactly three years.

Background

"Not Your Pet" is an electropop song with alternative rock and trap influences that was recorded as the lead single for a planned third album in the POPSTAR saga, POPSTAR 3: Belle's Vengeance, but the album was ultimately not released after recordings of the masters were lost in a hard drive crash. "Not Your Pet" and Romo's previous single, "Spontaneous Combustion", were both intended for the album.

The song's second verse borrows lyrics from the Front Bottoms' "Legit Tattoo Gun". The chorus is an answer to Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines".

Promotion

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Reception

Critical

"Not Your Pet" received mixed reviews from critics. Much of the praise for the song went toward its songwriting, but publications were divided over the song's musical style, storytelling and the resurrection of the Belle Ball concept.

Commercial

"Not Your Pet" debuted and peaked at #7 on the Urapopstar Top 40 Singles Chart with 59,668 copies sold in its first week. It sold a total of 121,975 copies, a significant improvement over "Spontaneous Combustion" but still a far cry from Romo's 2008-11 run of hits.

"Not Your Pet" also peaked at #11 on the Urapopstar Airplay 40, marking her most successful solo airplay single since "Hell Is A Discotheque" reached #9 in early 2010.