Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco—who got engaged in December—are pushing wedding plans to the side while working on their LP, I Said I Love You First, which will release March 21.
Selena Gomez can’t calm down about her upcoming wedding.
In fact, her fiancé Benny Blanco shared that the Only Murders in the Building star is constantly coming up with new ideas for their nuptials, telling Rolling Stone in an interview published March 17, “I think every day she’s planned a new wedding in her head.”
But that doesn’t mean Selena and Benny will be walking down the aisle anytime soon. After all, they’ve been working on an LP together, titled, I Said I Love You First, which is set to be released March 21. And the pair believes it’s the perfect time to create music together and put their love on display.
“I genuinely feel like this is such a special time that we get to apply it to this album and really just pour our heart into it, and completely translate what we feel and bring it to the world,” Selena said in the joint interview. “That’s my main focus right now, at least.”
Benny, 37, also noted that he and the SAG Award winner are still taking in the excitement of the engagement.
“We’re very much ‘take it one day at a time’-type of people. We’re still not over this moment,” he said. “Literally, while you were talking, she was sitting there staring at her ring.”
And Benny’s proposal was certainly an unforgettable moment. The producer made headlines back in December when he got down on one knew surrounded by a Taco Bell picnic.
Plus, amid his plans to pop the question, the couple was busy collaborating in their in-home recording studio.
“That’s the most intimate I’ve ever been in a studio,” Selena, 32, shared. “We did everything from home, and we created it with people that we love.”
And their intimate time spent recording allowed Selena to make music she’s really proud of with I Said I Love You First.
“This whole project embodies his stories combined with my stories. They have meanings that are really just personal to both of us. So one song could actually mean two different things. And I think it was just really cute,” Selena said, before admitting, “But, yeah, guilty as charged. I said ‘I love you’ first.”
For more on Selena and Benny’s relationship, read on.
Blossoming Romance
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco began dating in July 2023, around Selena’s birthday, Benny said on the Howard Stern Show in May 2024.
But they only began to spark romance rumors in late 2023. That December, Selena confirmed the speculation, commenting on a fan page’s Instagram post, regarding Benny, “He is my absolute everything in my heart.”
She continued, “Why has he been the best thing that’s ever happened to me. He’s still better than anyone I’ve ever been with.”
The Rare Beauty founder also shared a photo on her Instagram Story of her leaning her head on what looked to be Benny’s chest.
