Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez aren’t rushing to the altar. During a recent appearance on the podcast Therapuss, the producer and songwriter detailed the busy schedules that have been keeping them from focusing on planning their wedding. “We both need to chill. We’ve both been working so much,” Blanco said about why they haven’t started the process yet.
Earlier this year, Blanco and Gomez released their collaborative album I Said I Love You First, which required an entire promotional cycle that pulled them away from planning. “We got engaged and then we were filming music videos for our album, then it’s holidays, then right after the holidays we had to start all the promo for our stuff,” Blanco said. “Then she left to film her show, Only Murders. Then I met her, we hung out for a week, and right after that, it’s promo. Then I had to write a book, and she came back for one day here, and then it was my birthday.”
When the couple does get a chance to slow down, their mind doesn’t immediately drift to color palettes, flower arrangements, and venue options. “I just want to lay in bed and forget what day it is. We’ve been in bed just watching stuff,” Blanco said. It’s not how he usually unwinds, he added, “but with Selena, I can do it all day. She makes me want to hang out and cuddle, just watch things, just eat food, and have piles of food around us and have the best time ever.”
When the wedding does come together, Blanco imagines it won’t be too far removed from that feeling of tranquility. “I think it will be chill,” he said.
Earlier this year, Blanco told Rolling Stone that Gomez has “planned a new wedding in her head” every day since they got engaged. “We’re very much ‘take it one day at a time’-type of people. We’re still not over this moment. Literally, while you were talking, she was sitting there staring at her ring,” he said. Gomez added: “Also, 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. That’s my main focus right now, at least.”
