Taylor Swift is now a part of Benny Blanco‘s life in more ways than one since his romance with Selena Gomez started.
In addition to the pop star being one of his famous fiancée’s closest friends, the producer has also apparently welcomed Swift’s music into his life after the Rare Beauty founder got him hooked. During the couple’s appearance on Hot Ones in an episode posted Thursday (March 20), Blanco — while persevering through distracting hot sauce-induced sweat and tongue prickling — explained how Gomez turned him onto her bestie’s discography.
“I honestly didn’t know … before we started dating, like obviously, I was aware of Taylor Swift’s music,” he said as Gomez nodded pridefully. “But I wasn’t like a true Swiftie until I was with [Selena]. And now I’ll be like, ‘Put that song on. How’s that one go again?’ And we’re in the car, and I’m like, ‘Wow I’m just singing Taylor Swift songs from 10 years ago and I feel free.’”
“They’re timeless, what can I say,” the Only Murders in the Building Star added of the “Karma” singer’s music.
The couple’s appearance on Hot Ones arrives just one day ahead of their joint album, I Said I Love You First, which is led by singles “Scared of Loving You,” “Call Me When You Break Up” featuring Gracie Abrams and “Sunset Blvd.” Before the heat of the wings took over Gomez’s ability to speak, she said of working with her partner on the LP, “I felt like I could tell him things that maybe I was feeling insecure about that I wouldn’t feel like I could open up to any other producer that way, let alone like a partner.”
“When you work with people, sometimes you butt heads,” Blanco added. “Every time one of us had a discrepancy on something, the other one was like, ‘Oh OK, yeah that’s chill.’ And we also got to make [the album] in our house, in our bedroom. It just felt low stakes.”
Gomez also reflected on earning her first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2019 with “Lose You to Love Me.” “I thought the song was going to be hopefully relatable and beautiful and honest, but I did not expect it to do what it did,” she said. “And it was much bigger than me.”
A few rounds of hot sauce later, however, both Blanco and Gomez were a lot less eloquent as they tried to focus all of their energies on making it through the spice challenge. At one point, the Wizards of Waverly Place alum had to stand up and take a few steps to recenter herself, yelling, “Why? Why do people do this?” before furiously pressing her tongue against her napkin.
Blanco also struggled to get through the final questions, noting that the heat of the wings was making him lose “motor skills.” And at the end, the pair disagreed on whether the Hot Ones challenge is suitable for couples. “I feel like I would’ve crumbled without her,” Blanco said cheerfully, to which Gomez shot back, “You did crumble. Couples, don’t play this game.”
Watch Blanco and Gomez on Hot Ones above.
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