Selena Gomez, who married the songwriter and producer Benny Blanco on Saturday, shared the news of their Santa Barbara, Calif., ceremony with a series of grainy photos in an intimate, garden-inspired photo shoot.
“9.27.25,” she captioned the Instagram post, adding two white heart emojis and a snippet of the song “La Vie En Rose” by Emily Watts.
The singer and actress wore a custom floral-embellished halter-neck wedding gown by Ralph Lauren. Mr. Blanco’s black tuxedo was also designed by Ralph Lauren.
The next day, on Sunday, Mr. Blanco also shared a series of photos on Instagram, including a mirror selfie of the couple lounging on a white couch in their wedding attire, with Ms. Gomez wearing a massive veil pinned to the back of her shoulder-length bob. “I married a real life Disney princess,” Mr. Blanco, 37, wrote in his caption.
For the look, Ms. Gomez, 33, was assisted by her stylist, Erin Walsh. The photographer, Petra Collins, shared a video on her Instagram story of Ms. Gomez sitting on grass, smelling a bouquet of flowers, with her dress sprawled out.
According to Vogue, the ceremony was held at Sea Crest Nursery in Santa Barbara in front of about 170 guests. The rehearsal dinner was held the night before at a mansion in the private community of Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara County. Guests included Ms. Gomez’s longtime friend Taylor Swift and her “Only Murders in the Building” co-stars Martin Short and Steve Martin. Paris Hilton, Ed Sheeran, Ashley Park and Paul Rudd were also in attendance.
The couple announced their engagement in December 2024, when Ms. Gomez shared a photo of her marquise diamond engagement ring — a diamond cut that she had sung about in her 2015 song “Good for You.”
The two first met when Ms. Gomez was 16, Mr. Blanco shared in an interview with InStyle. Her mother connected them professionally when Ms. Gomez was in the process of signing a record deal.
“We didn’t work together until many years later. They say you’ve probably already met the person that you’re gonna spend the rest of your life with,” he said, adding that he never believed the saying until it happened to him. “And now I get to kiss her. It’s like my own little fairy tale I concocted.”
The duo first collaborated for her second solo studio album, released in 2015, “Revival.” Mr. Blanco has production and songwriting credits on the singles “Kill Em with Kindness” and “Same Old Love.” In 2019, they collaborated again on “I Can’t Get Enough” featuring Tainy and J Balvin.
They were friends and collaborators for years before they started dating. In December 2023, the couple went Instagram official.
“The second we started hanging out, I was like, ‘This is my wife,’” Mr. Blanco told Interview Magazine. “I was telling my mom, ‘This is the girl I’m going to marry.’” In a TikTok video, Ms. Gomez revealed that she said I love you first.
In March, the couple released a song together called “Sunset Blvd,” inspired by where they had their first date in Los Angeles. It was a part of their collaborative album, “I Said I Love You First,” which was released on March 21. Its deluxe edition was released on May 2, “ … And You Said It Back.” In an interview, Ms. Gomez revealed that she appreciates working with Mr. Blanco because she sometimes struggles to speak up, but he always listens to her.
Ms. Gomez has a mega fan base, and many fans are happy to see the singer, who was previously in high-profile relationships with Justin Bieber and the Weeknd, get hitched to a man she has said treats her really well. She told Interview Magazine that Mr. Blanco frequently cooks for her, prepping foods he knows she likes and freezing them so she could eat them later, like coconut shrimp, fried okra and chicken pot pies.
In an interview with Vanity Fair in September 2024, Ms. Gomez said, “I’ve never been loved this way. He’s just been a light. A complete light in my life. He’s my best friend. I love telling him everything.”
Sadiba Hasan reports on love and culture for the Styles section of The Times.
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