Benny Blanco Reveals He Wasn't a 'True Swiftie' Until Fiancée Selena Gomez Got Him into Taylor Swift's Music

Blanco opened up on 'Hot Ones' about how Gomez helped turn him into a bigger fan of the "Shake It Off" singer's catalog

Benny Blanco, Selena Gomez and Édgar Ramírez attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Netflix's "Emilia Perez" after party; Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards
Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez in October 2024; Taylor Swift in September 2024. Photo:

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Benny Blanco has entered the Swiftie community.

In a new interview alongside his fiancée Selena Gomez on Hot Ones, the hit songwriter/producer, 37, revealed he wasn't a dedicated fan of Taylor Swift's music until the Only Murders in the Building star introduced him to more of her catalog.

"She did get me into [Swift's music]," said Blanco. "I honestly didn’t know... before we started dating like obviously, I was aware of like Taylor Swift’s music but I wasn’t like a true Swiftie until I was with [Gomez] — no, I didn’t know."

Gomez, 32, and Swift, 35, are longtime close friends — and the "Lose You to Love Me" singer made sure to show Blanco more of her songs.

"And now I’ll be like, 'Put that song on. How’s that one go again?' And like we’re in the car, and I'm like, 'Wow I’m just, like, singing Taylor Swift songs from like 10 years ago, and [I] feel free,'" said the "Eastside" musician.

"They’re timeless," added Gomez. "What can I say?"

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Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift in Beverly Hills in January 2024.

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Earlier this week, the pair appeared on Spotify’s Countdown To and recalled a time they showed up early to "Taylor [Swift]'s party after some awards show" and felt embarrassed.

"I don’t know, it was kind of cute, but I was mortified. Apparently cool people don’t show up to parties on time," said Gomez.

Blanco teased, "We’re the first people at every single party when I go with you. You show up when, like, my mother shows up to a party."

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco during the 82nd Annual Golden Globes
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco in Beverly Hills in January 2025.

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The couple is currently gearing up to release their collaborative album, I Said I Love You First, on March 21. Elsewhere in their Hot Ones episode, Gomez spoke about how making the record was a comfortably vulnerable experience.

"I was able to tell him things that I don’t think I would in another relationship. Because he was also, to me, like the conductor of this record," she said. "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."

Blanco agreed: "When you work with people, sometimes you butt heads, and I feel like every time one of us had a discrepancy on something, the other one was like, 'Oh okay. Yeah, that’s chill.' And we also got to make it in our house, in our bedroom. Like, it just felt low stakes."

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