Selena Gomez calls Benny Blanco the “love of my life”

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Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have moved past the “ily” phase of their relationship and are now “loml.” After a day of birthday celebrations, the newly 32-year-old pop star shared a sweet photo with the producer and proudly told her followers that he is the love of her life.

In the adorable snap, which she shared on Instagram Stories on Monday (July 22), Gomez hugs Blanco around the torso as he takes her head in his hands and plants a kiss on her face. “Love of my life,” the Rare Beauty founder captioned the moment.

The post followed several other birthday photos that Gomez shared on the platform. She appeared to be spending her big day at the beach with Blanco and some friends. In one, she posed in a yellow babydoll dress in front of the ocean, palm trees and a “Happy Birthday Selena” balloon arrangement. In another, she showed off a silver necklace with her boyfriend’s initial and Blanco commented, “I got the hottest girl in the game wearing my necklace.”

The couple has been together for about a year. Gomez announced their relationship in December and revealed that they had been together for six months at the time. Before she wore her necklace, Only murders in the building The star often wore a ring with the letter “B” on her finger.

Before they got together, Blanco and Gomez were friends and collaborated. In 2019, they teamed up with Tainy and J Balvin for the song “I Can’t Get Enough” – as mentioned in the producer’s adorable birthday post for his girlfriend that year – and Blanco collaborated on the pop star’s 2023 hit “Single Soon.”

“It’s crazy how your partner can sit right in front of you all the time and you don’t even notice,” Blanco marveled at the Wall Street Journal At the beginning of the year. “And then you have the Clueless Moment when you think, ‘Wait, I’m in love.'”