Benny Blanco Filled Selena Gomez's Bathtub with Queso for Valentine's Day: 'When Your Fiancée Isn't Much of a Flowers Girl'

Mar. 15, 2025

Selena Gomez’s Valentine’s Day gift (left); Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez (right).Photo:Benny Blanco/instagram; Earl Gibson III/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Benny Blanco/instagram; Earl Gibson III/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty

Benny Blancoknows the way to his fiancéeSelena Gomez’s heart — and her stomach.

On Friday, Feb. 14, the music producer, 36, shared a video on Instagram that featured a special food-related surprise for Gomez, 32 — Blanco filled her bathtub with queso cheese.

In the video, which was set to the couple’s new single “Scared of Loving You,” the musician filmed the scene he had set up as a surprise, which included a trail of tortilla chips leading to Gomez’s bathroom. Another pile of tortilla chips in the bathroom were laid out to say, “I heart you.”

One part of Blanco’s Valentine’s Day surprise.Benny Blanco/instagram

Benny Blanco/instagram

The producer filmed himself grabbing a chip from the bowl, dipping it into the tub and taking a bite of the cheese.

“When your [fiancée] isn’t much of a flowers girl,” he captioned the video.

Valentine’s Day for the couple comes just one day after they announced their collaboration for Gomez’s new album,I Said I Love You First.The first single fromGomez’s fourth studio albumis titled “Scared of Loving You,” and dropped on Thursday, Feb. 13, alongsidea visual lyric video.

The album, which is set for release on Friday, March 21, is Gomez and Blanco’s first project together as a couple. In herInstagramannouncement, theOnly Murders in the Buildingstar wrote: “I always trick you guys 🥰. my NEW albumI Said I Love You Firstwith my best friend @itsbennyblanco, is out on 3/21 🖤.”

The actress continued: “Our first song, ‘Scared of Loving You,’ is out now on all streaming platforms. Merchandise and signed products for the album are available for pre-order now. We can’t wait to share this special project with you soon!”

The upcoming album will celebrate Gomez and Blanco’s love story and gives “fans a unique window into their relationship,” per a press release.

“This album came together organically as a direct result of the comfort that they both felt when working together creatively, allowing them to produce art that authentically reflects their experiences,” read the press release. “It chronicles their entire story—before they met, falling in love and looking to what the future holds.”

Gomez and Blanco in October 2024.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

The couple announced their engagement onInstagramin December 2024, after dating for over a year.

Food plays a big role in the pair’s relationship, Blanco previously told PEOPLE ahead of his debut cookbook,Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friendsin April 2024. Blanco said that he “loves to make all the people I’m with happy” — and cooking is how he does it.

“So that goes for everyone: my family, my girlfriend, my friends. I want to create an experience,” he added. “So if you came over to my house and I know you loved peanut butter stuffed dates or something, every time you came, I was going to have that as an option for you. That goes for everyone in my life … I want to create a moment because it shows that you care and you listen and you pay attention.”

source: people.com