“Single Soon,” Gomez’s first and only release of 2023, arrived in August, and was co-produced by Blanco and Cashmere Cat. Gomez would later reveal in December that she’d been dating Blanco for about six months, meaning they were likely already dating when the song dropped.

Selena Gomez missed out on having her own prom experience, so her fiancé, Benny Blanco, planned their own prom photo shoot at the couple's local mall. Blanco documented their experience in an April 24 post on Instagram, starting with sharing that Gomez had never been to prom and that he asked her if they should take prom photos together.

Benny Blanco surprised fiancée Selena Gomez with a prom-themed party after learning she had never been to her own high school senior dance, he revealed in early April while on The Jennifer Hudson Show .