When you catch any new Say Yes to the Dress episodes this season, you might notice a little something different: The show's intro song, redone by Sugarland's Kristian Bush. "Forever Now" makes for a romantic switch-up we're totally into, coming about organically when Bush made an appearance in a future episode of the ultimate dress-hunt show, helping a pal decide on the perfect gown.
"When I taped my appearance on the show, we were in between dresses, and I asked about the music for the show. The producer asked if I would be interested in writing something," he told us, revealing that he wrote the song in less than thirty minutes. "It surprised me how simply the song showed up. I think in retrospect, sitting in Kleinfeld's, just being around that many dreams coming true at one time—it really moved my heart around." The song was initially commissioned for use with montages shown toward the end of each episode, but it won producers over so much that it became the show's new theme song.
After you've said yes to the dress and are prepping for your reception, the task of selecting a first dance song looms on the horizon. "It should be personal and just belong to the bride and groom," Bush said, stellar advice at the ready. "That song really just belongs to those two people and can be as crazy or as personal as they decide. Whatever connects their hearts together." And while the crooner certainly wouldn't mind if the tune that speaks to you is "Forever Now," he's ready with a few other suggestions that will feel just as fresh.
"To Make You Feel My Love" by Adele or Bob Dylan
"Two of my friends had this as their first dance, and it was the most beautiful thing to watch the two of them singing the lyrics to each other."
"Here Comes the Sun," by the Beatles
"This is kind of an unorthodox choice, but once you listen to it in the frame of being a first dance, it becomes one of the most beautiful interpretations of the song I can think of."
"If I Fall Behind," by Bruce Springsteen
"This song says it all, about how caring and loving two people can be with each other when joining their lives forever. It would be a powerful first dance."
"Forever," by Ben Harper
"Everything about this song makes me want to fall in love, every time I hear it."
"Army of One," by Coldplay
"This would be a different kind of choice, but I love what it says. I love the emotion of the recording and that it's an anthem that has rhythm."
"A Woman Like You," by Lee Brice
"This would be an amazing first dance for a couple that loves country music and also loves an inside joke. It is the sweetest song. I know one of the guys who wrote it, and I get more and more charmed by it every time I hear it played."
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