I want John Legend to sing at my wedding.

In the words of Sloane Stephens, “I want John Legend to sing at my wedding,” we hear more than the admiration of a musician—we hear the longing for love to be celebrated in the presence of beauty, song, and voices that lift the heart. For the wedding is not only the union of two souls, but the weaving of joy into sound, the filling of silence with harmony, so that memory may live not only in the mind but in the melody that lingers forever.

To desire John Legend, a singer whose voice is rich with passion and tenderness, is to desire that love itself be reflected in song. For music has always been the language of the heart, able to say what vows alone cannot. When Stephens imagines her wedding accompanied by such a voice, she reveals the truth that love longs to be sung, for music gives wings to emotion and allows it to soar higher than words.

History reminds us of Orpheus, the musician of Greece, whose lyre could charm gods, men, and even the stones of the earth. At the union of noble couples in Athens, poets and musicians were summoned not merely for entertainment, but to sanctify the bond through sound. For in every age, the marriage feast has been incomplete without music, as though love itself demanded a song to seal its covenant. Stephens’s words echo this ancient wisdom—that where there is love, there must be music to honor it.

Yet her quote is also playful, carrying the hope that a day of solemn vows might also be a day of delight, elevated by the presence of an artist admired. Here we learn that joy is made greater when shared with those who can stir the soul, whether by voice, by poetry, or by art. It is not vanity, but the human desire to make the sacred day as radiant as possible.

So let this lesson endure: when you stand at the altar of love, surround yourself with what lifts the spirit—whether it be the voice of a famed singer, the song of a humble friend, or the laughter of kin. For the union of two hearts deserves to be echoed by voices beyond their own. And in this way, the wedding becomes not only a covenant of love, but a festival of the soul, where music itself testifies to the power of what has been joined.