The Chainsmokers' Drew Taggart and Wife Marianne Fonseca 'Debated' Having a Wedding in the First Place — But 'Met in the Middle'

The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart and wife Marianne Fonseca almost didn’t have a wedding.

The newlyweds disagreed over whether or not to host a ceremony before settling for an intimate celebration on December 28, 2025.

“We were debating whether to even have a wedding in the beginning, and then we were like, ‘Okay, well, if we're gonna do it, then we have to do it,’” Taggart spilled in an exclusive interview with OK! while discussing Gente Beauty’s New Lymphatic Drainage Oil, in which he collaborated on with his wife.

Fonseca emphasized how she wanted the ceremony to be “private, just us,” while Taggart wanted to have a “really big wedding.”

“We met in the middle where we had 80 people, which I think is a great size, and we had our closest family and friends, and that felt great,” she said.

The couple recalled being so busy schmoozing guests that they forgot to eat wedding cake.

“I feel like we really enjoyed the wedding, even though we did not have our own cake. I think that happens a lot, that you just miss some parts of the wedding because you're doing so many other things: taking pictures, changing clothes, saying hi to everybody,” Fonseca remembered. “But we enjoyed every moment with everyone that was there, and that was special to give people time and talk to everyone.”

Taggart compared his wedding to one of his performances because of its various moving parts.

“It’s like a show. You go out, and then you put the cake, and then you leave again, and you do the dance, and then you come on, do a dance, and then everyone parties, but then you have to go change,” he explained. “It’s kind of funny. Most people that have gotten married, they kind of relate to that.”

Now that the dust has settled post-wedding, Taggart is planning to release more music soon. The resurgence of 2016 songs and trends inspired him to look back on some of his viral moments of that era to help him surge forward in 2026.

“It's been really interesting to see this nostalgia around 2016 pop up. [Alex Pall and I are] listening to music back from that time. It was 10 years ago. It’s been a minute…I’m trying to hold onto the tenets of it, but how do you innovate that sound and make it feel like today?” Taggart questioned. “We’ve been kind of adventurous with our sound the past five years, and I think looking back on that period as it’s being celebrated by a younger generation on TikTok makes you see it in a different light and appreciate it in a way that’s inspiring us to bring some of the core of that feeling back into the new music.”

The artist is open to exploring collaborations with new and emerging artists headed into the rest of the year.

“When we first started, we worked with artists that were just like us, that were starting out and trying to look for their shot,” he recalled. “We look for people that have really unique talents and unique voices. There was something special about some of our early work…working with new or lesser known artists that we’re big fans of. That’s something we’re going to try to follow through throughout this year.”

Music aside, Taggart is excited to be collaborating with his wife’s body care brand, Gente Beauty, on a lymphatic drainage oil with a unisex scent called #2.

“Drew had an idea to take a scent he likes from a different product he used and transform that into a line of his own with his own story,” said Fonsceca. “He already wanted to make a line, but he didn’t know exactly what it was, and he started using our oils. He uses the oils more than me. He uses it a lot, so he's good with his skincare.”

Taggart was eager to jump into business with his wife and see his vision come to life.

“This new oil is a combination of scents I’ve worn for years,” he explained. “I’ve daydreamed about having my own men’s fragrance. I was really into this idea of doing an emulsion because I like the way that with an emulsion, the scent kind of sits in your skin and not on top like a cologne would. I had never thought about oils, but I’m a huge fan of using Mari’s Gente oils. They achieve that emulsion effect where you smell good, but it doesn’t feel like you’re trying to smell good.”