Enjoy the May 2025 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.
Each month, we will highlight new songs and include a line of song lyrics, a description of the song’s emotional profile, and a few fun facts, designed to help you advise a wedding couple if they’re looking for something fresh in their playlist.
New wedding song ideas from April 2025
Found Love
Francis Mercier & Von Boch
April 25, 2025
An upbeat house track perfect for a hip cocktail hour or a dance set.
Notable Lyrics: “Now that we found love, what are we gonna do?”
Fun Facts: The song samples the 1991 hit “Now That We Found Love” by Heavy D & The Boyz. Mercier is a Haitian DJ with more than 4.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify. He has many live shows scheduled worldwide, including EDC in Las Vegas.
She’s Like
Walter Smith
April 18, 2025
A new R&B line dance song for getting guests on the dance floor.
Notable Lyrics: Our love is divine, every kiss is our last, heaven sent, now she’s mine.”
Fun Facts: The idea for the track was sparked by social media models walking to music. The song was produced into a steppers/salsa/line dance groove. Smith also released the song “Little Girl”, a duet with American Idol contestant Tatiana McConnico.
Offa Me
Davido, Victoria Monét
April 18, 2025
A high-energy track that blends Afrobeats and R&B into a song perfect for dancing.
Notable Lyrics: “On the low, we can go all night / Won’t you tell me it’s all for me? / And I’ll give you all of me / So pretty, come take this off of me”
Fun Facts: The song debuted at #2 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart and #5 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart, making it the first Afrobeats song to simultaneously debut in the top 5 of both charts.
Forever
Dom Dolla & Kid Cudi
April 18, 2025
A dance hit that mixes feelings of love, perfect for a dance set.
Notable Lyrics: “What the world can bring, I’m in my world, it’s better / Ain’t no time to think, I wanna stay forever”
Fun Facts: The song peaked at #9 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Dom Dolla currently has many live shows in 2025, including EDC in Las Vegas and residencies in Las Vegas and in Ibiza, Spain. He is also a Grammy Award nominee for the song “New Gold”.
Towards You
Mayday Parade
April 18, 2025
A slow acoustic love song about surviving a long distance relationship.
Notable Lyrics: “As I go, carry hope it won’t be long / We’ll make an ocean of this song / And I’ll sail where the wind blows now / Towards you”
Fun Facts: Mayday Parade is currently on their “Three Cheers for Twenty Years Tour”. Mayday Parade is a Pop-punk band formed in mid-2000s. Their most streamed hit “Jamie All Over” has more than 150 million Spotify streams.
Baby I’m In Love
Ben Jamin
April 4, 2025
The song is a blend of disco and yacht rock for a smooth dinner set addition.
Notable Lyrics: “Baby I’m in Love / I’m in Love with You / I love you”
Fun Facts: Ben Jamin released the song on the London online record label Slightly Transformed. You can say this is a deep cut, with the label and the artist not having an official website. However, both are found on SoundCloud for further listening.
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
April 4, 2025
This is an upbeat song to play as guests arrive at the reception.
Notable Lyrics: “I wanna be nowhere but here with you now / I wanna be one in this space / I wanna be tangled and wrapped in your cloud”
Fun Facts: “Azizam” is a Persian term meaning “my dear” or “my beloved”. It debuted at #3 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Sheeran’s 42nd top 10 hit in the UK. The song will be featured on Sheeran’s eighth studio album titled “Play” set for release in September.
Surrender
Alesso & Becky Hill
April 4, 2025
A hyped progressive-house track made for a peak dance set or a theme for an encore.
Notable Lyrics: “Baby, we could make it last forever / But only if we surrender, surrender / Baby, give me something to remember”
Fun Facts: Alesso recently made history as the first international recording artist in Billboard Dance Radio chart history to achieve two #1 hits with two different songs in consecutive weeks (“I Like It” with country star Nate Smith and “Never Going Home Tonight” with David Guetta).
Sweet Caroline (Two Friends Remix)
Neil Diamond & Two Friends
April 4, 2025
A dance remix that will excite many generations of wedding guests.
Notable Lyrics: “Hurting runs off my shoulders / How can I hurt when holding you / One, touching one / Reaching out, touching me, touching you”
Fun Facts: The track is an official dance remix of “Sweet Caroline” first released by Neil Diamond in 1969. Two Friends are currently on tour on their “Heatwave: The Tour” that include residences at Wynn’s XS Nightclub and Encore Beach club in Las Vegas and LIV Nightclub in Miami.
Silver Lining
Laufey
April 3, 2025
Laufey is a Jazz superstar, and this is a must-know track for wedding dinners.
Notable Lyrics: “When you go to hell, I’ll go there with you too / And when we’re punished / For being so cruel / The silver lining’s I’ll be there with you”
Fun Facts: The name “Laufey” is pronounced with the “au” sound is similar to the “aw” in “now,” and the “ey” sound is similar to the “ey” in “grey”. She is Icelandic-Chinese. Watch Laufey in her 2024 film titled Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl.
Las Vegas-based Matthew Campbell is the author of the Wedding MusicLetter.
