Mark Ballas and his wife BC Jean became parents!
The couple welcomed their first child together, son Banksy Wylde Ballas, in November 2023. “Welcome to Earth my son,” Ballas wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of the newborn.
Ballas and Jean first met at a singer-songwriter dinner at a mutual friend’s house. “It was like a fun night where singers and musicians would get up and perform,” Jean said Riff magazine.
After that event, the two exchanged numbers and eventually began dating in 2012. The couple later announced their engagement in January 2016 and tied the knot that November.
In addition to joining forces in marriage, they also joined forces musically with their band Alexander Jean, a combination of their middle names.
From her musical background to her relationship with Ballas, here’s everything you need to know about BC Jean.
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He comes from a family of performers
Jean comes from a very musical family, telling Broadway Wiz that her grandparents used to work with Perry Como and Fred Waring. Her father was also a trumpeter.
She developed an interest in music at a young age
Jean told Broadway Wiz that she developed her love for music at a very young age. “When I was five or six, I would write songs. I would hide in my closet at night and write my emotions, cry and be romantic, and then my songs became songs,” she said. “When I was 13 I started writing real songs and that turned into my desire to sing, and then I started taking voice lessons. I also took piano lessons at a very young age.”
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It was love at first sight for her and Ballas
In an interview with Riff magazine, the pair revealed their first interaction with each other, where Ballas was enthralled by Jean’s singing at a party. “He couldn’t see me; he could only hear me,” Jean said. “And I think he liked what he heard.”
“When I got there, the whole room was just looking at that girl on stage, and she was killing it,” Ballas added. “Her voice gave me a Janis Joplin feeling. I was just blown away.”
After exchanging numbers, the pair developed a quick bond, with Jean noting “we realized we had great chemistry both on and off stage.”
They eventually joined musical forces when they formed their band Alexander Jean in 2015, a combination of their middle names.
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She wrote one of Beyoncé’s biggest songs
In addition to being a talented musician, Jean is also a skilled songwriter, having written the song “If I Were A Boy” for Beyoncé. Writing a song about a personal breakup, Jean said Songwriting magazineshe originally wanted to record the song herself, but when Beyoncé heard the demo, she wanted it on her album.
“I wrote from such personal experiences, I never imagined that someone else would ever want to sing about my ex-boyfriend!” Jean told the publication. “So I said, ‘Tell her, thank you,’ but they said, ‘No, you don’t understand, she has to have this song!’ Then I got a lot of calls from a lot of people who were very, very convincing, and the next thing I know, Beyoncé is singing a song and I’m signing to Clive Davis’ label, J Records.”
She is a proud dog mom
Jean and Ballas share a cute dog named Hendrix, whose photos they regularly share on social media.
He considers Ballas his muse
Speaking to PEOPLE about their music together, Jean noted that she and Ballas are super inspired by each other when creating new work. “We are each other’s muses,” she said. “For some people, spending so much time together does not go well, but for Marko and me, we are a balance. When one is wrong, the other picks it up.”
She and Ballas welcomed their first child in November 2023
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Jean and Ballas welcomed their son, Banksy Wylde Ballas, on November 5, 2023. However, the couple waited exactly one month to announce his arrival.
“Happy one month sweet boy. You are so loved,” Jean wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of the newborn holding her thumb.
Ballas and Jean shared their pregnancy news on Instagram in June 2023.
“Lately we’ve been…recording new music, celebrating birthdays, going to Disneyland, doing more music stuff, turning off our phones and going to the beach, driving with our best friend Bob theo, making more music,” the couple shared. in the Instagram Reel. “Also, we were creating… a tiny human.”
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