In a modern-day love story, Ricky and his husband Jwan (a Syrian-born Swedish painter and artist) first met via Instagram when the singer stumbled upon the artist's work.

“I’m scrolling and I see this beautiful piece of art and I’m like, ‘Whoa, how cool! Who’s this?’ Then I start checking and all of a sudden I’m like, ‘Ooh, ooh.’ And then I wrote to him,” Ricky explained on SiriusXM Radio Andy.

The pair communicated via DM for six months before they ever spoke to one another.

“We talked about art — nothing sexy ... I swear, nothing sexy. It was all about art and life in general. He used to live in London, I went to London and I met him," Ricky said.

Ricky and Jwan started dating back in 2016 and by November of that year, the "She Bangs" singer revealed they were engaged during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The couple low-key tied the knot in 2017 — something that Ricky didn't publicly share until after the fact.

"I'm a husband, but we're doing a heavy party in a couple of months, I'll let you know," he told E! News in January 2018. "We exchanged vows, and we've swear [sic] everything, and we've signed all the papers that we needed to sign, prenups and everything." 

He added, "It feels amazing! I can't introduce him as my fiancé. I can't. He's my husband. He's my man."