Mandy Moore's Real-Life Fiancé Made Jack Pearson Cry On This Is Us

This Is Us fans are used to silently (and some days not-so-silently) sobbing their way through each episode because the Pearson family member leans on one another to get by means of the string of emotional hardships that seem to eternally plague the tight-knit sort. Although there's one family who, without consideration of what's going on, never seemed to break, furrowing his emotions deeper indoors and positioning himself because the family's rock — up until now.


That's right: Jack Pearson, the man who so delicately balances his hardened military past with his sweet, upstanding family member patriarch persona lovingly played by Milo Ventimiglia, has finally damaged, and it's all thanks to a pretty song intimately performed by his one true love, Rebecca (Mandy Moore). This moment is only made more appetizing any time whenever you realize the tune, called "Invisible Ink," was co-written by Moore's real-life fiancé, Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith.


Apparently, this wild meeting of Moore's pretend and actual loves was on everyone's mind for some time. “[W]e wanted to bring [Goldsmith] in for something,” executive producer Isaac Aptaker told Entertainment Weekly — nevertheless the teamwork was set totally unbeknownst to the actress.


“Sid[dhartha Khosla, This Is Us's composer and music supervisor,] approached Taylor outdoor of me — they did it on their own. It was such a surprise.… That my own soon-to-be-husband got to write from my character’s perspective was pretty meta and weird, however it was so cool,” Moore said.


NBC also seized the possibility to make construct a special behind-the-scenes look at the making of the song, in which Goldsmith gushed that he was "thrilled to get that call." Fortunately, he already had the ideal beginning point for the Joni Mitchell-inspired tune scrawled in his notebook: "All the ink is invisible in case you give it enough time."


Check out the video above for more on the song. This Is Us airs Tuesdays at 9 p.M. ET on NBC.