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Kelsea Ballerini Celebrates One Year With Chase Stokes With Cutest Throwback Snaps

The power couple met after the singer dm’d the actor on Instagram a year ago.

Ananya Panchal

Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini

Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have made one trip around the sun! The singer and actor power couple met after the country music star sent an Instagram DM to the Outer Banks lead a little over a year ago—and the rest is history. From cozy, casual hard launches, to glamorous red carpet moments, Stokes, 31, and Ballerini, 30, instantly became the internet’s favorite dynamic duo.

The “Mountain With a View” singer shared the sweetest photo dump celebrating one year of love with her boyfriend on Jan. 7.

“A whole trip around the sun with my bestie. thanks for making me write love songs. 🤍,” the Tennessee native wrote.

“I really really ❤️ you,” Stokes responded in the comments, while tons of fans also chimed in to note how cute and “couple goals” the two are.

“I mean how can we like this a million more times? One isn’t enough!!! 🥰,” Sarah Ray added.

“When ‘I hate love songs’ isn’t relevant anymore in the best way possible 🥹,” one fan noted, in reference to Ballerini’s 2017 breakup ballad.

Stokes shared his own IG post in honor of the moment, and wrote “One year of lovin you ❤️ p.s. told ya I wouldn’t embarrass you 🥰.”

The four-time Grammy nominated artist performed at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry in December and debuted her unreleased single, “To The Men Who Love Women After Heartbreak,” an ode to Stokes and their relationship.

Ballerini was nominated for female vocalist of the year at the 2023 Country Music Association Awards, and her most recent project, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat was highlighted in the Album of the Year category.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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