Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes kicked off the New Year together, as evidenced by a loved-up snapshot the latter shared via Instagram on Tuesday night.
Engaging his audience of 8.3 million, the 32-year-old Outer Banks actor posted a photo with the 21-year-old singer hugging him from behind.
She nestled her chin on his shoulder while smiling softly and they wore matching mocha-colored cowboy hats.
‘2024 thanks for being done,’ Stoked captioned the post, which has so far collected over 160,000 likes.
He sported a scruffy beard and wore a cream-colored shirt in the close-up photo.
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes kicked off the New Year together, as evidenced by a loved-up snapshot the latter shared via Instagram on Tuesday night
Meanwhile, ahead of the 2025 countdown, Kelsea promoted her upcoming appearance at The Ryman, the original home to Nashville’s storied Grand Ole Opry.
She reposted a flyer from the official Opry Instagram account, which included her headshot.
Weeks ago Kelsea used the social media platform to post outtakes from her Thanksgiving, which she hosted at home in Tennessee.
The festive night featured her boyfriend, family, friends, and karaoke.
She captioned the post, ‘turkey: 5/10, thanksgiving karaoke: 1000/10. grateful for so so much, mostly the love that we get and we give away.’
Chase and Kelsea began dating in January 2023.
Upon releasing her fifth studio album Patterns in late October, the blonde beauty revealed they have taken their relationship to the next level by moving in together.
‘Oh, we’re unpacked, baby!’ she told People magazine about the life update, which she sings about in her song Baggage.
‘2024 thanks for being done,’ Stoked captioned the post, which has so far collected over 160,000 likes; the duo pictured in May 2024
Kelsea will take the stage at The Ryman, the original home to Nashville’s storied Grand Ole Opry, on January 10
The couple pictured in April 2023 at the Broadway premiere of Shucked
Ahead of her album release, Ballerini teased on social media in August, ‘PATTERNS. October 25th. Sorry Mom, out tonight at midnight. let’s start unpacking…’
Ballerini told the Associated Press about the new music, ‘I think that people probably expect this really happy-go-lucky, love, mushy, gushy record from me. That’s not the case.’
And she explained to the AP why she’s proud of her new collection of songs.
‘It would have been easy to, I think, just collect the really beautiful parts of my life that I’ve dusted off and found the last couple of years.
‘But that’s not the fullness of my experience,’ she opened up.
