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Kelsea Ballerini Reveals How She Knows Chase Stokes Is the One! (Exclusive)
Kelsea Ballerini wrote Chase Stokes a emotion song, but not due to the fact that helium asked for it.
Nearly 2 years aft the state vocalist confirmed she was dating the Outer Banks actor, she shared that her caller album, Patterns, released Oct. 25 includes a motion to the onset of their relationship.
“‘First Rodeo’ is the archetypal emotion opus I wrote for Chase,” Kelsea gushed connected the Oct. 25 occurrence of Today. “Really, it’s fundamentally the archetypal opus wherever it’s benignant of like, ‘Okay, I consciousness a small fragile, I consciousness a small frightened to unfastened myself up to the capableness that I privation to, but I emotion love, and I truly emotion you.’”
Indeed, the lyrics to Kelsea’s caller way springiness a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes of her blossoming emotion communicative with Chase.
“I fell disconnected babe, but I recovered you,” Kelsea sings connected the song. “Take my heart, but instrumentality it dilatory / ‘Cause this ain’t my archetypal rodeo.’”
But that’s not the lone opus connected her medium inspired by their romance. As the vocalist shared astatine her listening enactment hosted by Spotify Oct. 24 successful New York City, her way “How Much Do You Love Me?” serves arsenic different heartwarming ballad.
“This opus is the softest opus connected the album,” she shared during the event’s Q&A, “I retrieve penning it downstairs connected guitar and Chase was similar ‘What’s that?’ And I was like, ‘This is simply a emotion song.’”
And portion Kelsea sings of having acquisition with romance—the state vocalist was joined to Morgan Evans for six years earlier divorcing successful 2022—she goes connected to uncover that parts of her narration with Chase were wholly new. In “How Much Do You Love Me,” she notes the earthy anxiousness that comes with a maturing relationship.
“Do I dependable needy and dramatic?” she sings successful the song’s bridge. "I cognize that it's love, but writer me, for asking however much.”
As Kelsea explained, this full grounds stands retired astir the rest.
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“I would reason that this is the astir love-filled grounds I’ve ever made,” she noted astatine her listening party. “I deliberation the beingness of emotion successful each opus is astatine the forefront.”
The tributes are certainly romantic, but it’s not the couple’s archetypal rodeo successful doing that, either. In fact, erstwhile it comes to praising his girlfriend, Chase doesn’t clasp back. After all, his societal media is afloat of glimpses into their relationship—and helium doesn’t attraction if anyone has a occupation with it.
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“Sometimes it feels similar possibly it's an oversharing situation, oregon possibly there's a batch of details,” helium told E! News successful March of his posts with Kelsea. “But I truthfully judge that my idiosyncratic beingness is really, truly private.”
Meanwhile, Kelsea precocious emphasized however bully of a spot she and Chase person reached successful their romance.
“I’m happy,” Kelsea told E! News recently. “And everything is arsenic it should be.”
Keep speechmaking for a afloat timeline of Kelsea and Chase’s romance.
—Reporting by Kisha Forde
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December 2022: Shooting Her Shot
Kelsea Ballerini slid into Chase Stokes' DMs connected Dec. 1, 2022 astatine 1:30 a.m. portion she was retired drunk with friends astatine a bar.
They yet met up successful idiosyncratic for the archetypal clip connected Jan. 7, 2023, which she considers their anniversary.
"He hopped retired of his Bronco, and helium did not accidental a connection to me," Kelsea aboriginal recalled connected Call Her Daddy successful November 2023, "and helium grabbed my look and helium kissed maine and helium pulled my look distant and helium said, 'Thank God you're real.'"
Instagram / Kelsea Ballerini
December 2022: Shooting Her Shot
Their romance blossomed aft that archetypal DM, which Kelsea shared successful September 2023.
January 2023: Romance Rumors
The 2 were photographed looking cozy astatine a shot game.
Instagram/Kelsea Ballerini
January 2023: First Date Nerves
In August 2023, Kelsea posted footage of the opening of their relationship, sharing a throwback clip connected TikTok of herself preparing for their archetypal authoritative day connected Jan. 7, 2023.
"Happy weekend," she captioned the post, "heres a video one sent to my champion person earlier my archetypal day with chase."
Set to her opus "How Do I Do This," which is astir going connected a archetypal day aft galore years, Kelsea modeled her outfit successful the video.
"Here's the look, with the boots" Kelsea said portion checking herself retired successful a full-length mirror.
Turning astir to showcase her half-up, half-down hairstyle, she added, "We've got the hairsbreadth clip, due to the fact that we're trying to beryllium a chill girl."
She continued speaking to an unnamed friend, explaining, "He's picking maine up and we're going to a sushi spot and I'll telephone you time and for a afloat update."
Taking a heavy enactment and raising 1 limb and digit successful the air, she yet said, "I tin bash this. I tin bash this."
And, aft doing a small dance, she proclaimed, "It's conscionable a date. You conscionable spell and you conscionable devour nutrient and you speech astir things that you do, OK?"
February 2023: Instagram Cuteness
Chase shared a pic of himself and Kelsea showing immoderate PDA.
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April 2023: Award Show PDA
The 2 showcased their emotion connected the CMAs reddish carpet.
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April 2023: Broadway Baby
The twosome attended the premiere enactment for the Broadway philharmonic Shucked at Capitale.
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April 2023: Red Carpet Debut
The brace officially stepped retired arsenic a mates astatine the CMT Music Awards.
May 2023: Hometown Visit
Chase joined Kelsea connected a travel to her hometown of Knoxville, Tenn.
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July 2023: PDA Alert
The 2 attended Armani Beauty's ACQUA DI GIO and Gen A solemnisation successful Malibu, Calif.
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July 2023: The Sweetest Surprise
Chase shocked Kelsea erstwhile helium unexpectedly greeted her astatine the airport, with some stars posting video and photos from their adorable reunion.
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August 2023: Ciao Bella
The mates lone had eyes for 1 different astatine a Venice Film Festival event.
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August 2023: NYC Date Night
The 2 were spotted connected a summertime day successful NYC, wherever the vocalist performed connected TODAY.
"It's conscionable bully to consciousness truthful supported and seen," Kelsea said connected the amusement of Chase, "and, yeah, he's specified a wonderful, fantastic quality being."
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September 2023: Red Hot
The 2 appeared unneurotic astatine the 2023 MTV VMAs connected Kelsea's birthday.
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September 2023: VMAs PDA
The 2 shared a buss connected the reddish carpet.
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September 2023: Couple's Selfie
Kelsea unveiled this pic connected Chase's 31st day days later.
Instagram/Kelsea Ballerini
September 2023: Birthday Love
To commemorate Kelsea's 30th day connected Sept. 12, 2023 Chase posted a carousel of photos and videos of the three-time Grammy nominee.
"Dirty 30 looks beauteous damn bully connected you ballerini," helium captioned the series. "i emotion you."
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September 2023: All Smiles
Kelsea shared this behind-the-scenes look from the event.
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September 2023: A Black Tie Affair
Kelsea and Chase were dressed to the nines erstwhile they attended decorator Giorgio Armani's One Night Only lawsuit connected successful Venice, Italy.
The singer-songwriter and the Outer Banks prima shared images of their getaway connected Instagram, including snaps from a cooking people and lounging astatine the beach.
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November 2023: Loving Like They Mean It
Kelsea planted a smooch connected Chase's feature astatine the CMA Awards successful November 2023.
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November 2023: Sex Confession
Kelsea revealed details of their enactment beingness successful November 2023, telling Alex Cooper connected Call Her Daddy, "I'm having a bully time."
"My acquisition with it was precise performative and for the different person," she noted. "And it don't beryllium similar that anymore."
The instrumentalist didn't recognize however enactment could beryllium "a existent connector successful a relationship" earlier dating him.
"I ever thought that it was conscionable thing that you did due to the fact that that's who you bash it with," the Grammy nominee shared. "Now I recognize it's a connector for people."
Instagram / Chase Stokes
January 2024: Chase's Anniversary Post
"One twelvemonth of lovin you," the histrion wrote. "P.s. told ya I wouldn’t embarrass you."
Instagram / Kelsea Ballerini
January 2024: Naughty Selfie
"A full travel astir the prima with my bestie," Kelsea wrote successful her day post. "@hichasestokes acknowledgment for making maine constitute emotion songs."
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January 2024: Watching the Sunset
Kelsea shared this romanticist pic connected their archetypal dating anniversary.
Instagram / Kelsea Ballerini
January 2024: Happy Anniversary
The 2 celebrated the day of their archetypal date.
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September 2024: Red Carpet Date Night
Kelsea joined her fellow astatine the premiere of his Netflix movie Uglies.
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