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Kelsea Ballerini And Chase Stokes Celebrate First Anniversary

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Kelsea Ballerini posted her latest photo dump to Instagram, and it was full of images of the year she has had with her boyfriend Chase Stokes. There were photos of the couple out to dinner, on vacations, and one video of her reaction to hearing him snore while he slept.

She captioned the photo and video post, “Whole trip around the sun with my bestie. @hichasestokes, thanks for making me write love songs.”

See that post here.

Chase also posted photos and videos of the happy couple in what he marked as their one-year anniversary. Chase captioned the January 7th post on his Instagram, “One year of lovin’ you (heart emoji) p.s. told ya I wouldn’t embarrass you.”

Chase’s post was liked over 1.2 million times.

Many of his fans reacted. One fan said, “You guys are so damn cute!!!” Another fan wrote, “Goals.”

See that post here.

Kelsea and Stokes spent New Year’s Eve together in Paris, France. She posted images from the New Year’s Eve trip on her Instagram.

See that post here.

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Ballerini recently revealed that she was working on a new record during the Christmas break. While details are slim, Kelsea posted a video clip to her Insta Stories this week of a friend getting into a car as Ballerini sits in the passenger seat and films.

Kelsea says, “Guys, the entire next record is simply fueled by Mitchell’s turkey and avocado sandwiches. This is the only thing we are eating while working on the record. That is the only vibe… extra pickles.”

Meanwhile, on her Instagram, she posted a video the same week of her mixing drinks for Christmas while singing a fun Christmas tune. She captioned the clip, “Dashing through the snow, this year was a slay. Let’s drink espresso martinis made the @theoriginaldonutshop coffee wayyy. #theoriginaldonutshoppartner.”

See that post here.

Top Five Fun Kelsea Ballerini Songs

  • "Yeah Boy" (2016)

    A fun song found on her debut album, “The First Time.” The music video for the song is an ode to the 1990s. Ballerini is shown performing the song in a colorful bodysuit in front of a neon backdrop and a brick wall spray-painted with graffiti, with female backup dancers. When the song came out, Kelsea was touring with Rascal Flatts and headlining her own “The FirstTime Tour.”

  • "Heartfirst" (2022)

    This is a song on Ballerini’s “Subject To Change” album, which seemed to catapult her to a new level of fame. Kelsea wrote the song with Alysa Vanderheym and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild in July 2021. According to Ballerini, it was the first song that she ever wrote where she did not come up with the title first; instead, the opening line, “Met him at a party / Accidentally brushed his body / On the way to get a drink at the bar” was the first lyric she wrote for the song.

  • "Dibs" (2015)

    The fun song she named her dog after. The official music video for “Dibs” premiered on October 22, 2015. The video consists of footage Ballerini took while on tour in York, Pennsylvania, Greenville, South Carolina, and St. Leonard, Maryland, performing in front of live crowds, celebrating her 22nd birthday, and spending time with her dog. The chorus sings, Yeah, I’m callin’ dibs / On your lips / On your kiss / On your time / Boy, I’m callin’ dibs / On your hand / On your heart / All mine.”

  • "Hole in the Bottle" (2020)

    Kelsea happily joins the country music ranks with a drinking song; a remix of the song featuring Shania Twain was released five months after the original single came out. The music video begins with a vintage black-and-white style with Ballerini dressed in flapper wardrobe reminiscent of the 1920s. Once the first chorus hits, colored scenes are introduced, and she is shown in a house painting a portrait of her dog Dibs in a field with a couple of friends who join her in lounging on a bed and performing a dance routine with the singer and playing chess with herself.

  • "If You Go Down (I'm Goin' Down Too)" (2022)

    This song is a gem and puts Kelsea in the same company of “fun” murder songs like the Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl.” Ballerini said when the song came out, it was actually to evoke thoughts of the 1991 film “Thelma & Louise” and The Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl.” She told us then, “We really wanted to lean into a very ’90s country feel, and so we brought in fiddle for the song, which I think to me makes it. That’s also why there’s a Chicks reference to it, which everyone picks up on, which was absolutely intentional. I didn’t want to make it sound like anything else on the record. I wanted it to be its own moment.”

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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