Kelsea Ballerini has rather a lot to sit up for in 2026 — together with loads of PDA.
“2026 INS,” Ballerini, 32, started a prolonged listing through Instagram on Sunday, January 4, that featured decluttering, “taking canine in all places,” doing Pilates, writing “handwritten thanks’s and yay you’s” notes, karaoke nights, purple gentle remedy and “preserving some issues for your self.”
Amongst Ballerini’s want listing for the brand new 12 months additionally consists of “PDA 😘,” “the regulation of attraction [to] manifest good s***” and ensuring to verify in on “pals, lovers, fathers, moms and your self.”
The Mount Nice musician’s want for PDA-packed outings in 2026 comes amidst her latest reunion with actor Chase Stokes. Whereas the pair broke up final fall, they confirmed on New 12 months’s Eve that they have been giving their romance one other shot.
“Messy 12 months for the center, messy 12 months for the skin coming in, messy 12 months for the way in which it turned an out of our fingers portrayal of it,” Ballerini wrote through her Instagram Tales on Wednesday, December 31. “What I’ll say, and all I actually care to share indefinitely with my private life anymore, is that I actually love love.”
She continued, “I consider in it, I consider in him, and I consider in breaking patterns. Now go kiss your individual and cease speculating.”
Ballerini uploaded a pic cuddling with Stokes, 33, who shared the identical picture on his social media account.
“One thing I’ve realized this 12 months: don’t reap the benefits of probably the most lovely issues that in 33 years of life are fleeting,” Stokes captioned a carousel of the PDA pics. “Take accountability, be taught from errors. Lean into love and say it typically. 2026 my 12 months of development, my 12 months of fact. Beginning right here, beginning now.”
Ballerini and Stokes began courting in January 2023, which was the nation singer’s first relationship since finalizing her divorce from Morgan Evans the 12 months prior.
Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes navigated many ups and downs of their two-year relationship. The nation singer and the Outer Banks star have been first linked in January 2023 after they have been noticed collectively on the Faculty Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship in Los Angeles. Thank You! You might have efficiently subscribed. Subscribe to newsletters Please enter a […]
“I used to be able to open again up [after my divorce]. I simply felt, ‘Why not? I’ve by no means actually dated. I don’t know the way it works,’” Ballerini beforehand mentioned on “Name Her Daddy” podcast in February 2023. “I’m like, ‘Let’s simply put ourselves on the market. Let’s simply vibe.’ And it’s been enjoyable. I slid into his DMs. I simply swan dove proper on in. His deal with is ‘hichasestokes’ and I simply mentioned, ‘Hello Chase Stokes.’”
After two years of courting and numerous purple carpet appearances, Us Weekly confirmed in September 2025 that Stokes and Ballerini referred to as it quits.
“It was a tough break up,” a supply instructed Us on the time. “They’d been arguing rather a lot just lately, and their communication wasn’t nice within the final month. They have been each touring a lot and making an attempt to juggle the whole lot, and the arguments piled up.”
Inside weeks, Ballerini was noticed hanging out with the Outer Banks actor in Scotland and Croatia. Their reunion, nonetheless, was seemingly short-lived.
“Don’t consider the media,” Stokes cryptically wrote through his Instagram Tales in November 2025, insinuating he and Ballerini referred to as it quits once more. “I’m blocked, I did nothing incorrect. Sorry ❤️. I attempted. I’m sorry for many who believed in us. It’s what it’s. Onwards and upwards.”
Neither Ballerini nor Stokes have additional revealed how they rekindled their connection the next month.
