Kelsea Ballerini has revealed she was nervous ahead of her first date with boyfriend Chase Stokes.
The 29-year-old CMT Music Award winner, who has been spending time with the actor in New York, took her fans back to square one in a TikTok post on Saturday.
“Have a great weekend,” the hitmaker wrote. “Here’s a video I sent to my best friend before my first date with Chase: #howdoidothis #rollingupthewelcomemat.”
The clip shows a very nervous Kelsea posing in front of her mirror in a black and white strapless mini dress with western boots because we’re trying to be a cool girl.
“He picks me up and we go to a sushi restaurant and I’ll call you tomorrow to give you all the updates,” she added.
The two have been together for several months.
Nervousness: Kelsea Ballerini, 29, revealed she was nervous ahead of her first date with boyfriend Chase Stokes and shared a video she sent to her best friend on Tik Tok on Saturday
Then she raised her hand in the air and pumped herself up saying, “I can do this, I can do this.”
“It’s just a date. You just go eat something and talk about the things you do!’
Kelsea’s new single “How Do I Do This” runs below the clip and she references butterflies in the single’s lyrics.
“The last time I look in the mirror, I’m like, ‘I’ve got this, I’ve got this,'” she sings.
The singer-songwriter included the track on the extended version of her EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat (For Good) earlier this month.
“It’s about the nervousness of going into a very unfamiliar world,” she told US Weekly when the song was released.
She previously addressed her 2022 divorce from fellow country artist Morgan Evans, 38, in the song “Penthouse” (the healed version).
The Interlude singer told the Call Her Daddy podcast she was the first to make the move in her new relationship.
“I slipped into these DMs,” she said after seeking advice from her manager, who lives in Charleston, where Chase’s show Outer Banks is filmed.
Get going: The clip shows a very nervous Kelsea posing in front of her mirror in a black and white strapless mini dress with western boots, “because we’re trying to be a cool girl.” Then she raised her hand in the air and pumped up by saying, “I can do this, I can do this.”
New song: Chelsea references her first date with Chase, 30, in new song ‘How Do I Do This?’
Great: In an interview with Stylecaster, Kelsea described their relationship by saying, “He’s a virgin too.” We’re both Labrador retrievers in human form. It doesn’t take a lot of conversations to be on the same page. It’s been half a year and it’s been great.
“He was like, ‘You know who’s really cute when you’re ready? Chase.”
“I thought, ‘You’re so right.’
The Yeah Boys singer said she’s never seen the Netflix drama, but “I just knew about him and I fell in love straight away.”
Kelsea revealed she took the easy approach to breaking the ice. “His name is @hichasestokes and I said, ‘Hello, Chase Stokes.'”
In an interview with Stylecaster in July, Kelsea described their relationship this way.
“We, and each of us, have decided, if you’re with someone you feel safe with and proud of, why not share that?” she said.
“He’s a Virgo too,” she explained, adding, “We’re both Labrador Retrievers in human form.” It doesn’t take much talking to be on the same page. It’s been half a year and it was great.’