Nearly two years after debuting romance with Chase Stokes, Kelsea Ballerini gushed on including songs about the Outer Banks star on her new album Patterns.

This is the first time that I've gotten to make a record where he's been a part of the whole process," she tells Teen Vogue backstage during a Spotify album preview event in New York.

Kelsea Ballerini is focused on breaking her old patterns right now. That includes a particularly brutal dating habit she used to always turn to.