Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes were seen holding hands in Manhattan on Saturday, enjoying some fresh air ahead of Kelsea's big debut on SNL.

The country singer, 29, and the Outer Banks star, 30, took a stroll around the city before the Blindsided songstress performs as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

Ballerina wore torn skinny jeans, teal converse and a tawny jacket, while Stokes bundled up in a dark blue coat, black jeans and a green ball cap.

It's been a big weekend for the couple, as Chase recently confirmed their relationship during his Friday appearance on the Today Show.

The pair avoided dating rumors for several weeks, but have been packing on the PDA in The Big Apple, seven months after the Mountain With a View hitmaker divorced her husband Morgan Evans.

Chase sat down on Friday with Today host Sheinelle Jones where he was asked about his budding relationship with Kelsea.

When asked if he listened to Ballerini's music, Stokes responded: 'Absolutely, I'm a fan. Who isn't a fan?'

Jones went on to point out that 'for those of you who don't know, they're dating.'

After the actor confirmed that he was dating the songwriter, Jones referred to the performer and the hitmaker as 'a beautiful couple.'

The pair were also spotted engaging in some PDA at a New York Rangers hockey game the previous night. 

And Ballerini subtly confirmed their romance on a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast. 

She stated she was 'having fun' and was not single, saying, 'Am I ready to date again? I've never really dated. I don't know how it works.'

The beauty also revealed that she slid into his Instagram DMs, despite never watching his show: 'I just swan dove right on in,' she revealed. 'His handle is @hichasestokes, and I said, 'Hi, Chase Stokes.'

Ballerini was formerly married to fellow country artist Morgan Evans, with whom she tied the knot in December 2017.

The pair remained together for nearly five years before they dissolved their union this past November.

On Call Her Daddy, Ballerini opened up about her relationship with Evans, claiming she spent 'many a night' sleeping on her couch before the CMA Awards.

In the morning, after rehearsing for the event, she remembers texting him: 'I'll just see you at the carpet.' 

She explained that she began sleeping on the couch due to a 'sense of disconnection' between them.

'We hadn't seen each other, there was a lack of effort to see each other. I was getting resentful because any time we did see each other, I felt like I was carrying that load, and I was tired,' the three-time Grammy nominee noted. 

'As he's putting out a song about being blindsided, he's taking half the house that he didn't pay for. How was I married to this person for this long and I had no idea that that bit of character was tucked within that human being?' she asked.

Evans fired back, claiming what she had said on the interview wasn't true, while other allegations surfaced that Ballerini cheated on Evans with The Chainsmokers' Drew Taggart.

Evans released a song titled, Over For You, in October 2022, just before the divorce was finalized.

Lyrics in the track include 'How long have you been waiting/To take our pictures down?/How long have you been breaking?/Why am I just finding out?' and 'What do you tell your parents?/What do you tell yourself?/Was it something I was missing/Or is there someone else?'

The songstress released her own EP on Valentine's Day called Rolling Up With The Welcome Mat, with one track titled, Blindsided.

Some lyrics in the tune also referenced to their split: 'Like that one time in 2019, before that big show, we had a big fight/I slept on the couch and then the next night you put on your suit/I put on a smile and sang about how it's okay to cry, dying inside.'

Just after the Call Her Daddy interview was released, Evans took to Instagram to release a brief statement, accusing her of lying in the interview.

'It's really sad for me to see this person, who I spent so much of my life with, and loved will all my heart, saying things that aren't reality and that leave out what really happened,' he penned.