Watch: Chase Stokes Slams Kelsea Ballerini Fans Over Song TheoriesKelsea Ballerini isn't concerned with generating clickbait. After the "I Quit Drinking" singer's ex-boyfriend Chase Stokes condemned social media users who criticized her new song "Emerald City"-with some listeners theorizing that it was about his Outer Banks costar and former girlfriend Madelyn Cline-she issued her own message in defense of her artistry. "I write songs to relate to," Kelsea told fans while discussing the track at her Mount Pleasant Experience pop-up concert in Nashville Nov.