Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia have gone their separate ways.

The country singer confirmed the couple’s split after just over a year in a post on Tuesday, a day after they split, according to LaPaglia.

Bryan made the news public on Instagram.

“Addressing something,” Bryan wrote on Instagram, “Brianna and I broke up and I respect and love her with every ounce of my heart. She has loved me unconditionally for a long time and I will always thank her for that.”

The Grammy winner said it has been an “incredibly difficult year personally” in which he has “struggled through some pretty serious things.” Ultimately, he said, he decided it would be best if he and LaPaglia went their separate ways.

“I’m not perfect and never will be,” he said. “I’m sorry for everything I am and everyone I’ve let down. I do my best in everything. I have failed people who love me, especially myself.”

LaPaglia said in an emotional video message via YouTube that she was “blindsided” by the news but was focused on her healing.

“I wanted to heal privately, and I didn’t even know he was going to post that,” she says through tears in her vlog, noting that she and Bryan split on Monday (October 21). “I wasn’t ready to do anything publicly. …

“When I’m ready to talk about everything that happened, I will… but right now I’m just completely blindsided. Obviously, I’m really, really hurt right now.”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard daily on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile app from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.