Zach Bryan and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia have split after a year of dating.

The “Pink Skies” singer announced the split on his Instagram Story on Tuesday, confirming speculation that arose on Monday after screenshots of a dating app profile believed to belong to Bryan circulated online. But even as fans waited for a breakup announcement, LaPaglia said just hours after Bryan broke the news that she was “blindsided.”

“Addressing something,” Bryan wrote, “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.”

Hours later, LaPaglia seemingly responded to Bryan’s message.

“Hey guys, I’m really feeling blindsided right now,” the internet personality said on her Instagram Story, sharing plans to “get off social media for a while and try to heal privately.”

“When I’m ready, I’ll be back and ready to talk,” she said, concluding her post with a message to her fans: “Remember that you are so loved and everything will always be okay.”

Bryan and LaPaglia started dating in July 2023 and made their red carpet debut in February at the 2024 Grammys, where the self-producing country artist won his first award for “I Remember Everything,” his chart-topping duet with Kacey Musgraves.

LaPaglia previously debunked breakup rumors surrounding the couple on the Oct. 2 episode of Barstool Sports’ “BFFs” podcast, which she co-hosts with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards.

Weeks before the episode aired, Bryan was criticized for a since-deleted tweet in which he suggested Kanye West’s superiority over Taylor Swift. He later apologized for the post, saying he was “drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong.”

“That was a very bad week for me. I deleted all my social media,” LaPaglia said. “I don’t want to speak for Zach, but he kind of spoke for himself on Instagram. He’s just going through a lot of personal issues, and I feel like I’m bearing the brunt of that.”

“I mean, it’s crazy. We didn’t post to each other for a week and that took the internet by storm,” she said, emphasizing that after a week apart, the couple was “now together and everything is fine.”

Before changing her tune on Tuesday, LaPaglia had posted a cryptic passage about letting go of the past a day earlier.

“In the end, you will find that life goes on even when you don’t want it to: the days will pass and the world will move as you ask it to stop,” the passage says.

“The world keeps turning in the hope of showing you that you can do it too.”

Bryan is currently on a break from his Quittin Time Tour, which resumes on November 17 in Alberta, Canada.