Celebrity Celebrity Relationships Zach Bryan Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary with Girlfriend Brianna 'Chickenfry' LaPaglia: 'Proud to Call You My Girl' The pair made their relationship public in July 2023 By Ilana Kaplan Ilana Kaplan Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 15, 2024 12:04PM EDT Close Zach Bryan and Brianna LaPaglia. Photo: Brianna LaPaglia/Instagram Zach Bryan remembers everything — including his anniversary. On Sunday, July 14, the country star, 28, shared a celebratory Instagram post honoring his and podcast host Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia's first year together as a couple. "people are annoying with stuff like this and now I understand why. here’s to a year together. happy anniversary and I love you so much Brianna. the only person I know who handles bulls--- elegantly. just about one of the only people that makes me laugh anymore and OFTEN. proud to call you my girl," Bryan captioned the post, which featured a candid snap of his internet personality girlfriend. Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry's Relationship Timeline LaPaglia, 25, also shared her own sentimental post on Instagram celebrating the couple's one-year anniversary with a series of snaps featuring the pair. In the first image, she can be seen pretending to lick the "Sun to Me" artist's face, while the next photo features her barefoot in tights placing her foot on Bryan's chest as he appears to be confused. The following snap is a selfie where LaPaglia is sporting a red swimsuit and pointing at her chest while her boyfriend grins at the camera. In the next image, the pair are cozied up on a couch, while the following pic features the podcaster squatting in the background in a white dress while the camera is held close to Bryan's face. Then, she shared a photo of the couple on the big screen while onstage at one of Bryan's performances looking lovingly into each other's eyes. Zach Bryan and Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia at the Grammys in Los Angeles in February 2024. Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Another image LaPaglia shared appeared to be from the pair's side-by-side UTV crash in May, which featured blood on her white shirt and the "Oklahoma Smokeshow" performer's arm in a cast. Then, she shared pics of the couple trying on wigs and cuddling up in a pool. The final snap featured the duo making a bridge out of their hands while appearing to stand on a bridge. "A year full of loving harder than I thought I was capable of and laughing louder than any year before," she began the post. "You’ve made me appreciate all the things that were always right in front of me. You brought me back home to my family and you’ve helped me love myself again."LaPaglia — who previously celebrated the Fourth of July holiday with Bryan — concluded: "There isn’t a damn thing I wouldn’t do for ya. My person forever. I love you my Zachary."Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Zach Bryan's Girlfriend Shares Details of 'Traumatizing' Side-by-Side Crash: 'We Were Saying Goodbye to Each Other' Bryan and the social media star initially met at the the ACM Awards in May 2023. The next month, he then slid into LaPaglia's DMs after she attended and praised his New York City concert. LaPaglia shared details about their romance in an episode of the BFFs podcast and said she realized they had something special after spending 18 hours together in a car. “He’s like, the nicest, most genuine person I’ve ever met. He’s so normal,” she told cohosts Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards and Grace O’Malley.