Elle King’s family just grew a little bigger!
The “Jersey Giant” singer, 35, welcomed her second baby with her partner Daniel Tooker, son Royal Tooker, announcing the news in a joint post on Instagram on Friday, Feb. 28.
In the sweet black-and-white photo, King can be seen in the hospital room, holding her newborn baby boy.
Tooker, 33, leans in from the left, wearing a mask and a hospital gown, smiling softly as the family’s photo is taken. “Our family just got a little bit brighter. Welcome to the world Royal Tooker 💙,” they wrote in their joint caption.
The couple’s newest addition joins big brother Lucky, 3.
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The country singer announced in September 2024 that she and her partner were expecting their second son together. King met Tooker, a tattoo artist, when she stopped by his shop for some new ink in 2019.
The pair got engaged in October 2020 and welcomed their son Lucky in September 2021. But the “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer all but confirmed they had separated in April 2023 when she hit the stage at the Stagecoach music festival in California wearing a jacket emblazoned with the word “single” on her back.
“We had to grow,” King said of her reconciliation with Tooker. “I don’t know. I’ll try anything twice.”
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE during her pregnancy, King said that she wants a lot of children. “I want so many kids,” King said. “I just want a big family.”
Speaking with PEOPLE about her new single “Try Jesus” in October 2022, the country singer and actress said that becoming a mom has completely changed her life.
“Motherhood has made me a gentler person, a stronger person, someone who tries to be … I’m still working on being less reactive, but I’m happy,” she shared. “I’m joyous.”
King candidly admitted that being a mom “will f—— humble your ass.”
“Parenthood in any sense, whatever caregiver anyone is in that position, it will f—— humble you. You have to learn empathy,” she explained, noting how she tries to model the behaviors she wants her son to learn. “I want my son to see that he has two parents with dreams and they work really, really hard to do it.”
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