Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin Soak in Malibu Sun Before She Hits Cannes Red Carpet

Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin are enjoying the California sunshine together.

The actress, 35, and the Coldplay frontman, 48, were photographed in Malibu, Calif., on Friday, May 16, before Johnson headed to France for the Cannes International Film Festival.

The pair opted for casual looks, with Johnson wearing her dark brown hair into two braids, a white bathing suit top, ankle-length leggings, a blue sweatshirt, light brown sandals and oversized oval black sunglasses. The Coldplay frontman wore a black baseball cap, navy blue shorts and a grey T-shirt.

The engaged couple was last spotted in public together in January in Mumbai. There, they were photographed spending time together in the city while Coldplay played multiple shows on their sold-out Music of the Spheres World Tour at Mumbai’s D Y Patil Stadium.

Martin told Rolling Stone in December 2024 that Johnson is one of his “best friends,” along with his Coldplay bandmates, the group’s manager and his children, Apple Martin, 21, and Moses Martin, 19, whom he shares with ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow.

“It is important to say that [romantic love] is such a big factor in everything, even though it feels right to keep it precious and private; I’m not denying its power,” he told the outlet, which noted Martin otherwise said the relationship is “just not his story to tell.”

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The pair were first romantically linked in fall 2017, and then made their first public appearance in January 2018.

They first sparked engagement rumors in 2020. However, in March 2024, a source told PEOPLE that the long-term couple had been engaged for “years,” adding that the couple “were in no rush to get married.”

A few months later, a rep for Johnson shut down breakup rumors in August 2024, telling PEOPLE at the time that the actress and Martin were “happily together.”

“Sure, they’ve had issues and taken breaks in the past, but things are great now,” a source told PEOPLE later that same month. “They both love their career. They are balancing things the best they can.”

Johnson posed on the red carpet solo on Monday, May 19, in Cannes before the premiere of Spike Lee’s new film, Highest 2 Lowest. Her new film, Splitsville, also premiered at the festival. She also stars in Materialists, which opens on June 13.