Steven Curtis Chapman, Brad Paisley and More Come ‘Together’ in Song
Also featuring Lauren Alaina and Tasha Cobbs Leonard, "Together (We'll Get Throught This)" will benefit those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artists of all stripes have found a common ground in these trying times, and for “Together (We’ll Get Through This),” Christian icon Steven Curtis Chapman brings country and gospel under the same roof.
Featuring country stars Brad Paisley, Lauren Alaina and Grammy winning gospel singer, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, the spirit-lifting track is built on a message of healing and courage, as Chapman and friends preach the steadfast values of cooperation. With soaring choruses and shining sonics, all proceeds from the collaboration will benefit the Opry Trust Fund and Gospel Music Association, aiming to help those of us affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I would say this: you are not alone,” Chapman tells Sounds Like Nashville about the stirring track’s message. “I really wrote this song is because of isolation. We’ve experienced it in a very tangible, real way in this season, and it’s devastating. Loneliness and aloneness is not what we were made for, not what we were created for. I believe as a Christian, and it’s all throughout the bible, that God made us for relationship with each other and with Himself.”
As the pandemic took hold, Chapman says he began to notice a difference in the way people talked to each other — even the ones on TV who were normally at each other’s throats. Instead of fighting amongst themselves, they seemed to really be standing together, much in the way people often talk about doing, but never actually get around to. Feeling inspired, Chapman quickly put pen to paper, and then enlisted some other voices to highlight that incredible shift. Paisley he had met when they shared a dressing room at a tribute concert. Alaina he knew of from her time on American Idol. And Cobbs is a fellow entertainer in the Contemporary Christian limelight.
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“I felt like it was this crack of light that came through the darkness and I wanted to kick the door open so more light could come in,” Chapman says. “I thought maybe I could fan the flame and get that spark really blazing if I highlight it with a song.”
Chapman goes on to note that he and his family have experienced tragedy before, with the loss of their youngest daughter 12 years ago. Having lived through that, the singer-songwriter knows this, too, shall eventually pass. And he’s hoping in the end, it will bring some sliver of good along with the devastation.
“I’ve talked a lot about 1st Corinthians 13 [lately],” he says. “‘Love is patient, love is kind, love does not keep a record of wrongs.’ We’re getting a good chance to practice all of those things in our home like everybody. … I think the fingerprints of God were on this project all along.”
