Hillary Scott of Lady A is to take over as host of Country Faith Radio on Apple Music – a weekly two-hour radio show, where Hillary will share songs and stories that inspire her musically and spiritually.
“[“Who You Are To Me”] is probably one of the coolest experiences I personally have ever been able to be a part of and it is working with one of my favorite, favorite Christian artist worship leaders, Chris Tomlin. He reached out to us [Lady A], to my band mates, Charles and Dave, really at the tail end of 2019 and just said, “Hey, I’m working on a record. I would absolutely love for you to be a part of a song on it.” And we poured out our heart and this is hands down, probably one of my favorites that we’ve ever been a part of.
Just to give you a little bit more of the backstory, because I just feel like it’s so important to hear and go behind the scenes of a songwriting session… And this one was really special and I’ll never forget, we were sitting in Dave’s studio, he had just finished it. This was the first song that christened his studio at home and we were just talking about the way that God speaks to us, the way that we see Him in everyday things and Charles even spoke to, you know, you get so caught up in the stories from the Bible, which are incredible and you see all of the ways that God loves us and shows up for us and is all of the things that He is, but it’s also in each other. We see Him in the love from other people in our community, in our families, the eyes of our children. And so that was really one of the things that we wanted to make sure came across in this song. It was just how specifically He knows us and how He shows himself to us.”
Carly [Pearce] and I share a mutual friend in her producer, Busbee, who also produced [Lady A’s] album, ‘Heartbreak.’ He unfortunately and tragically passed away a little over a year ago from brain cancer. But when Carly was putting this album together, she wanted to sit with two of his closest friends [Ben West and Emily Shackelton], not only who he worked with, but also who loved him and knew him on such a deep level. And so they sat in a room and wrote this song. And even though this song is specifically about her grieving the loss of this dear friend and producer, I think that it is so relatable to anyone who is walking through grief of losing someone they love. And this song will definitely, definitely, I think, give you hope in heaven.
You know, I think some of the places that I find God or feel Him close the most, they have to be when I’m with my babies, my three little girls and my husband, and also when I’m looking at the ocean. We love to get away to the Gulf Coast of Florida every so often and I tell you what, there is nothing more peaceful than watching the sun come up or go down over the water.
