As part of this morning’s exclusive sit-down interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Lady Antebellum‘s Hillary Scott announced July 29th as the release date of LOVE REMAINS (EMI Nashville) by Hillary Scott & The Scott Family.
“The process of making this album has been not only creatively inspiring but I’ve also really been able to grow as a person,” shared Hillary Scott. “We’ve had this intense concentrated amount of time as a family together, which has been so special. With all that we’ve gone through together, the highs, the lows – to be able to process all of that together, to heal together, to grieve together, to laugh, to cry, all of those things…it’s just been such a continuation of solidifying the strong foundation that we have in our family.”
After the passing of her grandfather in 2011, Hillary alongside mother Linda Davis, father Lang Scott and younger sister Rylee, leaned on their faith and music as a source of hope through the difficult time. The Scott family yearned to thank loved ones for their support and set out to record demos of family-favorite hymns. As the summer of 2015 wound down and Lady Antebellum soaked-in time off the road, the family’s plans for a five song CD as a gift to family and friends, blossomed into what is now LOVE REMAINS.
The 13-track collection of faith-based songs is a combination of hymns Hillary grew up singing in church, newly-written originals and songs made popular by other artists. With the help of producer Ricky Skaggs, the forthcoming album blurs the lines between gospel, bluegrass, country and pop. At the center of the mix are the rich, entwined voices of the Scotts, who take turns harmonizing and singing lead.
“We didn’t want to make a sad record,” noted Lang Scott. “You’re always sad when you lose a loved one, but if you have that faith, it gives you hope. It gives you the courage to press on.”
While the upcoming album’s lead single “Thy Will” offers that universal message of hope, today on Good Morning America, Hillary also shared her own personal struggle that led to “baring her soul like never before” (People). She revealed that the song was written about a more recent dark chapter in her life, a sudden miscarriage of her second pregnancy during the fall of 2015. To watch her moving interview, click HERE.
Today, fans can simultaneously watch the vibrant music video premiere for “Thy Will” on VEVO here: http://bit.ly/1UnQjal
LOVE REMAINS offers plenty to believe in. These are songs that find the redemption in struggle, the peace in death, the joy in bonding with family members whenever times are tough. The stories behind the songs are personal, it’s music with a message and Hillary Scott has rarely sounded more at home.
LOVE REMAINS TRACK LIST:
- “Beautiful Messes”
Connie Harrington, Ben Glover
- “Still”
Justin Ebach, Molly Reed
- “Sheltered In The Arms Of God”
Dottie Rambo, Jimmie Davis
4 “Safe Haven”
Hillary Scott, Bill Whyte, Sydni Perry, Jimmy Fortune
- “Faithful Love”
Barry Dean, Don Poythress, Karyn Rochelle
- “The River”
Jeff Pardo, Jordan Feliz
- “Thy Will”
Hillary Scott, Emily Weisband, Bernie Herms
- “Come To Jesus”
Chris Rice
- “Love Remains”
Jim Daddario, Tom Douglas
- “We March On”
Don Poythress, Kenna Turner West, Lang Scott, Linda Davis
- “Your Unfailing Love”
Worley Max McKinney, Glenn Warren
- “Come Thou Fount”
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- “Ain’t No Grave”
David Crowder, Seth Philpott, Hank Bentley
The faith-based country collection follows more than 11 million album sales worldwide for Hillary Scott as one-third of the one of the world’s most popular groups, Lady Antebellum. The trio has earned six PLATINUM singles and dubbed ACM and CMA “Vocal Group of the Year” three years in a row. In addition to co-writing six chart-topping Lady A hits including the 6x PLATINUM hit “Need You Now,” Scott has also written for artists such as Blake Shelton and Sara Evan’s No. one hit, “A Little Bit Stronger.” As a former MTSU student, the university recently started a scholarship in her honor for young women seeking a career in the music industry.
Audio / Hillary Scott talks about what she went through personally that led her to write "Thy Will."
DownloadHillary Scott (meaning behind the song) OC: …be for naught. 1:53
“What I think gave me the strength to release a song like ‘Thy Will’ first, is that it scares me more to not do it. I think as scary as it is to talk about really hard things that you go through and to be, not only in the public eye all the time, but to also share a huge personal part of my story, because I wrote this song about having a miscarriage. And it’s about feeling like it was time to have another baby and then we get pregnant, and we’re excited all to find out that it’s not meant to be right now. And that it wasn’t right and it wasn’t the right time. And, so that’s what this story is for me. It’s asking God, like, ‘I felt like this was what you were telling us to do, and then all for it to be taken away,but I trust you. I have to trust you and like the song says, like ‘you are God, and I am not. Like, you see the big picture, and I believe that, but I’m not gonna lie to you that this really is hard. This is a real, hard thing to walk through and I need you to help me and thank you for an amazing husband, and a daughter to wake up for every day, you know, all of those things that keep you going.’ But that’s what this song is, and I think I want other people to hear my story and know that you can keep stepping every day, you can breathing you can keep living and never forgetting and never getting over what happened, but you can keep living in the midst of it. And so that’s what this song is. This song is hopefully giving people the freedom to know that it’s okay to question, but don’t forget that He is really, He is for you. He hears you. He sees you, and ultimately it won’t be for naught.”
