Early Friday morning (April 22nd), Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott sent out a letter to her fans via social media introducing her latest musical endeavor and describing the story behind her amazing first single, “Thy Will.” It’s the debut from the upcoming album, Love Remains, by Hillary Scott & The Scott Family, and it is being sent to both Country and Christian radio.
“I’m so excited the day is finally here that I get to share with you all what I’ve been up to,” says Hillary. “I have made a faith-based album entitled Love Remains. The best part about this collection of songs is that it is featuring my mom Linda Davis, my father Lang Scott and my little sister Rylee Scott, all produced by Ricky Skaggs. So ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you Hillary Scott & The Scott Family.”
“I wanted to first share ‘Thy Will.’ I wrote this song about a very recent experience that left me heart broken, asking why, and facing some of my most difficult days. This song is my letter to God. As I ask some really hard questions, I hold much of the story of my life that I can’t see, but that I still choose to trust Him.”
Audio / Hillary Scott talks about the story behind her new single, “Thy Will,” the debut from the forthcoming faith-based project with her family.
DownloadHillary Scott (story behind “Thy Will”) OC: …for not. 1:17
“The most personal song on the record is the first single, and it’s called ‘Thy Will’… and that song is about questioning God, and that it’s okay to do that, but to know that ultimately his plan is what’s best. And when I think about the things that have happened in my life, you don’t fully, one hundred percent, with all of your being, appreciate blessings, unless you have gone through struggle. And like the song says, like ‘you are God, and I am not. 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. It’s that big ask of ‘Why God? But I wouldn’t have written this song if I hadn’t gone through it, and I think that 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’s for you, He hears you, He sees you, and ultimately it won’t be for not.”
