Switchfoot
recently released a re-imagined version of their single "I
Won't Let You Go" as a beautiful collaboration with Lauren Daigle. I first discovered it prior to the airing of Mully in its limited run in theatres.
Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman shrared on Instagram:
"@lauren_daigle has one of the most beautiful voices on the planet. She
visited our studio to write some tunes and collaborate a few months
back...WARNING: listen in a safe place where you can quietly shed tears
of joy. You're amazing, Lauren!" Foreman posted the cover for the
single, along with a link for a temporary free download of the song.
The idea for the collaboration began at Switchfoot's BRO-AM event, an
annual benefit concert for homeless and at-risk youth in San Diego, when
the band persuaded Daigle to sing with them on stage. Several songs
were thrown in the mix while they were deciding which song to sing
together, but in the end, "I Won't Let You Go" was chosen.
"For me, when I wrote that song, I was thinking of Love Himself -- the
transcendent maker of time and space -- singing 'I won't let you go' to
me. To be able to hear somebody else singing those lyrics -- and
Lauren's voice is so amazing -- it felt like a beautiful chance to kind
of enter into the song in a different way," Foreman said about the
collaboration.
Lauren described the experience on her YouTube channel,
"As we were singing the song all together, there was just such a feel
in the air... the guys were just so encouraging about all of it and they
said, 'Hey, would you like to come jump into the studio next week and
we can record this just for fun?'... I think as the time unfolded, as
the experience unfolded, we realized, whoa, this has the potential to be
something a little bit more than just us messing around in the studio."
She continued, "I just loved their openness to collaborate. It was so
much fun! There was so much excitement in the room that we just had to
share it with all of ya'll."
