{"id":428297,"date":"2026-05-02T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428297\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:02:12","slug":"brandon-lake-and-nick-jonas-drop-the-author-hope-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/428297\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas Drop ‘The Author,’ ‘Hope’ Remix"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter weeks of teasing it out, Nick Jonas<\/a> and Grammy-winning CCM singer Brandon Lake<\/a> released their surprise two-song collaboration on Friday (May 1) featuring Lake\u2019s prayerful new ballad \u201cThe Author\u201d and a remix of \u201cHope,\u201d which originally appeared on the Jonas Brothers\u2019 recent solo album, Sunday Best.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cPicked up the Book for the first time in ages\/ Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages\/ My life is a story I struggle to write\/ But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?,\u201d Lake sings in a high falsetto over gently strummed acoustic guitar on the song\u2019s first verse before breaking into the searching chorus: \u201cSo who am I? Who am I?\/ Am I just a poor preacher\u2019s prodigal son?\/ Troubled child, running wild\/ Chasing the glory instead of the One\/ Who says that I, even I, have something still left to o\ufb00er?\/ So who am I?\/ Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJonas comes in on the second verse, singing, \u201cLike every good story, you learn from the loss\/ And I lost the plot every time I played God\/ I live in a moment You already wrote\/ It\u2019s proof that I\u2019m someone, yeah, someone You love,\u201d before taking on the refrain. According to a release announcing the new single, it was written by the pair during a writing camp hosted by Lake in late 2025 and is credited to Lake, featuring Jonas. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe result is a seamless collision of two worlds: Jonas\u2019 polished pop sensibility and Lake\u2019s powerful, inspirational vocals coming together in a way that feels both unexpected and undeniable,\u201d reads the release, which notes that fans began to catch wind of the team-up earlier this year when both singers began posting cryptic comments on their socials, building anticipation<\/a> for their first collaboration.<\/p>\n

\n\tThey also team up on the revamp of the chugging pop soul ballad \u201cHope\u201d from Jonas\u2019 fifth solo album, which dropped in February. The organ-fueled track on which Jonas, 33, recalls his younger days singing in church and prays \u201cthe devil loosens up his hold\u201d in the song\u2019s yearning chorus, finds the men trading verses and joining forces on the soaring chorus: \u201cI need some hope\/ Where\u2019s the silver lining cutting through all the smoke?\/ I need some hope\/ I\u2019m praying that the devil loosens up his hold, hold, hold\/ I need some hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLake recently released the Lainey Wilson collab \u201cThe Jesus I Know Now<\/a>\u201d while Jonas is gearing up to hit the road for his intimate \u201cA Night With Nick<\/a>\u201d concert series, which will kick off on June 4 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. at the Fallsview Casino Resort.<\/p>\n

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