
Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll are continuing to tease their upcoming collaboration, “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” and the country singer is opening up about how the original song impacted him.
“The first time I heard ‘Hard Fought Hallelujah,’ I haven’t had a record touch me like that in so long,” Jelly Roll — whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord — said in a new video. “It’s been years since I worshiped the way that I worshiped to that song. Because I carry my faith with me, but I’m also struggling, and very honest and open about that.”
Jelly Roll sat down with Lake to explain why he wanted to collaborate with the worship artist in the first place.
“I’ve been so bitter and hurt by the Church and their dogma that I created my own now,” Jelly Roll said. “Because I believe music meets us where we are. I needed that record when I heard it, but then to double back and be like, ‘Yo, there’s a chance you could work on this record with this guy,’ and I’m like, ‘Whoa, God sent me the record for me.’ Not only does He want me to listen to it and worship, He wants me to live with it and learn.”
The collaboration is set to be released on Feb. 7.