Eric Church is utilizing his platform for good.
In a press launch obtained by Fox Information Digital on Friday, the nation star shared that he shall be transferring all of the publishing royalties for his new track, “Darkest Hour,” to the folks of his residence state of North Carolina following the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
“From Western North Carolina, East Tennessee, Upstate South Carolina, components of Georgia and even Florida which took a direct hit, there are such a lot of locations that have been impacted,” Church said within the launch. “Particularly within the space that I am from, the mountains of Western North Carolina have been devastated. There are locations which might be simply biblically gone. These are our relations, they’re our associates, they’re our neighbors – and so they’re in dire want of assist.”
HURRICANE HELENE: NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS FIGHT FOR THEIR SURVIVAL AS BASIC GOODS BECOME SCARCE
Eric Church launched his first new solo launch in over three years, titled “Darkest Hour,” as a tribute to victims of Hurricane Helene. (Getty Photos)
“I have been within the studio for some time, making an attempt some various things and exploring creativity,” he continued. “I had this track that I would written, and the road that struck me in gentle of the current devastation was ‘I am going to come working,’ as a result of there are lots of people on the market proper now who’re of their darkest hour, and so they want folks to come back working.”
“We have been going to attend to launch music till subsequent yr, but it surely simply did not really feel proper to attend with this track,” he added. “Typically you give songs their second and typically they discover their very own second.”
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Church went on to say that this track was “one of the best ways” he may consider methods to assist these in dire want.
Eric Church’s residence state is North Carolina. (Getty Photos)
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“We have been serving to with boots on the bottom efforts, however that is one thing that may stay past simply the fast restoration,” he said. “This isn’t a fast factor to repair, so hopefully ‘Darkest Hour’ will have the ability to contribute to that for a very long time to come back. This track goes to my residence, North Carolina, now and without end.”
The track, Church mentioned, is devoted to “the unsung heroes, the individuals who present up when the world’s falling aside.”
“That is for the oldsters who present up within the hardest instances, providing a hand when it is most wanted, and standing tall when others cannot,” he continued. “Even in your darkest hour, they arrive working. When the night time’s at its blackest, that is for many who are holding the sunshine, guiding the misplaced and pulling us via.”
The track is devoted to the “unsung heroes,” mentioned Eric Church. (Getty Photos)
“The message of the track particularly on this time is about Hurricane Helene and the those who need assistance, however in a broader view, it is about any difficult instances that we now have in our life, which we’ll all have,” he concluded. “And it is all the time vital to know that in your darkest hour, there are folks that may come working, there are folks that may assist. And I believe it is also vital to be one of many those who go working when different folks need assistance.”
In a video message posted to YouTube on Friday, Church additionally requested followers and followers to assist him “achieve as a lot publicity” to the devastation and do what they will to assist – together with donating to his Chief Cares fund, which is at present directing all its charitable efforts to the communities who have been immediately impacted by the destruction.
In accordance to FOX Climate, the dying toll has continued to rise to a minimum of 215 folks – with almost half of these deaths in North Carolina. The hurricane first made landfall on the Gulf Coast in Florida and continued to wreak havoc throughout the Southeast.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing in areas of western North Carolina that have been remoted after catastrophic flooding destroyed lots of of roads and bridges.
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Fox Information Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
