During an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday (June 20) to announce the release details for her family’s upcoming album, Love Remains, Hillary Scott opened up about the tremendous grief and loss that inspired both the project’s first single and the record as a whole.

When Scott’s grandfather passed away in 2011, her family — mother Linda Davis, father Lang Scott and younger sister Rylee — used faith and music to help them through the tough time. To thank the many friends and loved ones who supported them, they decided to record demos of family-favorite hymns as a thank you — but the idea turned into something bigger: a 13-track collection of hymns, newly written originals songs and tunes made popular by other artists.

‘We didn’t want to make a sad record,” notes Lang Scott. “You’re always sad when you lose a loved one, but if you have that faith, it gives you hope. It gives you the courage to press on.'”

Read the full story (source): Hillary Scott: Miscarriage, Family Death Inspired ‘Love Remains’