“WE ARE BACK”

Ecclesiastes 3:4

I spent most of Friday smiling at my phone. Going back and forth between Instagram, texts, and Spotify for artist (Stream tracking app), Friday was a (hopefully) rare day when I allowed my phone addiction to have full control. With Easy On The Eyes coming out, I couldn’t help but be pulled in by the love and excitement I felt from all of you.

So far, this journey of beginning again and releasing music independently, starting with Ain’t Got Enough Faith back in November, has been something that has just fallen together. Each release has come naturally and unforced, just allowing our intuition to lead the way. The one thing I knew with certainly upon the return was that a foundation had to be laid first and foremost before we would be in a place to start building again. What last year brought was not just a pause or rest. It was not a new chapter, it was a new book. Last year was a moment to start over again, from the studs and build this career with so much more clarity than I ever did before. As catchy as Easy on the Eyes is, we can all agree, that song coming out in November as my first song back would have felt a little ridiculous and tone deaf.

These last few months, from Faith, to Man, to the acoustic record, to Never Be Gone, each of those songs carried a weight and emotional maturity. I put those out as pieces to be laid as the foundation of this new house. The foundation of a house is the most important part of it, however, no one celebrates over the foundation. We celebrated in the building, the growing, and the beauty of the new home.

As I have promoted the song on instagram, I have had fun with my captions.

“This sounds like a Conner Smith song.” I wrote on the first video of the bench.

“Foundation is laid. Time to build.” I put on a video of me at some random house site I found while killing time waiting to pick up Leah from somewhere.

“We back???” Finally, I wrote on the video of me dancing across the street two days before the song came out.

Though simple in these captions, the message I hoped to portray was this.

The work of healing has been done and together it is time to rejoice once again. It’s time to have fun again. Page one of a new book.

Ecclesiasties 3:4 says,

“[There is] a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance”

It is time to dance once again.

Thank you Jesus.

Life comes in seasons. The rhythm of joy and sorrow, like sets of waves in the ocean, fully outside of our control. However, I have come to realize the beauty of life is found in the space that can hold both with equal grace and humility.

The reality of opposites is that it is in the one that the other finds all it’s importance.

To know sorrow is to know joy in it’s fullness.

This is all so much bigger than music to me. I truly believe we are creating something special.

As I saw all the shares and comments and DM’s of people listening to Easy On The Eyes, I just smiled. Hundreds of posts with the words, “We are back.” I felt so much joy with each one I saw. It is unreal to feel that kind of love, to see people rejoice with you when a season of trial has passed.

In my prayer time recently, I felt felt the lord speak to me, “Get your hopes up again.” I really do feel like something good is coming our way.

My favorite part of every post I saw saying “we are back” was not the “back”, it was the “we.”

-Conner