Amy Grant has a surprise arriving this Friday: a collaboration with CAIN on "To Be Together," bringing the Christian music icon and the sibling trio together for a song whose message carries deeply personal meaning.
Grant announced the release on Instagram with an enthusiastic "SURPRISE!" before revealing the pairing. "We can't wait for you to hear this one," the announcement added.
The collaboration gives fresh attention to a song from Grant's 2016 album Tennessee Christmas. A decade later, its emphasis on being with the people we love provides a fitting meeting place for Grant and CAIN. Reports ahead of the release describe the recording as a new version celebrating the album's tenth anniversary.
Behind that welcoming title lies a more sobering story. In 2016, Grant explained that the original music video was inspired by her daughter Sarah's serious automobile accident. During the emergency room wait and the hospital days that followed, the song's chorus repeatedly came to mind and offered comfort.
That history gives the upcoming collaboration an emotional significance beyond its surprise announcement. For Grant, the song had already become connected to the vulnerability of loving someone-and the relief of having them close.
Pairing that message with a sibling group adds another meaningful dimension. The title now describes the collaboration itself: artists from different generations coming together around the value of belonging.
Listeners will have to wait until Friday to hear how Grant and CAIN share the song. But its history supplies a compelling reason to listen: beneath the seasonal warmth is a message shaped by a family's frightening experience and the comfort of being together.
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