These Are The Days

Album: Lauren Daigle (2023)
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Songfacts®:

  • Lauren Daigle's "These Are the Days" is a triumphant anthem for believers in turbulent times. It's a clarion call to those grappling with fear, confusion, and uncertainty, reminding them that Christ's return is imminent. These are the days that believers have been longing for, and Daigle's song invites us to join in the grand celebration of what lies ahead.
  • Daigle released the track as the second single from her eponymous fourth solo album on September 8, 2023.
  • Daigle wrote "These Are the Days" with her producer Mike Elizondo (Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood), along with CCM songwriter/producer Jason Ingram and country songwriter Natalie Hemby. Ingram co-wrote and co-produced every track on Daigle's third album, Look Up Child.
  • When Daigle received a phone call about playing her first festival after the COVID lockdown, she was thrilled to get back on stage again.

    The day after Daigle received her festival offer, she entered the recording studio with Elizondo. "He played a new track, seeking lyrics and offering to sing any that came to mind," Daigle recalled to New Release Today. "I kept saying, 'These are the days, these are the days, these are the days we've been dreaming of.' And I remember thinking these words were only placeholder lyrics until I sat and thought about them over and over. Then my co-writers Natalie Hemby and Jason Ingram brought up the word jubilee, and I knew we were writing a song about God coming back again."
  • Mike Elizondo plays the synthesizer and bass guitar. The other musicians are:

    Trevor Lawrence Jr.: percussion, drums
    Roy Agee: trombone
    Emmanuel Echem: trumpet
    Evan Cobb: saxophone
    Philip Towns: piano, Hammond B3 organ
    Avery Bright: viola
    Austin Hoke: cello
    Alicia Enstrom: violin
    Annaliese Kowert: violin
    Blair Whitlow: background vocals
    Charles Jones: background vocals
    Kara Britz: background vocals
    Rachael Lampa: background vocals
  • This is an entirely different song to Cory Asbury's "These Are The Days," released around the same time.

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