Keith Urban On ACM Hosting And ‘God Whispered Your Name’
Keith Urban has had a huge morning as he was announced as the 2020 ACM Awards host and released a new song “God Whispered Your Name” to radio.
Keith said of the combining news on Instagram this morning via video, “BIG NEWS! Just dropped a new song “God Whispered Your Name” AND I’ll be hosting the @acmawards on April 5th!! #ACMawards”
Urban also shared with us details about his new song. He said, “‘God Whispered Your Name’ really spoke to me the very first time I heard it. The opening line – I was so cold and lost/and nothing seemed to ring true – God, I know that place so well, and the rest of the song unfolded, and I just followed it every step of the way.”
He added, “At the end of the day if I’m gonna record a song that I didn’t write, like this one, then it’s gonna be a song that speaks to me really strongly. And ‘God Whispered Your Name’ absolutely spoke to me and tells my journey in such a profound way going through a season in life of being very lost and lonely and confused and not knowing a how to get out of that, and then the chorus hits — ‘God Whispered Your Name’ and everything starts to open up and become clear. And that second verse when it said, ‘I can feel the sunshine for the first time in a while, again, was just, it just went right to the core of me. And (it was) the most extraordinary song, and I just knew right then and there I had to get into the studio and record it.”
Keith is set to perform at RodeoHouston March 16th, followed by a two-night stand at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas April 24th and 25th.