01 / Behind the song
An old hymn.
A new response.
“Hark the Herald (Glory Glory)” begins with the familiar announcement of Christ’s birth. Erica Violet gives the hymn room to breathe, then answers it with a chorus of praise.
Erica wrote the new chorus during a quiet moment of worship. She wanted a simple way for people to sing the heart of the Christmas story together: the King of Kings came near as a baby. The result holds the hymn’s familiar words beside a response that feels made for a room full of voices.
Keys, live drums, bass and electric guitar carry the arrangement. It moves from the wonder of the angels’ message into the joy of a church singing back. The name at its center is Emmanuel: God with us.
