{"id":1320342,"date":"2020-06-04T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1821753"},"modified":"2020-06-04T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:54:18","slug":"listen-kane-brown-thanks-god-repeatedly-for-worldwide-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/listen-kane-brown-thanks-god-repeatedly-for-worldwide-beautiful\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Kane Brown Thanks God Repeatedly for \u201cWorldwide Beautiful\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:398035?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">20m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oI8haxRuPo?feature=oembed\">www.youtube.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oI8haxRuPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>When Kane Brown sat down with Shy Carter, Ryan Hurd and Jordan Schmidt to write \u201cWorldwide Beautiful\u201d a year or so ago, he probably had no idea that what would come out of that songwriting session would be such an honest and powerful and poignant way to change the way we all see color.<\/p>\n<p>Because a year ago, we didn\u2019t have the escalating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/04\/us\/george-floyd-protests.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">racial tensions<\/a> we do today, after the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the February 23 death of Ahmaud Arbery in Atlanta, and so many others who are unjustly victimized just because of the color of their skin.<\/p>\n<p>As Brown tweeted just days before he released the new song, \u201cWe will never see peace in this world until we ALL see each other as PEOPLE. We will never understand each other when you have people on 2 different sides. We have to become 1 to be at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">We will never see peace in this world until we ALL see each other as PEOPLE. We will never understand each other when you have people on 2 different sides. We have to become 1 to be at peace \u262e\ufe0f \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kane Brown (@kanebrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanebrown\/status\/1267464244871811072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And while one song can\u2019t right all the wrongs, it\u2019s a step in the right direction. As is Brown\u2019s commitment to donate the proceeds to the <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.bgca.org\/maindonationform\/rc_connect__campaign_designform?id=7011M000001dThzQAE&amp;form=00P1M00001BzXGGUA3&amp;c_src=IDM_2020_KaneBrown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America,<\/a> that stand against racism and discrimination. \u201cWe will leverage our national platform, Agenda for America\u2019s Youth, to effect change and elevate youth voices,\u201d their website says.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the first time Brown has done some good for the organization. During his Live Forever tour in 2019, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEKq89lfA6Q&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reserved the spots<\/a> in his meet and greets for the kids from local Boys &amp; Girls Clubs. \u201cI grew up rough as a child, so what we do instead of doing VIP meet and greets now is we give all of our meet and greets the Boys and Girls Clubs,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd they are able to hang out with us and ask me questions, because I share a special bond with these kids and I don\u2019t even get to meet them until the day of the show. It\u2019s amazing just to get to hang out with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Releasing this song tonight at 11pm central 12am eastern! I\u2019ve held onto it for a year but feel like it\u2019s needed during this time \u2764\ufe0f all proceeds are going to the boys and girls club! I love you guys <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uHfudLeLlN\">pic.twitter.com\/uHfudLeLlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kane Brown (@kanebrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanebrown\/status\/1268287348065865729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><br \/>\u201cWorldwide Beautiful\u201d lyrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>White churches, black churches<br \/>Different people, same hearses<br \/>It\u2019s kinda hard to fight with each other<br \/>Layin\u2019 down\u2005in\u2005the ground six\u2005under<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At every show I see my\u2005people<br \/>They ain\u2019t the same but they\u2019re all equal<br \/>One love, one God, one family<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re missing every color if you\u2019re only seeing black and white<br \/>Tell me how you\u2019re gonna change your mind if your heart\u2019s unmovable<br \/>We ain\u2019t that different from each other from one to another, I<br \/>Look around and see worldwide beautiful<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God<br \/>Oh, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Coast to coast, city to city<br \/>Reach out your hands if you\u2019re with me<br \/>Still got some work but we still got a dream<br \/>Every shade, every heart come together and sing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oh, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God, thank God (Woo)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re missing every color if you\u2019re only seeing black and white<br \/>Tell me how you\u2019re gonna change your mind if your heart\u2019s unmovable<br \/>We ain\u2019t that different from each other from one to another,<br \/>I look around and see worldwide beautiful<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One love, one God, one family (One family y\u2019all, come on)<br \/>One love, one God, one family<br \/>One love, one God, one family<br \/>One love, one God, one family (Sing it with me)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re missing every color if you\u2019re only seeing black and white<br \/>Tell me how you\u2019re gonna change your mind if your heart\u2019s unmovable (We\u2019re not that different)<br \/>We ain\u2019t that different from each other from one to another,<br \/>I look around and see worldwide beautiful<br \/>Look around and see worldwide beautiful (So beautiful)<br \/>Look around and see worldwide beautiful<br \/>Worldwide beautiful (Worldwide beautiful)<br \/>Look around and see worldwide beautiful<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1821753\/listen-kane-brown-thanks-god-repeatedly-for-worldwide-beautiful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 20m ago Embedded from www.youtube.com. [embedded content] When Kane Brown sat down with Shy Carter, Ryan Hurd and Jordan Schmidt to write \u201cWorldwide Beautiful\u201d a year or so ago, he probably had no idea that what would come out of that songwriting session would be such an honest and powerful and poignant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1320342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 07:42:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}