Twenty-two-year-old Josiah Queen has a full-circle moment with his new single, “I’ll Fly Away,” which finds him trading vocals with Benjamin William Hastings, singer and writer of “So Will I (100 Billion X)” – a song recorded by Hillsong UNITED that was a huge inspiration for Queen as he was growing up. A jubilant celebration of the sweet hereafter, the two artists wrote “I’ll Fly Away,” with Zac Lawson, and John Michael Howell. Hank Bentley (Brandon Lake, Crowder) produced. Listen to “I’ll Fly Away” (feat. Benjamin William Hastings), HERE.

“‘I’ll Fly Away is a song of hope, rooted in the promise that this life isn’t the end. It’s about the day we’ll be reunited with our loved ones in Heaven - singing, worshiping, and embracing them once again in the presence of God. I think of family and friends already there and this song feels like my heart is reaching toward that homecoming.”

“I’ll Fly Away” is from Queen’s forthcoming album, Mt. Zion, which will be released on August 22 via Capitol Records/Capitol Christian Music Group (CCMG). Pre-order / pre-save HERE. Exclusive vinyl, signed CDs and fan packs are available HERE. Mt. Zion is the follow-up to The Prodigal, Queen’s independently released debut album, which entered Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart at No. 1 in June of 2024 and re-entered the top five of the tally earlier this month. The Prodigal has amassed over 140 million combined global streams to date.

The Tampa native turned Nashville resident will celebrate the release of Mt. Zion with two special headline shows: October 27 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and November 1 at Yuengling Center in Tampa. Tickets for the Ryman Auditorium show sold out in under 48 hours; limited tickets for the Tampa show are available HERE. Queen performed as special guest on the U.S. leg of Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake’s summer arena tour, which wrapped up earlier this week at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

In his recent headline performance at Lifest in Wisconsin, Queen had the crowd of 30,000+ people singing along to “Dusty Bibles,” another single from Mt. Zion. Logging over 5.2 million streams weekly, the track has charted on Spotify’s Viral 50 in 18 countries, including within the top 10 in the U.S., and within the top 25 of Spotify’s global tally. Views of “Dusty Bibles” social media posts surpassed 100 million in the first month.

“Dusty Bibles” is currently in the top three of Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart and marks Queen’s third entry on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs tally. “Can’t Steal My Joy” (feat. Brandon Lake), “Yesterday is Dead” and “Two Wooden Beams” – three earlier single from Mt. Zion – also appeared on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart.

In this recent feature, which traces Queen’s journey from janitor to chart-topping artist, Relevant Magazine says, “It’s tempting to call Queen’s rise a TikTok success story, but that would undersell the depth of his songwriting. His lyrics read like journal entries – earnest, haunted by doubt, brimming with awe.”

For more info on Josiah Queen, visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on Benjamin William Hastings, visit the JFH Artists Database.

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