Holy Silence, Loud Faith: Aodhán King & Benjamin William Hastings Redefine the Waiting Room in “Saturday”
What do you sing when God hasn’t answered yet? Award-winning worship leaders and songwriters Aodhán King and Benjamin William Hastings have an answer: you sing the silence. The longtime friends have officially announced their collaborative project, Happy To Be Here, born from a raw, unfiltered 10-day writing and recording session that sounds less like a polished studio product and more like a spiritual diary. Today, they release the project’s second song, “Saturday”—and it is a stunning act of lyrical courage. While most anthems race straight for the resurrection morning, “Saturday” dares to linger in the one day no one talks about: the quiet, uncertain stretch between the cross and the empty tomb. It is the space where the worst thing has just happened and the best thing hasn’t happened yet. The prayer you’re still praying. The hospital hallway. The two a.m. wrestling match with doubt. Marked by waiting, wrestling, and faith in the dark, “Saturday” refuses to offer cheap resolution—and that’s exactly what makes it holy. Pre-save the album now ahead of its May 29 release on Anotherland/Capitol CMG, and listen to “Saturday” today.
But Happy To Be Here is more than an album title; it’s a posture. Following their recent single “Hollow Grave,” King and Hastings have doubled down on collaboration as a core value, bringing several of their Hillsong bandmates into the studio alongside special guest artists including Cody Carnes and Elevation Worship’s Tiffany Hudson. The result is a project that feels less like a supergroup flex and more like a family reunion gathered around a piano at 3 a.m. “Saturday” captures that exact tension: the belief that even in the silence, something is unfolding. You are not forgotten. You are not stuck forever. Sunday is coming—but until then, this song gives you permission to sit in the Saturday, to trust without a timeline, and to whisper, I’m still here. With “Hollow Grave” already turning heads and “Saturday” cutting even deeper, King and Hastings aren’t just writing worship songs. They’re writing a theology of patience for an exhausted generation. And honestly? We’re happy they’re here.
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