Brandon Lake and Nick Jonas Drop ‘The Author,’ ‘Hope’ Remix

After weeks of teasing it out, Nick Jonas and Grammy-winning CCM singer Brandon Lake released their surprise two-song collaboration on Friday (May 1) featuring Lake’s prayerful new ballad “The Author” and a remix of “Hope,” which originally appeared on the Jonas Brothers’ recent solo album, Sunday Best.

“Picked up the Book for the first time in ages/ Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages/ My life is a story I struggle to write/ But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?,” Lake sings in a high falsetto over gently strummed acoustic guitar on the song’s first verse before breaking into the searching chorus: “So who am I? Who am I?/ Am I just a poor preacher’s prodigal son?/ Troubled child, running wild/ Chasing the glory instead of the One/ Who says that I, even I, have something still left to offer?/ So who am I?/ Who am I to question the pen in the hands of the Author?”

Jonas comes in on the second verse, singing, “Like every good story, you learn from the loss/ And I lost the plot every time I played God/ I live in a moment You already wrote/ It’s proof that I’m someone, yeah, someone You love,” before taking on the refrain. According to a release announcing the new single, it was written by the pair during a writing camp hosted by Lake in late 2025 and is credited to Lake, featuring Jonas.

“The result is a seamless collision of two worlds: Jonas’ polished pop sensibility and Lake’s powerful, inspirational vocals coming together in a way that feels both unexpected and undeniable,” reads the release, which notes that fans began to catch wind of the team-up earlier this year when both singers began posting cryptic comments on their socials, building anticipation for their first collaboration.

They also team up on the revamp of the chugging pop soul ballad “Hope” from Jonas’ fifth solo album, which dropped in February. The organ-fueled track on which Jonas, 33, recalls his younger days singing in church and prays “the devil loosens up his hold” in the song’s yearning chorus, finds the men trading verses and joining forces on the soaring chorus: “I need some hope/ Where’s the silver lining cutting through all the smoke?/ I need some hope/ I’m praying that the devil loosens up his hold, hold, hold/ I need some hope.”

Lake recently released the Lainey Wilson collab “The Jesus I Know Now” while Jonas is gearing up to hit the road for his intimate “A Night With Nick” concert series, which will kick off on June 4 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. at the Fallsview Casino Resort.

Listen to the songs below.