Let It Begin
Let It Begin is the ninth studio album by American Christian rock band Big Daddy Weave. The album was released on, through Curb Records. It is the band's first album to be released following bassist Jay Weaver's death in 2022.
Background
Predating the album, five singles were released. The first single released off the album was "God Is in This Story", with Katy Nichole, released on. As well as being included on Let It Begin, the song was also featured on Nichole's self-titled extended play, Katy Nichole, and her debut studio album, Jesus Changed My Life. The song reached significant chart positioning, including No. 1 on the Billboard Christian Songs">Christian music">Christian Songs and Christian Airplay, as well as reaching No. 2 on the Christian Adult Contemporary Airplay and No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales.The second single released off of Let It Begin was "Heaven Changes Everything", released on. "Heaven Changes Everything" achieved notable success as well. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay, and topped the Christian Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart.
Following "Heaven Changes Everything", "Let It Begin", the album's title track, was released as a single. The song was released on. "Let It Begin" reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, No. 5 on the Christian Airplay, and No. 7 on the Christian Adult Contemporary Airplay. On, a version of "Let It Begin" was released, featuring musicians Megan Woods and Ben Fuller.
On, the fourth single off the album was released, "My Hope is Jesus", which did not enter the Billboard charts. The fifth and final single released from Let It Begin was "I've Just Seen Too Much", released on.
Let It Begin was revealed in an interview on. The track listing and release date was revealed on.
To give fans a more in-depth description to the stories of the album, Big Daddy Weave has begun releasing a video-podcast series, titled "Cabin Conversations", in which lead-vocalist Mike Weaver discusses the meaning behind each of the songs on Let It Begin. The song "Jaybird" is a tribute to former bassist Jay Weaver, who died to COVID-19 in 2022 at age 42.
Let It Begin was supported by two tours, including the Heaven Changes Everything tour of 2023–24, featuring Tasha Layton, Austin French and Hannah Kerr, and the Let It Begin tour of 2024–25, featuring Hannah Kerr, The Young Escape, Megan Woods and Ben Fuller.