“There was a line that he was talking about friends that he had lost over time that had gone on before their time, for various reasons, and he referred to them as broken halos, and so he thought that was worth a song,” Stapleton said. When Stapleton was on The Howard Stern Show in 2018, he explained that the lyrics tell the story of coping with grief after loved ones pass on. “ about friends who have died are all broken halos, like the halos of an angel,” he said.Īccording to the interview, the concept of the song was inspired by the memoir of Rolling Stone member Keith Richards called Life. “Broken Halos” is a straightforward, uncluttered opener, designed to welcome – not overwhelm – the listener,' Rolling Stone wrote about the tune in 2017. He was the same age as me we played Little League together, stuff like that, Stapleton expressed. I recorded this on the day a friend of mine passed away from pancreatic cancer. The opening track off Stapleton's 2017 album From a Room: Volume 1, 'Broken Halos' reached the number-45 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 2018. The Kentucky native performed his unreleased emotional tune Broken Halos and also shared the story behind the song. RELATED: Darci Lynne's Silky-Smooth Cover of The Eagles' 'Witchy Woman' Will Give You Chills What to know about 'Broken Halos' by Chris Stapleton Chris Stapleton and Mickey Raphael perform 'Broken Halos' at Farm Aid 2018 at XFINITY Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, on September 22.Farm Aid was started. During her version, she sang the emotional lyrics with and old-school country tone, and her vulnerability will have you reaching for the tissues. Watch the Season 19 premiere of America’s Got Talent Tuesday, May 28 at 8/7c on NBC and next day on Peacock.īack in February 2023, the America's Got Talent Season 12 winner shared a clip of herself singing an a cappella rendition of 'Broken Halos' by Chris Stapleton.

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