Harry Connick Jr. on His Album, ‘Alone with My Faith’

Hey everybody, I’m Harry Connick Jr, and we are here at the Guideposts cover shoot, talking about my brand new album, Alone With My Faith. ♪ Faithful… ♪ ♪ So I’m never, never alone ♪ ♪ I’m eternally faithful ♪ ♪ So I am never… ♪ My brand new album is called Alone With My Faith, and I’m pretty proud of this one. This one was very different than any other album I’ve done in the past, and here’s why: Back in March of 2020, I was on tour, and just like the whole rest of the world, I got sent home and put on lockdown. And then, as the weeks and months passed, I started writing some music to describe my feelings. I was alone at my house, in my recording studio, just surrounded by a bunch of instruments, and I just played them one by one, and over the next six or seven months, I had enough material for an album, and so that’s how Alone With My Faith came to be. This pandemic had a profound impact on my life, and, I think, on everybody’s life. For me, it really reinforced the importance of family and faith. We really didn’t know what was going to happen. I personally had a rough time, because I lost a bunch of people in my life that were close to me, family members and friends. Most of them died as a result of complications from COVID, and when you’re not really able to have closure in a circumstance like that, you can’t really go to a funeral or mourn or grieve in a normal sort of fashion, it really kind of becomes burdensome. I really do think that I had a chance to put my faith to the test. For me, faith is a living, growing thing. It’s a gift that compels us to communicate with God. At least, that’s what I think it is. There were lots of questions, lots of confirmations, lots of gratitude, and the pandemic kind of reminded me how important faith is, in a time like this. ♪ I’m eternally faithful ♪ ♪ So I am never alone ♪