Singer-songwriter David Archuleta just opened up about his relationship with his mother with the release of his new single “Hell Together.”
Archuleta returned with brand new music today penning what is surely to be one of his most riveting songs to date over his 15 year career. “Hell Together,” written by David Archuleta, Ryan Nealon, Sam Derosa (lovelytheband, Kylie Morgan) and Jordan Sherman (Niall Horan, Lauren Spencer Smith) is the first taste of new music since he released his award-winning single, “Afraid To Love.”
David shares the evolution of the song stating, “Hell Together” is inspired by what my mom said to me after I left my Mormon faith and religion altogether. It was a scary place to leave something that was all I knew and that gave me my purpose to live, but it was something I knew I needed to do as I felt a new sense and purpose for life. A few days after I publicly announced leaving the Mormon church my mom texted me saying she had decided to leave too. I was shocked as she was so devout. I asked what made her feel she needed to leave because she didn’t need to follow my example.
The singers mother admitted, “If you go to Hell, we’re all going to Hell with you. We’re a family and we’ll always be there for each other, in good or in bad!”
The narrative around the song, “Hell Together” is part of many topics and conversations that will be fully revealed in David’s forthcoming memoir with Dey Street Books, a division of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins Publishers in his quest to find inner peace.
David also went on to admit,”Hell Together” has a gospel vibe to it as it references the roots of church that are still very much a part of what has defined me despite the journey I’ve had of leaving my faith. It has an uplifting energy. Most people within the church would think you feel dark and lost leaving your faith, but that was not the case for me. I felt like I found myself! It’s meant to show the joy and how by leaving my religion is how I found a greater light. And, more importantly, how much it meant to still have a support system of family still there for me so I wasn’t alone when at first I believed I was going to be alone.”
In a conversation with Out regarding his recognition on the Out100, the singer stated, “I want to help build the bridge between the world I grew up in and loved with where I’m at in the queer community and what I love about life today.”
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He added, “I want to show that queer people are happy and thrive,” he continues. “I want to make it visible for people to see from my old world, because I never saw that when I was in that old world, and I know a lot of others can’t really either. I want to create that visibility so others like me from that culture I grew up in know they can thrive, be themselves, and feel joy and have a new vigor for life.”
