Maverick City Music released "Breathe" on June 4, 2021, as the lead single from Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition, exclusively on Apple Music. Apple Music selected the song as part of its specially curated playlist of songs to honor Juneteenth 2021 titled Juneteenth 2021: Freedom Songs.[6] Jonathan McReynolds shared the story behind the song, saying: "Chandler [Moore] was praying in the session and talking about how the events that have taken place in America have a lot of us—especially Black men—waiting for the next shoe to drop. As we began writing our way through it, we just realized this connection to all of the breaths that have been snuffed out over the past years because of racism and discrimination. So the first idea was centered around us bracing ourselves for the next issue, the next trending topic, the next killing, the next trial, and how necessary it is for us as believers—and just people in general—to make sure that we don’t miss out on living, praising, and believing because of worry."[7]
Composition
"Breathe" is composed in the key of D♭ with a tempo of 74 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4 4.[8]
"Breathe" debuted at number 35 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart[10] and number 12 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart dated July 3, 2021.[11]
Music video
Maverick City Music released the music video for "Breathe" featuring Chandler Moore, Jonathan McReynolds and Doe through Apple Music exclusively on June 18, 2021.[12] On February 11, 2022, Tribl Records published the music video for "Breathe" on YouTube.[13]
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