(Christmas music)

- Well this year, it may seemas if hope is in short supply,

but the band, for KING &COUNTRY, has been delivering hope

all year long.

Take a look.

- [Narrator] Joel andLuke Smallbone comprise

the popular Australian singingduo, for KING & COUNTRY.

The brothers have won fourGrammys, two this year.

With the unusual year 2020 has been,

for KING & COUNTRY hascontinued to give their fans

great music, through live streaming events

and an outdoor drive-in Christmas tour.

Their new holiday album,"A Drummer Boy Christmas",

brings their signature styleto traditional songs of hope.

- And joining us now viaZoom is one of the members

of KING & COUNTRY, Joel Smallbone.

Joel, thanks for being with us today.

- Merry Christmas, Wendy.

You look lovely and I'msorry we can't be there

in the flesh.

- I told you, I literallycame to the studio

and thought you guys weregonna be here in the flesh.

And I was so disappointed,and then of course

I forgot we're living in this COVID world.

So, but at least we getto see you via Zoom.

So tell us about these livestream events.

Earlier this year, you guyshosted a Night of Hope.

You had two and a half million,

at least two and a halfmillion people see it online.

How did this all come together?

- Well, like most things this year,

it came together in a very dramatic way.

We got two shows into our first ever

full Canadian tourbefore the pandemic hit.

And then we had to get across the border

before they closed it.

And so, a week or so after we said,

Well, why don't we,hey, let's put together

something we've never done before and pipe

into our band's homesin Nashville, Tennessee,

and create this together, a Night of Hope.

And it was very unprecedented,very complicated,

but we were excited to do it,

and we're gonna do another one,as well, for Christmas now.

So it's an exciting time in that regard.

There's always, in confinement,there's always opportunity.

And that's what we'veseen very much this year.

- Absolutely.

And Joel, why do youthink it's so important

to give people hope right now?

- Well, and honestly Wendy,that's part of the reason

we did Night of Hope, that'spart of the reason we're doing

this Christmas special andthese Christmas Drive-ins.

In Florida actually, thisweek, we've got our final week.

We've done six weeks ofDrummer Boy Drive-in.

Look, it's the most complicatedtouring I've ever done,

Wendy, but it's also someof the most rewarding.

And I was daunted, like,with the screen, you know,

the windshield and so faraway and so separated,

how does this all work?

And number one, it's niceto hear car horns used

for something positive, but secondly,

people are so anxiousto be coming together.

And so it's really created thisenvironment of celebration,

which we believeChristmas 2020 is gonna be

a celebration likewe've never experienced.

And so, that's been thrilling.

- Yeah, in spite ofeverything that this year

has thrown at us, youbelieve this is gonna be

the best Christmas ever.

Why?

- I do, I think partlybecause of everything

that's been thrown at us.

And that's part of the reasonwe wanted to put together

this record and "Drummer BoyChristmas" and do these tours

and really try and getout there, is because

we've faced everything this year.

- We've faced suicide.

We've faced loneliness.

We've faced health issues.

We've faced racial issues.

What greater hope is therethan God coming to earth

and offering humanity redemption

and a fresh start and freedom?

And to be able to celebratethat coming into a new year

of healing and hope, Ijust think it's so pivotal

for the whole world, really.

- Yeah.

Well, we're about to hear your rendition

of "Little Drummer Boy".

I've been listening toit in my dressing room.

And that song, you say, has aspecial place in your hearts.

Why is that?

- It does.

We actually kind of stumbled across

our rendition of it in 2020.

We very zealously, it was theyear we'd released as a band.

We said, we're gonna do a Christmas tour.

We had no Christmasalbum, Christmas single.

We just shoved ourselvesinto a factory for 48 hours,

and that's when we cameup with this version

of "Drummer Boy".

And it's been such a blessing,from that day to this,

not only with Christmas, butjust as we developed as a band.

It's really been tellingfor us as young men,

who love rhythm and music, of going,

we don't have a lot to give God,

but we can offer youthis music and this art.

And so, here we are.

- Well, it's a great rendition.

That song is the title trackon for KING & COUNTRY'S

newest album, it's called"A Drummer Boy Christmas",

and it is availablewherever music is sold.

You'll definitely wanna pick that up.

And you'll get more than a dozen hits,

including "Joy to theWorld", my other favorite,

and "Go Tell it on the Mountain".