A GLIMPSE OF A GENTLY SOOTHING LIGHT!
Chris Oledude’s “We Will Get Through This” arrives with the calm assurance of someone lighting a small candle in a dim room: unassuming, steady, and unexpectedly grounding. As the only ballad on his debut album PREACHER MAN – VOL. 1, it opens a gentle clearing amid heavier themes, offering a moment of quiet humanity without drifting into sentimentality.
What gives the track its glow is the way it draws on familiar musical textures without leaning on nostalgia. Oledude folds echoes of childhood melodies, folk softness, Broadway warmth, and the intimacy of classic pop duets into something that feels renewed rather than reminiscent. His partnership with soprano Yanitza Lee brings that feeling to life beautifully. Her voice moves with uncluttered clarity, lifting the melody’s wide emotional range, while guitarist Tomas Rodriguez adds a delicate, contemplative shimmer that feels almost conversational.
The heart of the song lies in its origins. During a year working with a nonprofit supporting people facing mental health and substance-abuse challenges, Oledude witnessed a kind of love that requires both strength and surrender. As that assignment ended in August 2024, he wrote this piece as a tribute to the Philipstown Behavioral Health Hub, performing it there for the first time. In the months that followed, amid political upheaval and global conflict, the message widened. The song’s quiet resilience now speaks to anyone who has ever stood beside someone in pain and chosen to stay.
Oledude himself calls it the “sweetest” song he’s written, not for its softness, but for its honesty. “We Will Get Through This” doesn’t rush toward resolution; instead, it holds space. It trusts the listener, and in doing so, it becomes something rare: an understated reminder that, even in fractured times, tenderness still knows how to rise.