Empire State Building is Unwrapping Carrie Underwood’s ‘My Gift’ Featuring John Legend For Annual Holiday Light Show

Empire State Realty Trust has announced that the annual Empire State Building holiday music-to-light show will feature Carrie Underwood’s new song “Hallelujah” with John Legend, from her first-ever Christmas album My Gift.

World-renowned lighting designer Marc Brickman choreographed the festive light show, which premieres on Saturday, December 19 and will be synced live each night at 8:00 p.m. through Friday, December 25th. Viewers outside of the New York City area can tune in to watch the show live via Earthcam at esbnyc.com/about/live-cam. A video of the entire show will also be posted on the Empire State Building’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/esbnyc) immediately following its debut on Saturday, December 19th.

“Hallelujah” is a new original track from Carrie Underwood’s debut holiday album My Gift, which released on September 25 and is available everywhere now. The Grammy Award-winning superstar joined forces with John Legend, to record the new track, which was written by Legend and Toby Gad. The 11-track album includes a mix of holiday classics and several new original tracks.

“I’m honored to be able to join the Empire State Building for this wonderful tradition,” said Underwood. “More than ever, it’s a time to embrace the hopefulness and joy of the holiday season, and to share that magic with people around the globe.”

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