Jon Kahn

Just one day after the unfathomable assassination of conservative hero Charlie Kirk, country superstar, Lee Brice (“I Drive Your Truck,” “Hard to Love,” “I Don’t Dance”) took to the stage in Clearwater, Florida. With nine #1 Radio Singles, seven ACM wins amongst so many other awards and nominations, and songs that have been streamed billions of times, Brice’s repertoire of hits goes on and on. But on this night, he made a decision to alter his set to include a rarely performed song — and that song “When Kingdom Comes” he dedicated to Charlie Kirk.

A little less than two years ago, Breitbart News caught wind of a song that was starting to go viral on Tik Tok and Instagram. No fancy music video. No money behind it. Just one of its co-writers, Michael Farren, sitting outside a trailer in rural Tennessee with an acoustic guitar. The intimate performance along with intensely poignant lyrics, crafted by Farren, Ken Hart, and Garrett Jacobs, was all it took to send listeners reaching for the Kleenex box….and then reaching for the phone to call their dads, or searching for messages from their Dads who had passed. The song was called “Checking In.”

In October of 2022, Breitbart News became aware of a song called “Checking In” that was making waves on Tik Tok and Instagram. It was a simple performance recorded on an iPhone outside a camper somewhere in rural nowhere on the outskirts of Nashville: sung by one of its writers, Michael Farren. The song’s message was equally simple: in a fast-moving world, find the time to call your Dad. That message resonated with us and with you, the readers.