Multi-platinum selling musician, singer-songwriter and current Grammy Awards nominee Gavin DeGraw closely collaborated with the United States Olympic Committee on his song Everything Will Change, which appears on his most recent album Make a Move, which debuted today. The collaboration includes a music video set to DeGraw’s song, featuring competition and training footage of more than two dozen Team USA athletes as well as sound bites from figure skater Jeremy Abbott; Paralympic alpine skiers Heath Calhoun and Alana Nichols; short track speedskater J.R. Celski; freestyle aerials skier Emily Cook; alpine skier Stacey Cook; and long track speedskater Shani Davis.
“I grew up watching the Olympics, and it’s a dream come true to have had this opportunity with Team USA,” said DeGraw. “I think the song fits because so many of us can relate to that desire to do what you love, put it down for a minute, then make that decision to get back on that horse, because life is really all about following your passions – sport, music or otherwise – and, in essence, that’s the pursuit of happiness for me.”