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Hillsong Young & Free

{{short description|Australian worship music group}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hillsong Young & Free

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| alias = Hillsong Y&F, Young & Free, Y&F

| origin = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

| genre = {{flatlist|

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| years_active = {{start date|2012}}–present

| label = Sparrow, Hillsong, Capitol CMG

| website = {{URL|hillsong.com/youngandfree}}

| current_members = {{ubl|Tyler Douglass|Tom Furby|Aaron Hollinger|Alexander Pappas|Ben Tan|Brendan Tan|Hannan Suganarajan|Isaac Fisher|Tahisha Hunt|Harry Parnwell| Jacob Kami| Dani Marchio|}}

| past_members = {{ubl|Alexander Epa Iosefa|Taya Gaukrodger|Joshua Grimmett|Jack McGrath|Munashe Mutambiranwa|Saye Pratt|Mi-Kaisha Rose|Renee Sieff|Laura Toggs| Karina Savage| Jose Isai Valdez| Melodie Wagner-Mäkinen|Aodhan King|Josh Kpozehouen| }}

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Hillsong Young & Free (also known as Hillsong Y&F or simply Young & Free or Y&F) is an Australian contemporary worship music and Christian EDM group from Sydney, Australia, where they started making Christian music in 2012 at Hillsong Church. They have released four live albums: We Are Young & Free (2013), Youth Revival (2016), III Live (2018), and All of My Best Friends (2020); they have also released four studio albums: Youth Revival Acoustic (2017), III (2018), III (Studio Sessions) (2019), and III (Reimagined) (2019). Additionally, the group have released three EPs: This Is Living (2015), We Are Young & Free (The Remixes) - EP (2015), and Out Here on a Friday Where It Began (2021).

Background

The group formed in 2012 out of Sydney, Australia, where they were located at Hillsong Church. Their members are worship leaders Aodhan King, Alexander Pappas, Tyler Douglass, Renee Sieff, Ben Tan, and Melodie Wagner. Hillsong United (launched in 1998), the original group, began when the members were all relatively young, since it was started as part of the youth ministry at Hillsong Church. As they started to mature, have families of their own, and take on adulthood, many people at the church felt there was a need for a new group that would aim its message at younger people with a stimulating new sound.{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Mountford|title=Hillsong Young & Free: The latest offshoot of the Australian movement |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Hillsong_Young__Free_The_latest_offshoot_of_the_Australian_movement/52762/p1/|publisher=Cross Rhythms|access-date=5 March 2016|date=11 December 2013}}{{cite web|first=David|last=Jeffries|title=Hillsong Young & Free : Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hillsong-young-free-mn0003139286/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 March 2016}}{{cite web|first=Jim|last=Askar|title=Hillsong Young & Free on New Live Album 'Youth Revival': 'The Focus Is on the Message' |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6890367/hillsong-young-free-interview-youth-revival-album-interview|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 March 2016|date=28 February 2016}}{{cite web |first=Daniel |last=Ritchie |title=Hillsong Young & Free Q&A |url=https://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/hillsong-young-free-qa/ |magazine=CCM Magazine |access-date=31 March 2016 |date=31 March 2016}}

History

Hillsong Young & Free released their first live album, We Are Young & Free, on 1 October 2013.{{cite web|first=Andree|last=Farias|title=We Are Young & Free - Hillsong Young & Free : Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-young-free-live-mw0002562111|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 March 2016}}{{cite web|first=Marcus|last=Hathcock |title=Singing a Song to Fill the Void|url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=21758&user_id=8571|publisher=New Release Today|access-date=5 March 2016|date=1 October 2013}}{{cite web|first=Jono|last=Davies|title=Reviews - Hillsong Young & Free - We Are Young & Free |url=http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=3953|publisher=Louder Than the Music|access-date=5 March 2016|date=6 September 2013}} The album debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, also charting on several Billboard charts in the United States, peaking at No. 22 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart.{{cite web|author=Billboard|title=Hillsong Young & Free : Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hillsong-young-free-mn0003139286/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=5 March 2016}} Their subsequent release, an extended play, This Is Living, was released on 11 January 2015.{{cite web|first=Brendan|last=Prout|title=Hillsong Young & Free: This Is Living|url=https://worshipleader.com/albums/this-is-living/|magazine=Worship Leader|access-date=5 March 2016|date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313210205/http://worshipleader.com/albums/this-is-living/|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Caitlin|last=Lassiter|title=The Voice of A New Generation |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=22814&user_id=130961|publisher=New Release Today|access-date=5 March 2016|date=15 January 2015}}{{cite web|first=Jono|last=Davies|title=Reviews - Hillsong Young & Free - This Is Living |url=http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=4674|publisher=Louder Than the Music|access-date=5 March 2016|date=21 January 2015}} The release charted on the Billboard 200 at No. 38 and No. 1 on the Christian Albums chart. Their second extended play, The Remixes, was released on 4 December 2015. Their second live album, Youth Revival, was released on 26 February 2016.{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Armstrong|title=Hillsong Young & Free: Youth Revival|url=https://worshipleader.com/albums/youth-revival/|magazine=Worship Leader|access-date=5 March 2016|date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092102/https://worshipleader.com/albums/youth-revival/|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Mikayla|last=Shriver|title=Worship for the Next Generation |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/userprofile_reviewssinglepost.php?review_id=23347&user_id=140124|publisher=New Release Today|access-date=5 March 2016|date=18 February 2016}}{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Major|title=Hillsong Young & Free's "Youth Revival:" Unrivaled, Contagious & Game Changing|url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/exclusives/1716-hillsong-young-free-s-youth-revival-unrivaled-contagious-game-changing|publisher=The Christian Beat|access-date=5 March 2016|date=29 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232330/http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/exclusives/1716-hillsong-young-free-s-youth-revival-unrivaled-contagious-game-changing|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Chambers|title=Hillsong Young & Free 'Youth Revival' |url=http://todayschristianent.com/hillsong-young-free-youth-revival/|publisher=Today's Christian Entertainment|access-date=5 March 2016|date=25 February 2016}} On 6 December 2016, it was announced that Hillsong Young & Free was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category for Youth Revival.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017|title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys|magazine=Billboard|access-date=24 August 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Hillsong Young and Free's worship music is a lot like pop. That's no accident.|url=https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/hillsong-young-and-frees-worship-music-is-a-lot-like-pop-thats-no-accident/2331494/|access-date=21 August 2020|website=Tampa Bay Times|language=en}} Hillsong Young & Free featured on the track "Marching On" from Rend Collective's album Good News, which was released on 19 January 2018.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/good-news/1301694161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224173617/https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/good-news/1301694161|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2018|title=Good News by Rend Collective on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=19 January 2018|access-date=24 February 2018}} In 2020, Young & Free's album All of My Best Friends was nominated for the 63rd Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category.{{Cite web|date=15 December 2020|title=Hillsong Young & Free|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/hillsong-young-free/20121|access-date=1 January 2021|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of albums, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions

style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|AUS
{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hillsong&titel=Y%26F+%2D+We+Are+Young+%26+Free&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com - Discography Hillsong Y&F|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=5 March 2015}}

!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/tlp/|title=Hillsong Young & Free Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 July 2018}}

!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
Christ.
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/ill/|title=Hillsong Young & Free Chart History: Top Christian Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 July 2018}}

scope="row"| We Are Young & Free

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| 6 || 22 || 1

scope="row"| Youth Revival

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  • Released: 26 February 2016
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| 3 || 45 || 2

scope="row"| Youth Revival Acoustic

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  • Released: 24 February 2017
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| 37 || — || 24

scope="row"|III

|

  • Released: 29 June 2018{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallels.com/articles/19400/20180519/listen-to-hillsong-young-and-frees-new-single-let-go-here.htm|title=Listen to Hillsong Young and Free's New Single "Let Go" Here|last=Hallels|website=hallels.com|access-date=20 May 2018}}
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| 12
{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/albums-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=16 July 2018|access-date=14 July 2018}} || 131 || 2

scope="row"| III (Live at Hillsong Conference)

|

  • Released: 2 November 2018{{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=PREMIERE: III (Live at Hillsong Conference) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=28 October 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTAcq-Z_l9A|access-date=1 November 2018}}
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| 50
{{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/DAB2B1CD51C796BB782A7A48EA3EDF3279B2EA71C46B616BF755712279EAAE48/ARIA%20Digital%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=14|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=12 November 2018|access-date=10 November 2018}}

| —

| 40
{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/ill/|title="III: Live" by Hillsong Young & Free Chart History (Christian Albums)|publisher=Billboard|date=17 November 2018|access-date=19 November 2018}}

scope="row"| III (Studio Sessions)

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  • Released: 5 April 2019
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| III (Reimagined)

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  • Released: 6 September 2019
  • Formats: Download, streamed audio

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| All of My Best Friends{{cite web|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2020/08/14.HillsongYoungandFreeAnnouncesNewAlbumAllofMyBestFriends.asp|title=Hillsong Young & Free Announces New Album 'All of My Best Friends'|access-date=15 August 2020}}

|

  • Released: 28 August 2020
  • Formats: CD, Download, streamed audio

| —

| —

| 14

scope="row"| Todos Mis Mejores Amigos

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  • Released: 15 January 2021
  • Formats: CD, Download, streamed audio

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| All Of My Best Friends (Acoustic)

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  • Released: 12 February 2021
  • Formats: CD, Download, streamed audio

| —

| —

| —

=EPs=

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|+List of EPs, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | EP details

! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions

style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|AUS
{{cite web|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/music-news-aria-albums-adele-blocks-coldplay-from-a-number-one-debut-20151212|title=ARIA Albums: Adele Blocks Coldplay from a Number One Debut|publisher=Noise11|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|date=12 December 2015|access-date=9 March 2016}}

!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US

!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|US
Christ

scope="row"| This Is Living

|

  • Released: 13 January 2015
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| — || 38 || 1

scope="row"| We Are Young & Free: The Remixes EP

|

  • Released: 4 December 2015
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| 83 || — || 31

scope="row"| Todos Mis Mejores Amigos

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  • Released: 18 September 2020
  • Formats: CD, download, streamed audio

| — || — || —

scope="row"|Wish We Were All Together...but until then{{cite tweet|number=1329733983916134407|title=Miss being together? Yeah, same. So we pulled some of songs off #AllOfMyBestFriends because we miss you! Listen to Wish We Were All Together... But Until Then Red heart|user=youngandfree|author=Hillsong Young & Free|date=20 November 2020|access-date=20 November 2020|link=https://twitter.com/youngandfree/status/1329733983916134407}}

|

  • Released: 20 November 2020
  • Format: streamed audio

| — || — || —

scope="row"| Out Here On a Friday Where It Began

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  • Released: 30 July 2021
  • Formats: Download, streamed audio

| — || — || —

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Title

!colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Christ.
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/ico/|title=Hillsong Young & Free Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Christ. Air.
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/cri/|title=Hillsong Young & Free Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Christ. Digital
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/hillsong-young-free/chart-history/crt/|title=Hillsong Young & Free Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 February 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|NZ
Hot
{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2020-02-28|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=2 March 2020|access-date=29 February 2020}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|Aus
Christ.
Air.
{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/tcmcountdown|title=Today's Christian Music Countdown (Australia)|publisher=Woodlands Media|access-date=2 February 2021}}

rowspan="3"| 2013

| style="text-align:left"| "Alive"

| 19

| 20

| 5

| —

| —

| rowspan="3"| We Are Young & Free

style="text-align:left"| "Wake"

| 22

| 30

| 2

| —

| 6

style="text-align:left"| "Vivo Estás (Alive)"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2014

| style="text-align:left"| "The Stand"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="2"| non-album singles

rowspan="3"| 2015

| style="text-align:left"| "Noel"

| 40

| 32

| 23

| —

| —

style="text-align:left"| "This Is Living"
{{small|(featuring Lecrae}})

| 16

| 29

| 9

| —

| 1

| This Is Living (EP)

style="text-align:left"| "Where You Are"

| 16

| 25

| 17

| —

| 1

| rowspan="3"| Youth Revival

rowspan="2"| 2016

| style="text-align:left"| "Real Love"

| 27

| 35

| 44

| —

| 1

style="text-align:left"| "Falling Into You"

| 29

| 23

| —

| —

| 1

2017

| style="text-align:left"| "Love Won't Let Me Down"

| 22

| 30

| 11

| —

| 1

| rowspan="5"| III (Three)

rowspan="3"| 2018

| style="text-align:left"| "P E A C E"

| 20

| —

| 8

| —

| 15

style="text-align:left"| "Let Go"

| 23

| 31

| 23

| —

| 1

style="text-align:left"| "Just Jesus"

| 37

| —

| —

| —

| —

rowspan="2"| 2019

| style="text-align:left"| "Heart of God"

| 46

| 39

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:left"| "Every Little Thing"
{{small|(featuring Andy Mineo)}}

| —

| 48

| —

| —

| 1

| III (Reimagined)

rowspan="8" | 2020

| style="text-align:left"| "Best Friends"{{cite web|url=http://jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2020/02/21.HillsongYoungandFreeReleaseNewSingleBestFriends.asp|title=Hillsong Young & Free Release New Single "Best Friends"|access-date=22 February 2020}}

| 26

| 50

| 20

| 30

| 1

| All of My Best Friends

style="text-align:left"| "Hay Otra Salida (Best Friends)"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Todos Mis Mejores Amigos

style="text-align:left"| "Lord Send Revival"

| 49

| —

| —

| —

| —

| rowspan="6" | All of My Best Friends

style="text-align:left"| "Never Have I Ever"

| 36

| 42

| —

| —

| 1

style="text-align:left"| "World Outside Your Window"

| —

| 43

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:left"| "As I Am"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:left"| "Uncomplicated"

| 41

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:left"| "Indescribable"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 1

2021

| style="text-align:left"| "Phenomena (DA DA)"

| 46

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| Out Here On a Friday Where It Began (EP)

=Other charted songs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Title

!colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

!rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Christ.

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
Christ. Digital

2013

| style="text-align:left |"Back to Life"

| —

| 38

| We Are Young & Free

rowspan="3"| 2015

| style="text-align:left" |"Sinking Deep"

| 28

| 44

| rowspan="3"| This Is Living (EP)

style="text-align:left" |"Energy"

| 35

| —

style="text-align:left" |"Pursue"

| 34

| —

2016

| style="text-align:left" |"To My Knees"

| 37

| —

| Youth Revival

2018

| style="text-align:left" |"First Love"

| 48

| —

| III (Three)

= Featured songs =

{{BLP unsourced section|date=September 2017}}

  • "Relentless (Young & Free Remix)" (2014) / Hillsong UNITED – The White Album
  • "Alive" (2014) / Hillsong Worship – No Other Name (only DVD)
  • "Sinking Deep" (2014) / Hillsong Worship – No Other Name (only DVD)
  • "This Is Living" (2015) / Hillsong Worship – Open Heaven / River Wild (digital deluxe edition and DVD)
  • "Pursue/All I Need Is You" (2015) / Hillsong Worship – Open Heaven / River Wild (digital deluxe edition and DVD)
  • "Marching On (featuring Hillsong Young & Free)" (2018) / Rend Collective – Good News

=Music videos=

  • "Alive" (2013){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Alive (Lyric Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=1 July 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvEVALLjNQ|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Wake" (2013){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Wake (Live from Summercamp) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=28 August 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e33zCUm1ZnY|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Back to Life" (2013){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Back to Life (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=16 September 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDn5GX1m1lU|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Gracious Tempest" (special performance) (2014){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Gracious Tempest (Live from Youth) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=31 July 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah0uydqMYhE|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "This Is Living" (2015)
  • "Where You Are" (2016){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Where You Are (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=22 January 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwoZ-ntsRgM|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Real Love" (2016){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Real Love (Live) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=25 February 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0kmvXlDBYI|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Falling Into You" (2016){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Falling Into You (Live) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=18 May 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgADZwP4S8|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Love Won't Let Me Down" (2017){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Love Won't Let Me Down (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=18 August 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQjmKoiTVQ|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "P E A C E" (2018){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=P E A C E (360 Lyric Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=22 February 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKKd15f5XWY|access-date=28 August 2018}}
  • "Let Go" (2018){{Citation|last=Hillsong Young & Free|title=Let Go (Music Video) - Hillsong Young & Free|date=25 May 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2d3xIvSMg|access-date=28 August 2018}}

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://hillsong.com/youngandfree/}}

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