Platinum-selling Christian singer and songwriter Josiah Queen is turning his attention toward eternity with his latest single, ‘when I see You’, a soulful and deeply reflective song centred on the hope of one day meeting Jesus face to face.
Released ahead of his highly anticipated third studio album, Damascus Road, the new track offers a more intimate side of the 23-year-old artist. The album is scheduled for release on October 23, with ‘when I see You’ serving as another glimpse into the faith-driven songwriting at the heart of the project.
Produced by Dylan Thomas, the song takes a noticeably different musical direction from some of Queen’s bigger folk-rock releases. Instead, it moves at a relaxed pace, built around graceful acoustic guitar and a restrained but purposeful drumbeat that allows his vocals and lyrics to carry much of the emotional weight.
The idea behind the song comes from Queen’s own thoughts about Heaven and what it might feel like to finally encounter Jesus. Rather than attempting to answer every question, he uses the uncertainty of that moment as the starting point for a deeply personal reflection.
Queen imagines the experience of seeing Jesus for the first time, wondering whether he would dance, sing, bow before the King or simply struggle to find the words. Those questions give the song its emotional pull while reinforcing its central message: thinking about eternity can change how someone chooses to live in the present.
As the track develops, Queen’s vocals move between quiet wonder and emotional intensity, giving the song a sense of anticipation. The production gradually expands without losing the intimate quality established at the beginning, creating a fitting musical backdrop for a song about hope beyond this life.
‘when I see You’ also arrives during a significant period in Queen’s rapidly growing career. He has surpassed 2.1 billion career streams and has emerged as the No. 2 most-streamed Christian artist globally, while his music continues to connect with an expanding international audience.
His recent success includes the gold-certified ‘demons’, which reached No. 1 at Christian radio and topped Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. The song is also set to appear on Damascus Road, alongside previously released tracks including ‘judas’, ‘make heaven crowded’ and ‘sundays’.
The upcoming album follows Queen’s 2025 project Mt. Zion, which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart and earned a nomination for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 2026 GMA Dove Awards. Queen received seven nominations overall this year, including Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
Damascus Road will feature 14 songs and represents another stage in Queen’s development as a songwriter. His catalogue already includes the platinum-certified Billboard Hot 100 hit ‘Dusty Bibles’, the breakout ‘The Prodigal’, which has surpassed 200 million streams, and gold-certified songs such as ‘Can’t Steal My Joy’ and ‘demons’.
Beyond the recordings, Queen is also taking his music to audiences around the world. He is currently completing the U.K. and European leg of his Mt. Zion Tour, which concludes in Brussels on September 27 after a successful U.S. run.
Next spring, he will return to the road for the Damascus Road Tour, his biggest headline tour to date. The run begins April 8 at BOK Center in Tulsa and will take Queen to arenas across North America, including major stops at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Spectrum Center in Charlotte, Target Center in Minneapolis and Honda Center near Los Angeles.
With Damascus Road approaching, ‘when I see You’ provides another window into the themes shaping Queen’s next chapter. The song is less about trying to describe Heaven perfectly and more about allowing the hope of eternity to influence life right now.
For Josiah Queen, the thought of eventually seeing Jesus becomes more than an idea about the future. Through ‘when I see You’, it becomes a source of perspective, anticipation and motivation, giving listeners a deeply personal reflection on faith, hope, and the promise of what lies beyond.
