Virtual choir sings ‘It is Well with My Soul’

(CNN) – As we all know by now, social distancing in the time of the coronavirus means staying apart.

But a studio in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in backup singers found a creative way to bring encouragement and comfort to others while maintaining social distancing.

The result was a 31-person cellphone choir and a video that garnered millions of views online.

It just shouldn’t work, but music producer David Wise couldn’t stop himself.

The hymn ‘It is Well with My Soul’ was comforting him in these dreadful times and he wanted to share it in a dramatic way

“These are faces that have never been seen. These are people that are singing on backup tracks on some of the biggest artists that you can name in town and I think it is a reflection of our city,” said Wise.

No microphones. No natural blending and each singer got their five-second part and sang it on a cellphone. How could it sound this good?

The video, being used at funerals for COVID-19 deaths in churches on every continent, in nurse and doctor morning prayer groups, has 5 million views already.