The new pop/Christian crossover track is accompanied by a revamped version of the hopeful song from Jonas' Sunday Best solo album. Brandon Lake (L) and Nick Jonas collaborate on "The Author" and "Hope (Remix)." Republic Records After weeks of teasing it out, Nick Jonas and Grammy-winning CCM singer Brandon Lake released their surprise two-song collaboration on Friday (May 1) featuring Lake’s prayerful new ballad “The Author” and a remix of “Hope,” which originally appeared on the Jonas Brothers’ recent solo album, Sunday Best . Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Picked up the Book for the first time in ages/ Still washed me clean with the dust on the pages/ My life is a story I struggle to write/ But is it one worth telling? Is it one You like?,” Lake sings in a high falsetto over gently strummed acoustic guitar on the song’s first verse before breaking into the searching chorus: “So who am I?…