Eric Church is using his platform for good.

In a press release obtained by Fox News Digital on Friday, the country star said he would be sending all royalties from the release of his new song “Darkest Hour” to the people of his home state of North Carolina following the devastation caused by the hurricane Helene.

“With western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, upstate South Carolina, parts of Georgia and even Florida taking a direct hit, so many places have been affected,” Church said in the press release. “Especially where I come from, the mountains of western North Carolina have been devastated. There are places that have simply disappeared biblically. These are our family members, they are our friends, they are our neighbors – and they “I urgently need help.”

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Eric Church released his first new solo release in over three years titled “Darkest Hour” as a tribute to the victims of Hurricane Helene. (Getty Images)

“I’ve been in the studio for a while, trying different things and exploring creativity,” he continued. “I had this song that I had written and the phrase that stood out to me in the face of the recent devastation was ‘I’m coming running,’ because there are a lot of people out there right now who are in their darkest hour. and they need people to come running.”

“We wanted to wait until next year to release the music, but it just didn’t feel right to wait for this song,” he added. “Sometimes you give songs their moment and sometimes they find their own moment.”

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Church went on to say that this song was “the best way” he could think of to help people in dire need.

Eric Church’s home state is North Carolina. (Getty Images)

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“We have helped with on-site operations, but this is something that lasts beyond just immediate recovery,” he explained. “It’s not something that can be fixed quickly, so hopefully ‘Darkest Hour’ can continue to contribute to that for a long time. This song goes to my homeland of North Carolina, now and forever.”

The song, Church said, is dedicated to “the unsung heroes, the people who show up when the world falls apart.”

“This is for the people who show up in the most difficult times, offer a hand when it is needed most, and stand firm when others cannot,” he continued. “Even in your darkest hour, they come running. When the night is blackest, this is for those who hold the light, guide the lost, and pull us through.”

The song is dedicated to the “unsung heroes,” said Eric Church. (Getty Images)

“The song’s message specifically during this time is about Hurricane Helene and the people who need help, but more broadly it is about all the challenging times in our lives that we will all experience,” he concluded. “And it’s always important to know that in the darkest hour there are people who run, people who help. And I think it’s also important to be one of the people who runs when other people need help.”

In a video message posted to YouTube on Friday, Church also urged his fans and followers to help him “bring as much attention to the devastation as possible” and to do what they can to help – including donating to his Chief Cares Fund, which currently manages all charitable efforts for the communities directly affected by the destruction.

After on FOX WeatherThe death toll continued to rise to at least 215 people – almost half of these deaths occurred in North Carolina. The hurricane initially made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast and continued to cause devastating damage in the Southeast.

Search and rescue operations are underway in areas of western North Carolina isolated after catastrophic flooding destroyed hundreds of roads and bridges.

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Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.