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Zhavia Ward from The Four Season 1 has released the music video for Candlelight.

And within 24 hours, the video for “Candlelight” has gotten nearly 700,00 views on YouTube, elicited more than 6,000 comments and is trending on the site.

Zhavia announced the single on Thursday’s episode of The Four, then watched it vault into the Top 100 on iTunes upon its release.

“This song means a lot to me,” she writes on Instagram. “I’ve had this concept and some of the lyrics for a few years now and, finally, it has been put into an incredible song I got to write with one of my favorite artists, Somo.

“This song represents one of the hardest times I went through where I felt I had no hope and for the first time in my life I thought my dreams wouldn’t come true.

“Over time, I realized the one thing I did have control of at the time was the way I saw the world and the things around me. Learning to always be optimistic and always believing there is a way even when you don’t know how, led me to where I am now. Always be a dreamer!”

Here’s the video.