The seventh annual Sea Hear Now in Asbury Park may as well have started on a Sunday.

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier transformed the Surf stage into a pulpit, powerfully vocalizing his catalogue of songs, which chronicle injustice and love for 80 minutes. Thousands of fans intently watched, swayed, and acknowledged every one of the Grammy-award-nominated singer’s call to action.

Their feet weren’t gracing an antique church floor, but rather nestled deeply into the soft sand with a slight chill from the ocean. For Hozier, born Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, and his fans alike, they were acknowledging the disorienting state of the world, while also believing that music is a flicker of light showing us the way through it.

Named one of Time’s 100 most influential people in 2025, Hozier prov

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