Mary Lambert's voice provided just the right finishing touch for 'Same Love'

Hey all my babes! I'm at it again. Making sad songs and singing them and recording them and sharing them and crossing my fingers and toes and eyes that you'll like them. Just kidding about my eyes. I have sensitive sockets.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had written and produced a song called "Same Love," but they needed a special hook to finalize the emotional track. Like the rap duo, Lambert is from Seattle, though she had never met them 

In just six hours, Mary Lambert's life changed drastically. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had written and produced a song called "Same Love," but they needed a special hook to finalize the emotional track. Like the rap duo, Lambert is from Seattle, though

Hey all my babes! I'm at it again. Making sad songs and singing them and recording them and sharing them and crossing my fingers and toes and eyes that you'll like them. Just kidding about my eyes. I have sensitive sockets.

Like the rap duo, Lambert is from Seattle, but she had never met them. “I was sort of a last resort,” she said. “It was a match made in heaven.” Lambert was given “about two or three hours” to write the song's chorus and then record it the same night