NEW YORK (AP) — With masks over their mouths and gloves on their hands, country superstar Luke Combs and his band went to a music studio — in separate rooms — and recorded a new song reflecting the mood of a world dramatically altered by the spreading coronavirus.

Singing lyrics like "I miss my mom, I miss my dad," Combs performed "Six Feet Apart," a song he wrote on April 14 during a Zoom writing session with songwriters Brent Cobb and Rob Snyder.

In an interview last week with The Associated Press, Combs described the recording session as "very weird."

"There was hardly anybody there. There...