Dan + Shay Hope to 'Bring a Little Joy This Holiday Season' with New Christmas Song in Behind-the-Scenes Clip

Dan + Shayare already in the holiday spirit!The country music duo — comprisingDan SmyersandShay Mooney— released their newest holiday single with Amazon Music on Wednesday titled “Pick Out a Christmas Tree.” In abehind-the-scenes clipshared exclusively with PEOPLE, the “Tequila” singers talk about the process of writing and recording the song, and how they spend the holiday season.“Writing an original Christmas song is always difficult because there are so many good Christmas songs that already exist and like certain buzz words — and you feel like everything’s already been said,” Smyers, 34, says in the clip.

Dan + Shay on Debuting New Song '10,000 Hours' at Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin's Wedding

Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage Country duoDan + Shaywere both on board with serving as impromptu wedding singers for their collaboratorJustin Bieberlast month. Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney were guests at Bieber’s wedding to Hailey Baldwin in Bluffton, South Carolina, where they performed theirnew song “10,000 Hours”— which Bieber cowrote and lends vocals to — for the first time in front of a live audience. “We had never rehearsed it,” SmyerstoldEntertainment Tonightat an event in Nashville on Wednesday.

Dan + Shay Return to the Nashville Stage to Celebrate New Album: 'Our Favorite Show We've Ever Played'

TwiceDan Smyersasked the thousands of Nashville fans stretched before him to repeat, “Good things are coming!” Of course, everyone happily obliged, even though they knew — withDan + Shayalready onstage anda brand-new albumout — good things, most assuredly, were already there. Smyers, 34, and partnerShay Mooney,29, took over the city’s newly renovated Centennial Park on Friday night, setting up a massive outdoor stage beside the Parthenon to celebrate thesame-day release of their fourth studio album,Good Things.

Dan + Shay Reveal They Almost Broke Up After Wrapping 2021 Tour: 'We Let Things Get in the Way'

YouTube After putting in their 10,000 hours,Dan + Shaynearly called it quits. On Monday, the country duo revealed in a new YouTube video titled “The Drive” that they almost parted ways as bandmates following a string of successes including a 2021 arena tour and three Grammy wins. “I was in, like, the lowest low of my entire life. Came off the road, and I was like, ‘Man, I f—ing hate music.

Dan + Shay Savor Special Moments at Aflac's Pre-CMA Listening Lounge Before Their Big Night

AsDan + Shayget ready forthe CMA Awardson Wednesday, the duet partners are savoring their nominations and all the special moments that lead up to the big night. “Win or lose, seriously, it’s just an honor to be nominated,”Dan Smyerstells PEOPLE. Come on.Seriously? Smyers, 31, offers a wide grin. “We want to win, obviously!” he amends. And with three nominations, the dynamic duo has never had a better chance than this week to take home their first-ever CMA Award.