The video features his wife April, and their four kids-Rileigh, Jett, Autumn, and Cash - living these lyrics.
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He says, “It’s about getting back to the basics, rolling your windows down and singing your favorite songs.” “Gospel Song” is his first step out of the last year. Beyond the fleeting heat of the moment messaging, Walker honed in on joy, peace, happiness, and love - knowing that the sustainable kinds of those feelings come from a higher power.
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2020 was a year full of writing about that bigger picture. Let’s find out how we can be of service to others.”Īnd so he did. Because if I did, and if I believed there’s still hope and joy to be found in this world, then I better perk up. “But basically she asked if I believed in the songs I write. “Speaking with my wife one night, she said ‘this is a moment where the proof is in the pudding’ - or something along those lines because she’s not redneck like me,” he laughs, and continues. Walker jokes, “I was wondering if this was all about me and that deal I made not too long before.” From there, he continued on this trajectory with his latest single, “Gospel Song.”Ībout the time everything started looking up, the pandemic hit. For “Believer” to be the song to excel and keep him in the music industry, his convictions were confirmed. From churches to theaters to the Opry stage, that’s the message he feels he should put out in the world. “So it’s a message of hope and reminding yourself that there’s peace in the struggle and good times always on the other times if you’re focused right.”įor Walker, it’s always been about faith, family, country. “I believe I am who God says I am, not what anyone else says I am,” he explains. The message on his highest-charting song of all time aligned his compass. When it stayed there for nearly 28 weeks, the artist understood where he needed to go from here. As the song landed in the Top 10, Walker realized this was his sign. In October 2019, his single, “Believer” climbed the charts. If it doesn’t take off by the end of the year, I’ll know it’s time.’” I said ‘You’ve got to close this door for me if it isn’t what you had in mind. I was gonna step out, thinking maybe this isn’t for me anymore. “I wasn’t stewarding what I had been given well, and that started to reflect in my touring schedule and music - I wasn’t firing on all cylinders. Walker and his band were nominated for a GRAMMY Award for the single “When Mercy Found Me.” From there, the road warrior spent more nights on a bus than his bed, and too much time away from his family. His debut Come To The River in 2012 was followed by Here’s To The Ones in 2014. “Fast forward,” he says, “you write a bunch of songs to make records and you tour them non-stop.” As a new husband and teenage father, Walker jumped at the opportunity to make a living with his music.
He was just 24-years-old when he signed his first deal with Mercury in 2012. “We came from nothing, so we said yes to everything,” country star Rhett Walker explains over the phone.
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