About this episode

Tenroc shares his transformative experience of hearing God while driving a church van and discusses his debut solo album, which focuses on worship and the implications of fame.

Tenroc has spent his life making hits for other people. Grammy nominated producer and songwriter, he has worked with Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, Julia Michaels, Renee Rapp, and others — building songs, polishing them, handing them off, and going back to do it again. He never wanted to be the one out front. Then, about a year ago, he was driving a church van full of youth with his wife in the passenger seat when he heard God say something that changed everything. God's personhood, misdirected worship, and why the universe is not listening when you talk to it: Tenroc shares the story behind God Is a Person, his debut solo album releasing July 17, and why every song on it was deliberately written to be impossible to apply to anyone but God. He also breaks down Celebrity Is Dead, a song born from a conversation with his wife about why fame ruins both the person being worshipped and the people doing the worshipping, and why the whole album is designed to start with you wherever your emotion is and carry you out of it by the last note. Highlights The moment God spoke to him while driving a church van and why his first attempt to rationalize his way around it failed Why God…

People in this episode

Guest: Tenroc

Topics covered

• faith
• music production
• Christianity
• personal testimony
• worship
• fame

Keywords

• Tenroc
• God Is a Person
• Celebrity Is Dead
• Christian music
• worship
• album release
• faith journey

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: God Is a Person, Celebrity Is Dead

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