Even the credits of Darkness and Light seem to suggest a fresh sense of focus.
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Certainly, he seems energised once more by current events, as evidenced by his Twitter feed in the run-up to the US election and his angry, eloquent appearance on Bill Maher’s Real Time TV show three days after it. That kind of universal songwriting isn’t to be sniffed at, but elsewhere on Love in the Future, there was the distinct sense that Legend was steering his career rather too directly down the middle of the road.
The latter sold 12m copies and is clearly destined to soundtrack newlyweds’ first dances for the rest of eternity: in the event of a post-apocalyptic societal breakdown, when weddings take place in caves and involve eating the flesh of your mutual enemies in lieu of a cake, you suspect there’ll still be somebody in the corner banging two rocks together and wailing about loving your curves and your edges and your perfect imperfections. You do find yourself wondering if this isn’t a reference to Darkness and Light’s predecessor, 2013’s Love in the Future, the album that spawned Legend’s biggest hit to date, All of Me. “Some folks do what they’re told, but this time, baby, I won’t.” “They say sing what you know, but I’ve sung what they want,” he offers on a track called I Know Better, over a sparse piano backdrop. And as we live out that purpose, may all the nations “ come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn”.J ohn Legend’s sixth studio album opens with a burst of impassioned singing that sounds remarkably like a statement of intent. Perhaps we are to simply live in the reality of this scripture, now that we are living in the era where Jesus has already been given to us and where His Holy Spirit is being poured out across the earth onto the young and old to prophesy, dream dreams, and see visions (Acts 2:17). Perhaps the process of the album itself was just a little reflection of what it means to “ arise and shine” - to step out, to use our gifts and offer our ‘little’ pieces to a big God who is more than able to pull it all together to multiply our Hallelujahs. There were the divine appointments of kindred hearts that sacrificially offered their resources and talents to execute this vision, and many hours of prayer-walking and intercession – because we all knew that this album was not unto ourselves, but a greater purpose of awakening an entire generation unto Him. Then there were the many rehearsals that required grit and precision to ensure that what was imagined could effectively be brought to life in an accurate and sharpened manner. More than just the songwriting process, there were the long hours of arranging, creating musical layers and dynamics, and working out the sorts of instrumentations that would best communicate and carry the message of the song.
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This was just a glimpse of the journey of what we’ve seen released today as the fruit of labour by a family, a Body of Christ - the release of Awaken Generation’s first full length album, “ Our Light Has Come”. The song was indeed birthed out of community a community that loves Jesus and were ready to listen and attune themselves to His heart. I love how it took a team the ‘Body’ a ‘family’ to unlock the pathways that would ultimately culminate in the creation of not only this song, but of several others. It took 8 songwriters to finally piece this song together in a way that we felt best captured the message that was beating in our hearts, both lyrically and melodically. We were gathered in Changi Cove, Isaiah 60:1-3 resounding in our hearts, our minds locked together, fitting together the puzzle pieces of what we knew was to be a powerful prophetic song. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn” See darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, But the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. “Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
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