The Sound of Surrender Hits Like a Knockout: Tommee Profitt and Jon Reddick Reinvent ‘Just As I Am’ as a Gritty Battle Cry
The beloved hymn “Just As I Am” has never sounded like this. Today, award-winning composer and producer Tommee Profitt delivers the latest visceral glimpse into his forthcoming cinematic Easter project, THE RESURRECTION OF A KING, releasing March 27th. Stripping away the gentle pews and quiet reverence of tradition, Profitt has teamed with worship powerhouse Jon Reddick to reimagine the classic confession as a raw, unfiltered showdown. Forget the organ; this version feels like stepping into a boxing ring. The track pounds with cinematic intensity, transforming a hymn of meek arrival into a bold declaration of defiance and vulnerability. “There are incredible lyric lines in this hymn that I think get overlooked—lines like to rid my soul of one dark blot,” Profitt explains. “That’s actually really intense. I realized this song needed to feel a little meaner. There’s confidence in saying, I come just as I am. That’s a bold declaration.” The result is a rock-gospel collision where surrender itself becomes a powerful anthem.
The track is the latest punch from a project Profitt describes as a life-defining commission. THE RESURRECTION OF A KING promises to be a cinematic Easter soundtrack that places listeners not in a sanctuary, but at the foot of the cross and outside the empty tomb. Featuring reimagined versions of sacred pillars like “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Amazing Grace,” the album assembles a choir of modern worship’s finest, including Phil Wickham, CeCe Winans, and Crowder. Following the massive impact of the project’s debut single, “He Arose (with Phil Wickham),” this new collaboration with Reddick only deepens the anticipation. For Profitt—a creative force with over 100 billion career streams and nearly 50 Gold and Platinum plaques to his name—this project is deeply personal. “I had tears in my eyes almost every day working on this,” he admits. “The music was overwhelming. The content was overwhelming.” Following in the footsteps of his massively successful holiday counterpart, THE BIRTH OF A KING, this Easter offering finds Profitt doing what he does best: taking the timeless and rebuilding it until it feels thunderously new.
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