How Musician Matthew West Came to Realize That God Was the Real Author of His Story
By Movieguide® Contributor
Matthew West is opening up about his most recent album and how his faith has influenced his work. The album, titled Brand New, is an homage to West’s new studio, his new recording contract, and the idea of returning back to where it all started.
“On the cover of the album there’s a blue couch,” West shared in an interview with Guideposts. “The reason for that is because that blue couch is a significant moment in my life.”
The couch, which sat in his parents’ living room, was where West was sitting when he became a Christian.
“A lot of these songs are about me wanting to return to that kid on the blue couch who didn’t know much, didn’t know as much as he does now, but just knew…that God was the real author of his story,” West said.
In addition to this, the couch has connections to West’s music. When his parents were saving up to buy the couch, his father took the money and bought West his first guitar instead. With this music, West is hoping to capture those moments of excitement he felt when first discovering music and his faith in God.
“The heartbeat of the record [is] returning to the promises of God,” West said. “It’s like all things [are] moving forward, but also returning to the beauty of that first time faith.”
West also discussed the moment he felt God calling him to a career in music. The singer was attending a Steven Curtis Chapman concert and was surprised when Chapman informed the crowd he was sick, but would continue to perform anyway.
“I remember he was chewing on a cough drop during his show because he had a sore throat but there was something about it that I thought that was so cool, the fact that he was telling us, that he was singing through a sore throat,” West said. “I sat there at the end of the concert and I just couldn’t move. I was crying.”
West and Chapman ended up working together on a song years later, carrying out Chapman’s dream of bringing God’s message to the world.
“If one thing gets accomplished through the music that I put out into the world,” West said. “It would be that people…they would find that blue couch moment [and] hear God knocking at the door of their heart.”
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