TAYA releases her sophomore project, 'The Reminder'

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Worship leader and songwriter TAYA has released her sophomore album, “The Reminder.”

Listen to “The Reminder.”

With more than 1 billion streams, TAYA has already made a beautiful impact on the worship genre in a short amount of time.

“I’ve heard it said, ‘You have all the time in the world to write your first record, and then run out of time for the second.’ Not wanting to put myself in that position, I started this project sooner than I felt ready in 2023,” TAYA shared. “After resting, fasting, praying and waiting for God, he spoke to me. Unbeknownst to me when God spoke, I was carrying our first child, Bo. We would become parents and would learn to do so living out of suitcases. Our son would travel to over 16 different countries by the time he was 11 months old. My management team would dissolve, and another team would do the same. My husband and I would feel led to leave our church home of over 13 years. And I would receive my first of two skin cancer diagnoses. It all felt both joy-filled and extremely difficult. I was overwhelmed yet it was a pressing season that resulted, by the grace of God, in a steeled conviction of what God has and hasn’t called us to. God was and is faithful and kind. And that is the circumstance for this album to be shaped.”

Produced by Austin Davis, “The Reminder” is a perfect collection of 12 songs of worship declarations of God's faithfulness. The album includes the songs, "Worship!" plus "One and Only," "Simple Phrase," "Come Into The Light," and "Gonna Be Good," which were released before the album drop. The music video for the title track can be found on YouTube here. 

Last week, TAYA stepped into that historic circle at the Grand Ole Opry for her Opry debut. She performed her recognizable and four-times-Platinum single, "Oceans," along with the title track "The Reminder." This month, she will embark on her first-ever U.S. headlining tour, "Come Into The Light," with each date featuring a special support artist, including Joe L Barnes, Leeland, Tiffany Hudson and Mack Brock. Visit here for updated tour dates and cities. 

She added, "I pray this record is a testament to God. Like an altar built in the desert, may these memorial stone songs help us remember what he has done. May they help us thank him for his unyielding and unchanging faithfulness, and may they become sustenance for the days ahead."

More about TAYA

Taya Gaukrodger comes from a country town in the north of Australia. In 2010, she relocated to Sydney to pursue a music career. Soon after arriving, she got involved at Hillsong Church and began volunteering in youth, and young adult ministries.

The world first heard TAYA’s voice in Hillsong United's “Oceans” and “Touch The Sky,” and from that moment, her voice became an unmistakable clarion call to worship across the world. In 2023, TAYA released her self-titled solo debut and has subsequently toured around the globe.