Matthew West Reminisces On Raising His Daughters In “18 Summers”
Matthew West reminisces on raising his two daughters as his oldest, Lulu, readies to graduate high school and go off to college with latest release “18 Summers.” Penned by West with collaborators Jeff Pardo and AJ Pruis, the reflective tune walks through special memories with his family over the last 18 years of parenthood.
The piano-backed melody is an all too relatable track about how fast time flies and shares standout moments, from Disney trips to learning how to drive and everything in between. Listen to “18 Summers”
“I talk a lot about the power of story, but this song is literally written in real time in the exact chapter of the story that our family is in right now,” West tells Woman’s World. “It’s graduation time. My oldest daughter is getting ready to graduate from high school, and my wife and I are both just in our feelings about that.”
His current single “Don’t Stop Praying,” which is a call-to-action, a charge, for believers around the world, is currently number 11 on the AC monitored radio chart and number 13 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.
West recently took the motivational tune to Fox & Friends to close out their Faith & Friends Concert Series with a performance on Easter Sunday. To continue to serve as a powerful reminder to all, West also unveiled his “Don’t Stop Praying” mural at Nashville’s L&L Market – which he even helped paint.
Last month, West dropped his sixth book My Story, Your Glory (K-LOVE Books), a 30-day devotional to help guide readers to discover how God’s love can rewrite our stories and explore how God’s glory redeems every chapter of our lives.
With My Story, Your Glory, which was inspired by his hit song and No. 1 album of the same name, it is West’s goal to help readers reflect on the less-than-perfect parts of their lives and to point them to examples in Scripture and how God redeemed their stories while encouraging them to give God the glory in both the best days and worst days.
Matthew West Reminisces On Raising His Daughters In “18 Summers”
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The 5x GRAMMY nominee will be announcing new dates for his DON’T STOP PRAYING TOUR soon. For ticket information visit matthewwest.com/tour.
Dubbed by Billboard as “one of Christian music’s most prolific singer-songwriters,” West is going into 2024 after a strong trajectory in 2023. Highlights include being honored with ASCAP’s prestigious Golden Note Award, presented to songwriters, composers, and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones and releasing his double album – MY STORY YOUR GLORY.
He also celebrated another landmark success – he notched his 30th number one song as an artist-songwriter combined. 2024 also marks the 20th anniversary of his first #1 song “More,” from his debut album HAPPY. The inaugural track held the number one spot for 9 weeks – an impressive start to his now 20 years of radio accomplishments.
