By Michaela Gordoni
Brooke Ligertwood knows EAT might be an odd name for an album, but she’s got a good reason for the strange title.
“I think it’s appropriately weird and aggressive,” Ligertwood said. “It’s not a subtle title.”
The title gets straight to the point — what are people feeding themselves? Spiritual food or worldly food?
“I got really fatigued by all of the soap boxes,” the singer said. “I got really fatigued by endless perspectives. I don’t want to listen to all this noise anymore. I don’t trust it, and it’s not healing me, and it’s not helping me.”
“I need to eat what’s actually going to nourish me and make me come alive,” Ligertwood emphasized. “And that was the word.”
She was inspired to write music directly from scripture.
“I didn’t want to take the word and conform it to my familiarity and my comfort,” Ligertwood told Relevant. “The word was inviting me to step out of what was familiar and comfortable to me and step into its world.”
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She told Air1, “I didn’t choose the scriptures; the scriptures chose me. I feel like God was driving the whole thing, and I was in the passenger seat.”
She said these aren’t the kind of songs people are going to be clapping to on a Sunday morning.
“I would be shocked if people sing these songs,” she said. “You probably shouldn’t, guys.”
It’s an album for personal reflection. It’s meant to draw listeners back to scripture.
“We’re seeing right now in 2026 more interest in the Bible than ever before,” Ligertwood said. “That doesn’t necessarily equate to more belief, but it does equate to more curiosity.”
It’s reaching everyone.
She said, “The Bible isn’t for just intellectuals or for people who can understand it. The Bible is living and active.”
The album just came out on May 15 and features 10 tracks. Lauren Daigle, Victory Boyd, The New Respects and Abbie Gamboa collaborated with Ligertwood on four respective songs on the album.
She knows that her creations and thoughts won’t last forever, but scripture will.
“So it’s a real honor to just serve people with something that will last forever and that will bear fruit,” Ligertwood said.
She just wants her songs to point people back to the word, to truth.
“I hope that people just have a renewed desire to open the Bible for themselves,” Ligertwood added. “And know that God has something that He has to say directly and specifically to them and for them.”
You can now stream the album on Spotify, Apple Music and other popular streaming platforms.
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