(upbeat music)

- And welcome to a specialedition of Studio 5.

Her voice is central as a solo artist

and a member of Jesus Culture.

Kim Walker-Smith is here withus for the entire half hour.

So let's get right to the countdown

of the top five headlines

in the world of uplifting entertainment.

Here are the first two.

At number five...

- Well, it's been a week fullof Harry and Meghan news,

from the royal tell-all totheir new California digs.

- [Efrem] That royaltell-all is said to share

an inside look at Meghan Markle's faith,

and how it's helped herthrough her darkest times.

The authors of Finding Freedom

interviewed more than 100 sources,

but some speculate they even spoke

to Harry and Meghan themselves.

Omid Scobie says that's not true.

- [Efrem] Those interviewed for the book

are quoted to say bothMarkle and Prince Harry

are on a journey of faith together,

and "her relationship withGod and with her church

"is extremely important to her.

"That's something mostpeople don't know about her.

"It plays a central role in her life,

"as an individual, and as a woman."

At number four...

- Go.

- [Efrem] Some signs of life

returning to some movie theaters.

- [Reporter] The pandemic'spounded movie theaters,

but they're bouncing back in Canada,

where the debut of the Spongebobmovie, Sponge on the Run,

topped all comers over the weekend,

with $900,000 from a modest 300 locations.

- [Harry] We are pleased to inform you

that you have been acceptedat Hogwart's School

of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

- [Reporter] Harry Potterand the Sorceror's Stone

4K 3D weekend reissue in China

added nearly 14 million bucksto its lifetime earnings,

putting it within about two million

from a total billion dollar gross.

- Well, that jump startsthis week's countdown.

We'll pick things back up at number three

in just a little bit.

Right now it is time tobegin our Studio 5 Sit Down

with singer, songwriter,and worship leader,

as well as recordingartist, Kim Walker-Smith.

You know her voice from Jesus Culture,

but she's also a solo artistwith a fresh project to share.

It's called Wild Heart.

Here's just a sample of the music

as we begin this great conversation.

♪ I come out of agreement ♪

♪ With the worry and the fear ♪

♪ I've come to know ♪

♪ They won't have a hold on me ♪

♪ Protector ♪

♪ You never, never, never let me go ♪

♪ You said you wouldn'tleave me and you won't ♪

♪ You're right by my side ♪

- Wild Heart, tell mehow that's come to be.

- Well, we felt like it wastime for another record.

I think it'd had been, let's see, three,

three years, almost four yearssince On My Side released.

And I'm a little bit--

I'm the artist that I don'tlike to record solo records

until I feel like I have a story to tell.

I always say I gotta live some life

before I start, youknow, making more songs.

♪ 'Cause I know that you fight for me ♪

♪ Protector ♪

♪ You never, never, never let me go ♪

I went back to Reddy in California

to the theater that Idid Still Believe in,

and the theater I got married in,

and made a live record.

On My Side was in the studio,

which was, you know, completelydifferent than normal,

but this one was recorded live.

♪ The shadow of your wings ♪

♪ Your presence is my peace, my covering ♪

This was kind of my

coming out of the desertseason kind of record.

♪ Protector, ooh ♪

- If you could, compare the two,

Wild Heart and On My Side.

They're quite different.

- Oh, yeah, so the studio,

that was a completelydifferent experience for me,

and not really a typical experience,

because everything I haddone, really, was live,

with the exception of

the album I did with my husband years ago,

and I just felt likethe songs and the story

kinda needed to be told in the studio.

It was just way moreintimate and personal.

All of those songs cameout of a really hard season

when my father died, when i had

gone through post-partum depression.

I just had a lot of things going on,

and this record, I wantedto go back to live,

'cause that's where I'm most comfortable.

♪ All power, dominion ♪

♪ To one name is given ♪

I felt like I kind of came out of

the desert season with myarms swinging a little bit.

- Okay.- Like ready to fight,

you know, like ready--

Just a new outlook but kind of a new fire

inside of my soul, and just ready to kinda

go after some things, and so this record,

I wanted it to not only express life,

which is why we've got a lot of the--

You see a lot of greenery and the plants,

and the trees, and the forests,

and all of those things,

but I also wanted it toexpress the nitty gritty

a little bit.

That's why I said weneed some dirt in there.

- Yes.- The nitty gritty of life,

and I really, I came out feeling like

my faith was really renewed and stirred,

and that's what I wanted this album

to do for others, these songs.

I wanted it to kind of stir and renew

our faith and our trust in God,

our hope in God, which isreally funny because I--

(laughs)

I obviously had no idea what we were

heading into.- I was gonna say

how timely this is.- The pandemic.

Like, how much I would need that faith,

and that trust, and that hope.

- Yes, yeah.- It's a timely message

for me as well.

♪ Let that faith rise up in us tonight ♪

♪ As fear is broken off ♪

♪ As fear falls away ♪

♪ As worry is silenced ♪

♪ At the sound of your name tonight ♪

♪ Jesus ♪

- So much more to comewith Kim Walker-Smith

and this week's upliftingentertainment countdown.

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- [Efrem] At number three...

- Welcome to the 51stannual GMA Dove Award

nominee announcements.

- And these faces, allfamiliar to Studio 5,

are among the many nominees.

Zach Williams and For King & Country

are each up for fiveDove Awards this year.

Just behind them, HillsongWorship, Kirk Franklin,

Lauren Daigle and Jonathan Reynolds,

all up for four nominations.

The Gospel Music Association

announced the nominations Monday,

and they also includeseveral first time nominees,

like Kanye West, who'sup for three awards,

including rap/hip-hop album of the year

for Jesus is King.

♪ I want Jesus ♪

♪ To walk with me ♪

- [Efrem] The former Queenof Disco, Gloria Gaynor,

was another first-time nominee.

- Congratulations to all of the nominees

that I announced, and even those

who were coming before andafter, congratulations to you.

- [Efrem] At number two...

♪ You're almighty and all powerful ♪

♪ And it all to you ♪

♪ And it all to you ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

- [Efrem] Grammy-winningsinger, Kelly Rowland,

is speaking out againstAmerica's growing cancel culture.

The former Destiny's Child singer

posted this message on Instagram.

"I am so grateful God never canceled me.

"We honestly don't have thespace nor authority too.

"Hashtag, stop trying to be God."

♪ You're almighty, all powerful ♪

♪ And it all belongs to you ♪

♪ Yes, it all belongs to you ♪

- And welcome back to Studio 5.

We've got one more story to share

in this week's countdown.

We'll get to it in just a little bit.

I want to right nowreturn to our conversation

with Kim Walker-Smith, and as we do,

let's sample another trackfrom her Wild Heart project.

♪ I have found breathing room ♪

♪ My soul can rest in you ♪

♪ No longer have to fight ♪

♪ The burden's lifted ♪

♪ The weight is light ♪

- I'd like to go throughjust a couple of the titles,

and get your thoughts on them,

and anything you can share.

Let's begin with Breathing Room.

♪ The fog has cleared away ♪

♪ And I stand uncovered ♪

♪ Walk in your grace ♪

♪ My heart is wide open ♪

♪ My heart is wide open ♪

- Well, this song--

This is like the anthem ofhow I want to live my life,

with my heart wide open to Jesus,

and it's very easy attimes when you get hurt,

or you get scared, or you get offended,

whatever it might be, to wantto kinda close up your heart

and kinda pull back andwithdraw a little bit,

but this song declares over and over

my heart is wide open,my heart is wide open.

And to keep our hearts softand vulnerable before the Lord,

I think is not onlynecessary in following him,

but I think this is actuallyhow we experience freedom

from whatever it is that we are carrying,

whether it's the offense, or the hurt,

or whatever it is.- Yeah.

- So the only way to freedom, truly,

is coming with your heart wide open

and soft to the Lord.

This song also makes mehave a little inside chuckle

because it feels likethe mom anthem currently.

I need breathing room.

(laughing)

I am trapped at home with my children.

I need some breathing room.

And so every time I hear it,

I have a little kinda inside chuckle,

like this song has double meaning for me.

(laughing)

- I love it, I love it.

Simple Days?

- Simple Days, for me,is a song of repentance.

It's a song of just saying I want to

return to the simplicity

of the gospel of Jesus,

I don't want it to be so complicated,

and sometimes we make it so complicated,

and there's also, I have a tendency

to be so independent, and kind of this

I can do it, I can doit, and try to do things

on my own, which is notalways the best thing,

and relying on my strengthmore than the Lord's,

and this song is honestly just

a repentance of I'm sorry that

I've tried to do it on my own,

and I don't want to doit on my own anymore.

And there's one verse that I really love,

that says you saved mefrom the mess I made,

and that was a huge revelation for me

through the last seasonsI've walked through

of realizing even when I amresponsible for the mess,

like, there's times thatwe find ourselves in a mess

that was not our making.- Yeah.

- Things that have happened to us,

that we don't have control over,

but there are times thatwe find ourselves in a mess

because we made poor choices,

or we just, you know, we didn't obey,

or whatever it is, but he still is

a loving father that comes into that mess

and pulls me from that mess,

and I think I had somesort of idea in my head

that maybe I needed to be punished,

or he wanted to leave me in that

to teach me a lesson,or something like that,

but instead I encountered a father who

still saves me from themess that I made for myself,

so yeah, this song is just,

honestly, just well, very honest,

and very repentant,

I guess you'd say.- I love that.

More and more conversation is ahead

with Kim Walker-Smith, stay with us.

You are watching Studio 5.

Thank you so much for your company.

As we do go to break, itis a great time to share

this week's story in pictures.

Here's this week's Studio 5 Snap Shot.

- [Brandy] I wanted to showa video that I overcame that,

and I'm in a better space now.

- [Efrem] She goes by only one name.

That's singer and actress, Brandy,

who's out with new music,

and she's opening up in aPeople Magazine exclusive

about her struggles with depression

during her more thantwo decades long career,

and how faith and her daughter

helped to pull her out.

That honesty and candor

is why the 41-year-old entertainer

is this week's Studio 5 Snap Shot.

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- And welcome back to thisspecial edition of Studio 5.

Kim Walker-Smith is ourguest the entire show.

We're sampling her latest andgetting the story behind it.

Take a listen to You'll Always Be

as we continue our chat.

♪ You've held me close on dark nights ♪

♪ You've calmed me downwhen nothing could ♪

♪ For every time I felt alone ♪

- If you could, take me back

to the day of the live recording.

What was happening, what do you remember?

♪ You've always been ♪

♪ And you'll always be ♪

♪ The God who gives ♪

♪ Such perfect peace ♪

Yeah, okay so we foundthis guy named Eric,

who is a friend of my producer's,

who's just like a creative genius,

like he can just buildand create anything.

And he literally, I had expressedmy vision for the stage,

and that morning they hadgone out and harvested moss

from a creek.

He had a eucalyptus tree on his property

that was needing to be chopped down.

Part of it had died andso it needed to come down,

and then he brought in the tree.

He was in super early that morning

building and decorating thestage, and every single--

When you watch the live videos,

you see just tons of greenery everywhere.

Nothing on that stage is fake.

- Wow.- Every single piece

of greenery you see on that stage

is alive and real.

He created this out of chicken wire

and wet, soaked cardboard,

so that everything was like in water,

so it would stay fresh forthe whole thing, you know?

And then he put the moss everywhere.

The whole theater smelledso strongly of eucalyptus,

it was incredible.(laughing)

It smelled so good in there.

It was like this is the bestworship experience ever.

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause everything gives way ♪

♪ When I speak your name ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause everything gives way ♪

♪ When I speak your name ♪

It was like really busythrough rehearsals.

You could feel everyone was a little tense

because I think we all felt like

is this too soon, is this too soon?

And I had shared withthem what I felt like

the Lord was saying, and Ihave such an incredible team.

They were all just 100% behind me,

and were like okay, well,we're gonna do this.

We're gonna knock it outof the park for you, Kim.

We're gonna hit all the right chords.

We're gonna do it, so we'replowing through rehearsals,

and even though I would say our emotions

were a little like, you know, like this,

everything went so smooth,and so easy, even my kids.

My kids were just likerunning around the theater,

and even they were just like happy.

It was just a good day.

You know, if you have kids,you know some days are just

not good days.- Yeah, I do.

- And I was like please dearGod, let this be a good day.

- Yeah.- And it was.

They were just so happy, and it was great,

and it was really special.

Right before I went on stage,

my husband gave me a cardand some flowers that was--

Just remembering howspecial the theater is.

This is where we got married,

and just kind of sharinga special moment with me.

One of the songwriters flew in from L.A.

with his wife and his new baby

just to be there for the recording,

a really good friend of mine.

It was just, it was so special,

and honestly, when Iwalked up on the stage,

I just felt the nearness of God,

and I felt his pleasure,and I also felt this like

stirring in me to just go after something,

so it was good, it was anincredible, incredible night.

There were people from--

At the end of the night, I was asking

did anyone come from out of town?

Almost everyone came from out of town.

(laughing)

There were so many people there.

There was a huge group from New York,

which I was amazed that theycame all the way from New York

just for the recording,

and they were the loudestworshipers in the room.

I loved them.(laughing)

There was a group from Chicago,

from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho.

I mean, they just came from all over.

I just, it felt like family.

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ I'm not afraid ♪

♪ 'Cause everything gives way ♪

♪ When I speak your name ♪

- We have more with KimWalker-Smith in just a moment,

but now is a good time to share

this week's number one story

in our uplifting entertainment countdown.

At number one...

♪ I'm drowning, I'm drowning ♪

♪ Lost in this world with these waves ♪

- [Efrem] New music fromrapper Lecrae this week.

The project is called Restoration,

but this isn't just music.

It's a real life personal transformation.

- [Lecrae] It's easyto look at my situation

and believe I have more than enough.

I have industry success, album awards,

chart topping singles, videos.

I stand in front ofthousands consistently.

I've met numerous people, all valuable,

from names in the culture

to those who the world doesn't know.

I have a successful business,

more than enough house to live in,

well-to-do lifestyle,

beautiful, kind, gracious wife,

children I live for, friends and family

that hold me down.

But what if I told you at one time,

it was impossible for my soul

to hold these gifts from God?

- [Terry] Remember for amoment what it was like

to be a child.

You believed every story you were told.

You saw a world full ofendless possibilities.

What stories will the world's orphaned

and at-risk children believe?

We believe the Bible tells the only story

truly worth believing.

We believe that every child should have

the opportunity to dream,the chance to take challenges

and turn them into possibilities,

the chance to stand onthe promises of God,

to recognize their place inthe greatest story ever told.

They have their whole lives ahead of them.

Theirs is a world ofendless possibilities.

They are looking for a story to believe.

We will tell them that story.

Will you join us?

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(children laughing)

- Welcome back to Studio 5.

Kim Walker-Smith is our special guest,

and naturally, it isher project, Wild Heart,

providing the soundtrack for this show

and our conversation as well.

As for what's playing in my ear,

we thought we'd sharethis sample of Stones.

♪ I will praise you, hey ♪

♪ I will praise you ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry out ♪

♪ I will praise you ♪

♪ Something in me has to ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry out ♪

- That is Stones from Kim Walker-Smith.

We've got a final word fromher in just a little bit,

but first, let's take aquick moment to look ahead

and see what's coming your way next week.

An emotional look at mental illness.

(eerie music)

(screaming)

- Calm down, son, calm down.

- [Adam] And that's when we found out.

I have schizophrenia,

a chronic mental disorderallowing for visual

and auditory hallucinations, never normal.

- [Efrem] Studio 5 goesbehind the scenes of the film,

Words on Bathroom Walls.

- Mental health, I thinkis one of those things

that you know, should be talked about

much more than it is, and I think

a lot of the reason for that is because

people don't really knowhow to talk about it.

- You know, when Ifirst met you, I thought

maybe he's just awkward and unsocialized,

but that's not it, there's something else.

- [Adam] I don't know what to say to that.

- [Maya] I'll crack you, Petrazelli.

- We are so looking forwardto bringing you that story

and much more next week.

As for the final word for this show,

we want to return to our conversation

with Kim Walker-Smith.

♪ The longer I'll praise ♪

♪ The stronger the pain ♪

♪ The stronger my faith grows ♪

♪ The higher the need ♪

- And of course, I can't let you go

without asking about thetitle track, Wild Heart.

Why did you decide to call it that?

- So, I decided to callthe project Wild Heart

because I felt like

this sums up what I havelearned of God's heart

in this last season,

that I cannot box in his love.

I cannot contain it.

I can't even always describe it.

He just, right when I thinkI've got him figured out,

he just goes outside the lines

and shows me a newperspective of who he is,

and I feel like I'm justalways on the chase.

I'm always just chasing downthat wild heart of our father

to understand it more, to see it more,

and I feel like it also kind of expresses

my relationship withthe father, that it's--

It just, it feels wild.(laughing)

And it feels a little crazy sometimes,

this journey I'm on with him,

and I also feel like

this is kind of my heart.

I have this wild abandon in worship,

where I just do not holdanything back from him,

and I have fought toreally bring my whole self

and bring my whole heart

completely unrestricted to him,

and I think that is theessence of a wild heart,

that you're just completely given,

and so I just felt like--

And also, the song Wild Heart is--

It's about the prodigal son coming home,

and the lengths that Godwill go to show his love

and to find us, which I think sums up

the majority of the project.

♪ I will praise you ♪

♪ Something in me has to ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry ♪

♪ I won't let the stones cry out ♪

- Kim Walker-Smith, thank you so much

for being so generous with your time

and staying with us for the entire show.

That is a great final wordfor this edition of Studio 5,

and this week's look atuplifting entertainment.

Until next time, make timeto uplift someone around you,

and then please, come on back,

and see where Studio5 takes you next week.

Bye-bye, everybody, thankyou so much for watching.