we follow .
He ' s a friend of sinners , and He ' s a friend of all the things that we wouldn ' t want to be associated with . So , I think if there ' s a lesson to be learned , it seems pretty apparent and really available . It ’ s super straightforward .
[ WM ] Yeah , I saw on the news last night . Zalenskyy was at a hospital taking flowers to injured women .
[ Crowder ] That ' s a simple thing about over and over , like what is the core of what we follow ? It ' s like , being a friend to the orphans and to the widows . It ’ s super-straightforward .
[ WM ] Exactly ! Last year you released Milk & Honey , and you ’ ve recently released a deluxe version of that project . What can you tell us about the deluxe version ?
[ Crowder ] It ’ s not deluxe , It ’ s DEElux ! ( laughs )
[ WM ] I ’ ll have to make sure and pronounce it correctly .
[ Crowder ] Well , what everybody already knows about deluxe versions is it ' s all the stuff that when people like me procrastinate and didn ' t quite get it done . We couldn ' t slide it out . The label said , " Oh , you wrote some new songs ." I said , " No , we just didn ' t get this done in time ."
[ WM ] ( laughs )
[ Crowder ] So there ' s that . That King song (“ He Is ”), my mom called me when the deluxe version released . She ' s like , " Why wasn ' t this on the original ?" I ' m like , " Because I didn ' t get it done in time , and yes , it ' s the procrastination that you ' ve been talking to me about my whole life . Yeah , it got me ."
But then also a bunch of live stuff , you know ? Given that we had the album roll out , and then went on tour . The Passion thing happened . Probably my favorite thing is on the deluxe version is “ God Really Loves Us ”.
We recorded it at Passion . It ' s a live deal with Chidima . She ' s a part of our church house in Atlanta at Passion City Church . She ' s one of the gals that leads there . She had been out on tour with us . But , man , capturing that moment ! So , we got to roll out some live moments that are from the record that just enhanced . I like everything living in one place . You know ? Instead of spreading it out , try to package a moment in time . I love rolling out albums . I think it ’ s the best version of deluxe albums that exist , or when you encapsulate here ' s what was happening with this artist , at-this-time , and it ' s all in one place , easily accessible .
So that ' s kind of what we were . I ' m trying to