ROCKVILLE, Maryland (RNS) — As Caribbean musician and minister Sherwin Gardner readied for the new year, he decided to share a snippet of music about blessings he hoped others would receive in 2024.That snippet turned into a viral sensation and led to the song “Find Me Here (Blessings Find Me),” which has reached American and international airwaves and a broad sweep of social media — to the tune of a billion views on TikTok.
“There’s this little statement I normally say in church,” he said in a Tuesday (March 12) interview during a tour of the Washington, D.C., area for media appearances and meetings. “After we finished singing and I pray, I would say, ‘Remember something good is about to happen for you.’”
The worship leader at Bahamas Harvest Church, a nondenominational evangelical congregation in Nassau, the Bahamas, Gardner had been mulling what music he would create next through his recording company.
He thought of these words: “Something good gonna happen in this year./And I am grateful that I made it here!/ Yesterday’s gone and a new day has appeared/And I am grateful that I made it here!”
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A melody came to him, and he sent it off to a Kenyan arranger and finished the production of the snippet in his home studio on Christmas Day. After what he called a divine reminder on New Year’s Eve, Gardner said he posted the tiny tune on TikTok and Instagram at …
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“There’s this little statement I normally say in church,” he said in a Tuesday (March 12) interview during a tour of the Washington, D.C., area for media appearances and meetings. “After we finished singing and I pray, I would say, ‘Remember something good is about to happen for you.’”
The worship leader at Bahamas Harvest Church, a nondenominational evangelical congregation in Nassau, the Bahamas, Gardner had been mulling what music he would create next through his recording company.
He thought of these words: “Something good gonna happen in this year./And I am grateful that I made it here!/ Yesterday’s gone and a new day has appeared/And I am grateful that I made it here!”
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A melody came to him, and he sent it off to a Kenyan arranger and finished the production of the snippet in his home studio on Christmas Day. After what he called a divine reminder on New Year’s Eve, Gardner said he posted the tiny tune on TikTok and Instagram at …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]