There may be nothing more genuinely punk rock for Tommee Profitt than this.
After building a career on music that feels almost impossibly large—the 150-layer-deep, multi-sensory overload of The Birth of a King, The Resurrection of a King and all the grand cinematic orchestration that has made his work instantly recognizable—Profitt has released an album centered on something radically different:
A piano. A quiet room. A human being allowing himself to feel.
His new eight-track instrumental album, HUMAN, strips away the massive drums, towering choirs and cinematic production in favor of softly improvised piano pieces designed for prayer, meditation and the moments when words simply get in the way.
“I’ve never made a project like this before,” Profitt said while introducing the album, fighting back tears—and occasionally losing that fight. “Most of the time I create loud, big cinematic trailer music with huge orchestras and massive drums. But sometimes you just want to sit in the quiet and just feel.”
That contrast could easily be mistaken for an artist attempting to subvert the expectations of his audience. But HUMAN doesn’t feel like rebellion for rebellion’s sake. It feels like Profitt deepening what he has already been building as his heart moves closer and closer to his worship roots.
The album began earlier this summer when Profitt returned home to Michigan and sat down at the piano in his parents’ basement. He began recording improvised sessions. There was no elaborate concept, guest vocalists or massive production plan. He simply played and allowed whatever he was feeling to come through the melodies and chords.
When he shared a few of those pieces online, the response surprised him.
“I was flooded with messages from people who told me what the music made them think of, and no two stories were the same,” Profitt explained. “Some people thought of friendships or someone they lost, or childhood memories and relationships and hope and healing and grief and anxiety. The music became whatever the listener needed it to become.”
That realization became the foundation of HUMAN.
“What if I made a whole project like this that didn’t tell people what to feel, but just simply gave people permission to feel?”
Profitt sat down and recorded eight improvised piano pieces. They are intentionally simple, soft and unproduced. They were created purely by trusting that whatever emerged in those moments was exactly what the music needed to be.
“This project is really just a gift that I wanted to give to humans,” he said. “An invitation to sit and to breathe and to process and feel human.”
That is ultimately where the power of this album lives. Tommee Profitt has already proven that he can create music capable of filling an arena, overwhelming the senses and making familiar songs feel larger than life. HUMAN proves he also knows when to step back and leave room for God, and the listener, to enter.
This is music to play while you work, while you read or while you move through a quiet morning in the kitchen. But for Profitt, it can also become something more sacred: a soundtrack for prayer, reflection, grief, healing or simply sitting still long enough to feel again.
HUMAN is available now on all major streaming platforms.
Go deeper into Profitt’s creative world, faith and remarkable journey in our April 2026 CCM Magazine Cover Story.
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