Taya Gaukrodger possesses one of the most popular voices in contemporary praise and worship. From 2013 until her resignation from Hillsong in 2023, the Australian singer and worship leader served as the featured artist on several of the church’s most performed pieces in congregations around the globe. The spiritual potency of Hillsong UNITED’s 2013 anthem “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” lies in no small part in her graceful dance between trembling awe and swelling love for the Saviour. As a solo artist, Gaukrodger retains her trademark balance of vulnerability and power while moving past Hillsong’s soaring rock epics. Her Jon Guerra-produced 2023 debut, TAYA, reveals inflections of gospel, country and devotional pop that help draw her voice out of the cosmic expanse and back to the warm, sunny earth.