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SEU Worship Has a Question About Worship Music: Where Did the Joy Go?

SEU Worship Has a Question About Worship Music: Where Did the Joy Go?

Saturday, September 5, 2026
Chelsea Plank didn’t want “The Cost Is a Joy” on this album. The song came out of a writing session with Cam Giddens and Austin Shuffit, who produces for the group, and when the session ended, what Plank had was an acoustic demo. For her, that’s close to useless. “I need a fully produced-out track…