Tommee Profitt almost made an Easter album without the most famous Easter hymn ever written.
With The Resurrection of a King days away from its submission deadline, Profitt suddenly realized something was missing. He had assembled an all-star lineup. He had recorded sweeping orchestral arrangements. He had reimagined hymn after hymn with cinematic precision. But somehow, in the middle of building what would become his most ambitious project ever, he had overlooked "Nothing But the Blood."
"This song almost didn't make the album, which is crazy to say now," Profitt admitted. "It was the week before the album was due, and I suddenly realized I hadn't done 'Nothing But the Blood,' one of the most well-known Easter hymns of all time. If I were making an Easter record, how could that song not be on it?"
Three days, That's all they had
Once the realization hit, Profitt moved fast. The musical vision came together almost immediately - the melody, the orchestral build, the dramatic choir moments that would define the final arrangement. What he needed was the right voice.
The answer was Jeremy Rosado - a vocalist known to millions from American Idol and The Voice - whose ability to carry both emotional weight and technical power made him the obvious choice for a song that demanded exactly that.
With the clock running, Profitt called an emergency choir session. What followed was one of those rare moments in music where urgency and inspiration collide rather than conflict. Rosado's vocals, the full choir, and the entire production were completed in just three days.
"Jeremy gave such an incredible, timeless vocal performance," Profitt said. "It's powerful, emotional, and exactly as epic as the song and the message demand."
The song that almost wasn't is now one of the most powerful on the album
For anyone who has spent time with the traditional hymn - written by Robert Lowry in 1876 and sung in churches for nearly 150 years - hearing it rebuilt with sweeping orchestration, a soaring choir, and Rosado's commanding presence is something close to overwhelming. The weight of the original lyric hasn't been softened. It's been amplified.
There's something almost providential about how it came together. A last-minute realization. A vision that arrived fully formed. A vocalist who said yes. A choir assembled in hours. A recording completed before the deadline. For Profitt, whose music is built on the conviction that faith and art are inseparable, it reads less like a near-miss and more like the song was always meant to be there - it just needed the right moment to arrive.
"Nothing But the Blood" featuring Jeremy Rosado is available now on all major streaming platforms.
The full album, The Resurrection of a King, releases March 27 and features Phil Wickham, CeCe Winans, Crowder, Jenn Johnson, Ben Fuller, Jon Reddick, and Jamie MacDonald across a tracklist that includes reimagined versions of "The Old Rugged Cross," "Jesus Paid It All," "Amazing Grace," and "Just As I Am."
Profitt's previous cinematic project The Birth of a King generated more than 200 million global streams and grew into a major annual live event, including a sold-out Bridgestone Arena performance in Nashville with a 50-piece orchestra and 100-voice choir. The Resurrection of a King is the Easter answer to that legacy - and it almost didn't have its most essential song.
