Chas Tackett

Set out with a conviction to redefine the CCM Landscape, 23-year old singer/songwriter and producer, Chas Tackett, aims to push the boundaries of creativity by combining authentic, faith-inspired lyrics with irresistible mainstream hooks. The song “Through The Night” serves as a breakthrough to a season where brokenness and depression fell to faith. The main inspiration was from a passage in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper.” “Through The Night” featuring Shama Mrema debuts on every major streaming platform January 31st.

The story behind how Chas Tackett’s new single, “Through The Night” featuring Shama Mrema, became a reality:

I was living in Fort Worth in the fall season of 2018 when I felt the Lord wanted to make a monumental shift in my life that I wanted to step into. This song came out of that goal and ambition, but at a point I just sat on it because I knew I wanted to wait on the Lord’s timing for it. Months later, I moved up to Tulsa, OK and was offered an incredible opportunity to pursue sound design and music composition with my uncle, Stephen Tackett at The Audio Planet. One of the amazing things that came about this past year, 2019, was the opportunity to work with some truly incredible creatives on the Silly Song revamps of the new VeggieTales Show for TBN—this is where the Tulsa Dream Team formed. Shama and I met during those sessions, along with all the people in these pictures who made the opportunity possible (Stephen Tackett, Eric Newman, Justin Streck, Shama Mrema and Dru Simmons). The amazing thing about that team and experience was that none of us really knew each other, yet it was like we had known each other since 3rd Grade Sunday School class.

One night after we wrapped a session, Shama, Dru and myself all sat down at a Buffalo Wild Wings down the street when Shama asked me, “So what does Chas Tackett want to do next year?” and aside the answer of “I’m already doing it, getting to work with the most insanely gifted creatives I’ve never met until now,” a practical answer came to mind; “I want to put out music that really reaches and impacts people in a way that might potentially alter the CCM landscape.” Those were big words, but the desire was there to release songs that took away the gray area from the Christian and mainstream pop music worlds. I think we all wanted to find a way to seemingly take what we did with VeggieTales and make it first and foremost a song that makes you go “WOW, I wanna hear that again…” and as you listen closer, you start to unravel a faith-sound that reaches beyond its own style—that was the idea, at least.

Before we left, I remember we all wanted to hear where the song was and take it from there. After that first listen, I knew I wanted to get Shama on the track because I knew he would be able to bring such a unique fingerprint to the song that didn’t previously exist. A few months later, I got a text from Shama with the rap overlayed with the demo I sent him previously. When I first heard it, my jaw dropped and out loud I said, “This is it.” It was a perfect fit to the theme of the song, God taking us into His will one step at a time. Within that month, we underwent a complete revamp of the song, fully mixed and produced in our off times after work, and it wasn’t until the end of 2019 that we knew this song needed to go beyond us.

That was my hope and prayer from the very beginning—in God’s timing, that the songs he had birthed into my heart would breathe new life from other creatives and become something that changes everything; for us and for the world. If the spotlight is on us, then we want God to be the focal point of it all.

We both hope and pray this marks a new chapter for us and leaves a lasting impression for everyone, everywhere. —Chas Tackett - CCM Magazine

Set out with a conviction to redefine the CCM landscape, Chas Tackett, a 23-year old singer/songwriter and producer aims to push the boundaries of creativity by combining authentic, faith-inspired lyrics with irresistible mainstream hooks.

Shama and Chas met working on VeggieTales with TBN prior to this song’s creation. Chas shares “the desire was there to release songs that took away the gray area from the Christian and Pop music worlds. I think we all wanted to find a way to seemingly take what we did with VeggieTales and make it first and foremost a song that makes you go ‘WOW, I wanna hear that again…’ and as you listen closer, you start to unravel a faith-sound that reaches beyond its own style – that was the idea, at least.”


“Through The Night” serves as a breakthrough to a season where brokenness and depression fell to faith. The main inspiration was from a passage in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper”. Chas continues, “after Shama put his element into the rap, we both believed everyone needed this simple reminder – ‘God’s Bigger’ and He helps us make it through, period.”

“Through The Night (feat. Shama Mrema)” debuts on every major streaming platform January 31st. - The Christian Beat

When speaking about the making and inspiration behind this song, Chas shared:

“Out of the dark and into the light” — from the first few lines of the song, I unravel the story of what it means to walk out of a place of the unknown, and into the very call that God has for each and every one of us. I wanted this to be one of those songs where everyone can attach their season into [it], whether or not they have faith in God, because that’s really who this song is for. Life moves so fast and we don’t know how much time we have to catch up to it. [And,] if we don’t, then we’ll never be able to take advantage of God’s plan for our lives. We’ll never really be able to soar the way He intended for us to, and I think that’s really where this song comes from. I’ve always doubted my ability to step into “more”, but I feel like this was His way of putting into my heart ’this is that ‘more’ you’ve been hearing and what you’re praying about, all you gotta do is just walk and let me put you on that path.


We know that God’s plans for us are for good, and never to harm us. When I was in L.A. back in 2015 getting ready to write some new songs to pitch to some A&Rs in the area, I found out my parents were going to separate. The next four years was a downward spiral of depression that took me being out on my own to truly find out how much I really needed God’s help and grace. At the end of 2018, I was living in a one-bedroom apartment by myself, nearly broke, probably in a lot of trouble, and holding onto very little with my job. I couldn’t shake the possibility of not being able to live up to this plan I knew God had for me, let alone step into it, because it just seemed like so much more that I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do in my life. Sure enough, over the course of the next year, I moved to Oklahoma, started a new job working in audio post-production, and have gotten countless opportunities to work with so many amazing people, people I never would’ve met in my lifetime had I continued to stay where I was. None of this even feels like it was only last year. I’m reminded how quickly time moves, and how I’ve been able to move with it, and keep up with it really… I couldn’t imagine missing it without acknowledging the blessings God has poured out, and I know that this is only the beginning of something incredible. I don’t know what, but I can sense God’s hand moving me into something, somewhere, I’ve never been before.



When asked about who this song was for, and what he wanted his listeners to take away from it, Chas added:

I knew that this was a song I didn’t want to fit one single mold. I knew it was going to come in a few different packages, and by the time I sat in [the] studio to polish it up, I felt like that package would be delivered in a few different aspects – as a Christian song breaking ground in the modern space that hasn’t really had much of a spotlight, but even more so as a pop song that could be heard by a wide audience and perceived as faith-focussed. I think this song intersects at the point where you want to reach a new level, wherever that is for the listener, I hope and pray that God will meet them in that area, and propel them with that message that’s fully complemented by this chill/hip-hop/even trap-inspired sound. It’s not just a song that tells you “you can overcome it”. It’s a song that tells you, God is right with you, and Heaven’s gates are ready to open over you, if you’re willing to take off with God’s promise and provision for you. It should propel and energize listeners to step into that new level that God has for them, and I hope for listeners that don’t hear that in this song at first listen, that they might be able to be propelled by that very sound in faith. - The Christian Beat