DOE, Grammy-winning singer and founding member of Forever Jones, has been leading worship her whole life. But her third solo album Shiloh, releasing August 28, is different from anything she has made before. Her mother is singing on it. Three of her siblings are in the videos. And the central conviction running through every song is one she has carried since long before she had a child of her own — someone had to make sure you knew who Jesus was, and it is your job to make sure the next generation knows too.

Generational legacy, the gospel as the only lasting wealth, and a Grammy win discovered between frantic airport searches: DOE shares the heart behind Shiloh and the lead single Know Your Name, co-written with Anthony Brown and David Spencer as a declaration that if it is up to her, every generation will know the name of Jesus. She also opens up about writing Black Boy Joy for the men in her family before she was married or had a son, why she sang it at Carnegie Hall for Juneteenth, and what it felt like to find out she had won a Grammy while postpartum, running through an airport, and looking for her milk bag — holding what she calls her greatest accomplishment in her arms while receiving her greatest musical one.

Highlights

• Why DOE says Shiloh is not just her most personal album — it is her life, her upbringing, and her mother singing beside her
• The central theme of the album: generational transfer of eternal wealth, the kind that can only be found through the gospel
• Know Your Name, co-written with Anthony Brown and David Spencer, as a declaration to pass the name of Jesus to every generation
• How becoming a mother sharpened her understanding of how God sees us when we are trying, striving, and not yet understanding
• The story behind Black Boy Joy, written for her father, brothers, uncles, and grandfathers before she had a husband or son
• Why she sang Black Boy Joy at Carnegie Hall for Juneteenth and what that celebration means to her as an American milestone
• Finding out she won a Grammy in an airport while postpartum, searching for her milk bag, and surrounded by a flood of missed calls
• Why she believes her next album may be entirely congregational worship and the prayer she takes into every writing session

Resources / Links / CTA

• 🌐 DOE website: https://www.doejonesmusic.com
• 📱 DOE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doejonesmusic
• 🎵 Album: Shiloh, releasing August 28
• 🎵 Single: Know Your Name
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