TobyMac's New Album Represents the 'Next Phase' After Son Truett, 21, Died in 2019: 'I Can Breathe Again' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

On Friday, March 7, the singer-songwriter released his latest studio album,Heaven on My Mind. The 12-track album follows his 2022 albumLife After Death, where he navigated immense grief.

“My life isn’t bad down here. I have beautiful children, a beautiful wife, I’m so blessed. We have a beautiful house… But for some reason lately, I’ve had heaven on my mind a little bit more,” he says. “And I think I know the reason, there’s people I love, that I believe are there, and they’re waiting.”

Adding, “It’s not like I’m standing around just thinking about eternity or heaven. I feel like I’m here and I want to live every day with purpose. I’m here for a reason. I don’t want to miss what’s in front of me.”

‘Heaven on My Mind’ cover art.

“I have four children, and two are in San Diego right now in college, one’s home, and then one lives about an hour from us,” he says, adding that he’s “super proud” of his kids.

“And then my wife, of course, she’s everything to me completely. I couldn’t be who I am without her. I’m sure she would say the same. We absolutely adore each other,” he continues. “I love songwriting. It’s become one of the really important thing to me, as far as just getting my feelings out.”

“He was always grateful to us, always saw us, never discounted us,” he recalls. “I’m so grateful for that. There wasn’t a distant relationship. Sure, we had rubs, he was a wild child… God loves the wild ones. And I believe that with all my heart.”

Heaven on My Mindis out now.

source: people.com