Planetshakers Strip It All Back With Tender Worship Ballad “Anointed One”
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. Planetshakers Strip It All Back with Tender Worship Ballad “Anointed One.” In a worship landscape often marked by lyrical grandeur and poetic experimentation, Planetshakers have taken a different approach with their deeply heartfelt single, Anointed One — a song that they say has become “a great blessing” to their church and listeners worldwide.
Described by the band as “a very tender, love song to God,” Anointed One trades complexity for purity. “Some songs we try to push the boundaries of being poetic or trying to find new ways to say something,” the group shared in a statement. “But sometimes you don’t want to get caught up in that. You just want to say it in its most simplistic, true form: You’re all that I want, You are all that I need.”
That sincerity is evident in every lyric of Anointed One, beginning with the opening line, “What else could I want, what else could I need?” — a rhetorical cry that echoes the soul’s longing for divine intimacy. With verses centred on seeking God’s presence and choruses that declare,
“This world has nothing I desire but You,” the song captures a stripped-down, unfiltered hunger for Jesus.
The bridge, “I’m leaning in, I’m drawing closer / I’m letting go, Lord I surrender,” functions not just as a musical build-up, but a personal prayer — a surrender anthem for anyone seeking to draw nearer to God.
Planetshakers’ ability to balance dynamic praise with intimate worship has long set them apart, but Anointed One is a reminder that sometimes, the most powerful worship moments come not through layered metaphors but through honest, childlike adoration.
With this song, Planetshakers have created a space where the noise fades, the distractions fall away, and only one name remains: Jesus, Anointed One.
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