Brittany Luce

There have been big names who are making this kind of music.

Why is it seeing this surge right now?

Oh, yeah.

I saw it in theaters.

So basically, we haven't really seen this kind of surge in Christian music since the early 2000s.

Not for radio play or stadium, but when you go to church on Sunday, this is the music everyone's singing together.

I see.

I see.

So when you used to think of Christian music on the airwaves, you might think of someone like Kirk Franklin.

Or Mary Mary.

But now the music that's really hitting is this super specific style of worship music that CCM artists are writing specifically for you to sing in church.

That's an interesting connection that there's a surge in Christian music because, as you said, many of these male artists are essentially preaching to fans of their music, that there's a market for that kind of musical and spiritual performance.

Okay, so we've been talking a lot about categories here like CCM, gospel, worship music.

Why should we be paying attention to these categories?

Why do they matter?

And then you have gospel, which typically comes from the black church.

You know, think soaring vocals, mass choirs and praise breaks, as opposed to kind of like the more mellow country tinged sounds of CCM.

And now you're seeing Black gospel artists crossing over into the historically white CCM territory, right?

Right.

The sound is different.