Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

Why might the messages in this music be resonating with people, especially young people at this moment in time?

I think there might be something to that, that there is a search for music that feels like it's looking beyond themselves, beyond the small kind of

internal world and outward, it's worth kind of saying, well, what else is happening around us?

A lot of this music is made by men.

And a lot of it is a little bit country flavor as well.

And to the extent that those things are all connected,

What might be happening there?

Why might this music be resonating?

What does it tell us about masculinity and conservative politics and the search for faith at this moment?

We have an administration right now that talks very openly about wanting to fight against anti-Christian bias out in the world.

And it's hard not to look at that and then look at celebration over Christian music featuring prominently on American Idol and seeing a certain segment of evangelicals feeling like this is our moment.