Lauren Daigle Says Label Executive Urged Her to Drop Christian Identity Despite 2 Grammys
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Updated · Fox News · May 28
Lauren Daigle Says Label Executive Urged Her to Drop Christian Identity Despite 2 Grammys
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 28
Lauren Daigle said a label head in New York once asked, “Why do you have to be Christian?”—signaling mainstream pressure to shed the faith identity tied to her career.
Daigle said the tension cuts both ways: staying “Christian enough” for religious audiences while seeming “cool enough” for the mainstream, a pressure she said eases by staying authentic and keeping the right people around her.
The 2-time Grammy winner used the interview while appearing at the 13th annual K-LOVE Fan Awards, which she co-hosted with Sadie Robertson Huff at Nashville’s Opry House on May 24.
Daigle has been one of Christian music’s biggest crossover acts since 2018’s “Look Up Child,” whose hit “You Say” reached the Billboard Hot 100 and helped push her into the mainstream she said once questioned her faith.
Is Lauren Daigle's success a sign the music industry is changing, or simply an exception to the rule?
Why is an artist's faith still seen as a barrier to mainstream superstardom in the music industry?