Cory Asbury Explains That Song Title Oops

Published: June 2, 2026

By Michaela Gordoni

Cory Asbury’s new single originally appeared as “Ousting the Angels” instead of “Outsing the Angels” on music streaming platforms.

The typo was quickly corrected, but screenshots still circulated on social platforms, Relevent reported, and people questioned his theology.

Asbury took to Instagram to set the record straight.

“Y’all, I finally got my life right. I’m walking the straight and narrow. I released a worship song, and one typo tries to derail the whole thing, and now I’m a heretic again,” Asbury said. “I am not ousting the angels.”

“I’m trying to outsing them. One letter difference, massive theological repercussions,” he continued.

Asbury shared that people threw verses at him and demanded a good reason for the title.

“One dude actually DM’d me a chart, an Excel spreadsheet,” he said.

Asbury had his theology questioned in 2018 when he released his song, “Reckless Love.” People took issue with God’s love being called “reckless.”

“I did not survive the ‘Reckless Love’ discourse just to be accused of staging a heavenly coup,” Asbury joked. “And if you see it spelled ‘Ousting the Angels…no, you didn’t.”

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A few years ago, Asbury had stepped away from Christian music to make a country album. But he recently scrapped the entire project after he got a “whisper” from the Lord. Asbury had been given a 20-song deal with a $500,000 record advance, CHVN Radio reported.

Before he got the deal, he had left Christian music altogether.

“Basically, I was running from my calling,” said Asbury. “I was really frustrated by the industry of it all. Making money from worship music and the gospel was just such a weird feeling for me in my soul.”

“I can’t charge $100 a ticket to come to my worship thing because I’m good at singing to Jesus. I just couldn’t settle the issue in my soul,” he expressed.

As he got deeper into a side of the music industry, he was shocked by what he saw.

“Honestly, the sin in it was rampant, the biggest names, stuff that you would never wanna see. I was seeing it,” said Asbury. “I was like, ‘Man, I don’t want to have anything to do with this.'”

“It felt like Ezekiel’s temple, where you open the doors, and you’re just like, what? This is what’s going on? I just ran,” said Asbury. “I ran away as far as I could and said I’ll retire. My family was taken care of.”

He had been in the studio with Jon Foreman from Switchfoot when he felt the need to stop then and there and return to Christian music.

“The Lord instantly whispers to my spirit and says, ‘Be done. Stop running. Move on to what you’re supposed to do. What you were made to do. What you were created to do,’ and I was like oh, dang,” said Asbury.

Church Leaders reported that he and his wife returned the money they received, and Asbury went back to Christian music. This recent trial shows that it’s not easy to be a believer, but Asbury is staying strong.

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