By Movieguide® Staff
Lauren Daigle might be one of the biggest Christian artists in the world, but she recently shared that an industry exec questioned her commitment to her faith.
“You’re a superstar. Why do you have to be Christian?” Daigle recalled a label head asking her, per Fox News.
She continued, “It was this moment of me laughing so hard because I knew what she was trying to say. Like, we could really do something with this if you weren’t Christian…but I love the fact that I get to share this message.”
Daigle shared that she can feel pressure coming from both sides — “Like, are you staying Christian enough for the Christians? Are you cool enough for the mainstream world, you know?”
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“All of the pressures can be spinning. But I think if you stay authentic, those pressures get a lot smaller,” she explained. “They decrease in intensity, and that’s what I actually delight in. And then you get the right people around you. If you get the right people around you, then you’ll steady the course.”
Daigle recently spoke to Hallow about the dangers of “labeling,” especially when it comes to her music. She recalled listening to old voice memos from years ago, noting the artistic “freedom” she felt then.
“The labeling, the pigeonhole aspect of labeling eventually can take your voice,” she explained. “My prayer is, ‘God, in the midst of it happening, help me stay true to who you have made me to be. Help me not to allow anything exterior to inhibit the creativity that you’re pouring in me, that you want to pour through me because there’s other lives at hand.’”
Standing strong in her identity as both an artist and Christian is something Daigle has spoken about before. In a 2018 interview with CCM Magazine, she shared that she has struggled with “the issue of identity and trying to figure out how to exist when I felt like so many things were pulling me in so many different directions.”
“I think a lot of times we build these complexes based on insecurity, based on fear, based on rejection, and lies that we have to constantly overcome,” Daigle continued. “I know when I’m weak, He’s strong — so how do I change that and bring that into my everyday life? When I feel inadequate, how is it that there’s always these moments where I feel like God just steps in and supersedes my inadequacies.”
Despite what that label head might have thought, Daigle’s dedication to her faith has made her a success in the music industry and helped her reach millions around the world with her message of God’s love.
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