While Grammy-nominated Lauren Daigle had a wildly successful 2018 with the debut of her album “Look Up Child”, it was also a year met with lots of backlash after she appeared on “The Ellen Show” and made some controversial comments about her stance on homosexuality.
When asked if she “felt” homosexuality was a sin in an interview with Domenick Nati, she replied, “I can’t honestly answer on that, in the sense of I have too many people that I love and they are homosexuals. I can’t say one way or the other. I’m not God. When people ask questions like that, I just say, ‘Read the Bible and find out for yourself. And when you find out, let me know because I’m learning too.’”
The singer who started with Christian roots was met with massive criticism for giving what was perceived to be a watered-down, people-pleasing response to something the Bible explicitly states is sin.
Daigle has made it clear that it is her intent to have crossover appeal in both the Christian and secular markets, but some fans feel she’s taken it way too far and is leaving Jesus in the dust.
An interview this month with 104.3 MYFM only added fuel to the already heated fire when Daigle was asked if she still identifies as a Christian artist.
“What do you call yourself? What do you name yourself? Do you call yourself still a Christian artist even in the mainstream, or what do you call yourself?” the interviewer asked.
“I feel like those labels get put on you by other people,” the singer replied. “I was reading articles, I read them here in there, and one of them said Christian artist and the other ones said just artist. But I think part of me is just an artist because it encompasses everything. That’s kind of how I see myself.”
In talking about the making of her record, Daigle said they drew on so many different types of artists.
“While we were making this record we were constantly studying the greats that came before — Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Andre Crouch, Lauren Hill,” she shared. “There’s just a plethora of artists that we listened to, over and over.”
“I remember talking so much about, ‘Let’s just make sure that we make music that we believe in that’s pure, true sound and something that we love, and it’ll transcend wherever it’s supposed to go. But let’s make sure that it’s pure authentic to who we are,’” she added.
To many listeners’ disdain, Daigle did not make mention of God or Jesus in the entire 20-minute interview, but rather reverted to general terms like “faith” and “love.”