Popular singer Johnny Drille has opened up about his musical journey. He recently revealed how he struggled to find his place in the church community despite starting out there.
According to him, despite serving as a music director in church, he never truly felt like his style of music belonged there.
He added by admitting that his transition from Gospel to mainstream music came with backlash from some members of his Christian community.
His words, “I didn’t feel like my music was predominantly in church. Every now and then, I get invited to churches to sing, which is kind of interesting.
I’ve gotten a bit of backlash from my Christian community every now and then when they invite me to churches. But at the end of the day, the music is positive. It speaks to good things that sometimes the church doesn’t want to talk about.
The church shies away from talking about love. A lot of times you go for some Christian weddings and you hear Davido and Wizkid. What if the church decides that we want to start doing our own Christian love songs?
There’s a place for worship music, right? But there’s also music about so much more that the church could be singing about. I was a music director, directing the choir, but I never really sang in front of the church. I think it helped me become the musician I am today in terms of my musicianship and performances.”
WOW.
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