Your pop music is influenced by God

你的流行音乐深受上帝的影响。

Today, Explained

2025-12-20

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Popular music went more Christian this year, but religion has had a long history of influencing secular sounds. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Astead Herndon. Worshipers during the 2023 "It's Time" tour in Atlanta, GA. Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • So, here's a little secret.

  • When I'm feeling particularly anxious or a little scared,

  • I have an emergency playlist of gospel songs that almost always makes me feel better.

  • Like this one.

  • Or this one.

  • Christian music, particularly the old school stuff my parents used to listen to,

  • has always made me feel hope, feel inspired, feel calm.

  • But now, It seems more and more people,

  • not just pastors kids like me, are turning the Christian tracks for that same reason.

  • Worship songs had a big year in 2025,

  • with Christian artists going viral on TikTok and rising on the Billboard charts.

  • What's behind all of this?

  • Besides God, of course.

  • That's coming up on Today Explained from Vox.

  • For a brief moment after COVID, it seemed like work from home was here to stay.

  • But now, it's revenge of the bosses, with companies like Amazon,

  • JP Morgan, and others returning to the old five days a week.

  • What's the best policy and approach?

  • Stanford economics professor Nicholas Bloom has been studying remote work

  • since long before the pandemic.