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Rachael Lampa shares why she left the music industry, how she stays close to God amid her return

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October 8, 2023

Contemporary Christian singer and songwriter Rachael Lampa, who rose to fame as a teenager in the early 2000s with the release of her debut album, Live for You, has opened up about why she left her music career behind in her early 20s and why she is returning to the industry now as a mother of two in her late 30s.

The 38-year-old detailed how making music had always been a part of her identity from a young age in an interview with K-LOVE posted online this week.

“I did this hardcore from the time I was 14 to about 21. And then, I left. I had no plan for when I was coming back. But, when I left, I was like, ‘I have to be able to let this go because this is my whole identity. Everything is wrapped up in it. Everything is just this one big music-Jesus-people plump.’ And it didn’t feel right,” Lampa explained.

“But, it’s not only that. It’s like now that I am doing it again, I’m still letting it go. I think that those are the words that God has given me to stay in that place.”

According to her online biography, Lampa’s rise to fame at an early age included multiple No. 1 hits, seven albums, TV appearances, and tours with some of the top mainstream and Christian artists. But at age 20, she walked away from her record deal amid “burnout” and a “sense of curiosity after spending most of her teen years on a tour bus.”

“Over the next few years, the Colorado-native-turned-Nashvillian continued to release music independently, appeared on NBC’s The Sing Off with other Nashville artists, and toured in a more ‘out of the spotlight’ way as a background singer with Jordin Sparks and later with Hozier,” Lampa’s website reads.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Lampa began to “dream again” and “new music was born” from a conversation between friends at a Bible study.

“I finally feel like I am making music out of a place of freedom, instead of striving,” Lampa said in a statement on her website. “A lot of my identity was wrapped up in achievement and performance when I was younger. Now I just feel like I get to do it because I enjoy it and I get to make music about things I care about and love.”

Last year, Lampa released the song “Perfectly Loved” featuring TobyMac, which finished the year on the Billboard year-end charts for “Hot Christian Music.” Lampa said the song is inspired by “her inner-healing journey” and her work with a prison ministry nonprofit founded and run by her family called People Loving Nashville.

In her interview with K-Love, Lampa said a theme upon her return that she has been living out is: “Letting it go.”

“I’m also constantly letting it go. … That’s been the survival, the theme. That’s how I stay close to God because I’m like, ‘this is scary.’ You know, letting anything go is scary. But, it’s also we’re free to, you know, feel free. Yeah, there’s trust, and there’s freedom,” she said.

Identity should not be found in the things that a Christian does, according to Lampa.

“Sometimes it’s like: ‘Lord, let me do this wrong.’ Because then maybe somebody will be like, ‘Oh, OK. It’s OK to be wrong or to be clumsy or like not to have great answers.’ … He wants us to do this with Him and with each other,” Lampa said.

“We are all just tripping over ourselves and over each other, and all He wants for us is to see his children be together.”

In an interview at the 45th annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards Monday, the singer said she has enjoyed being involved in the music industry again.

“It’s been really fun being back in front of people. … There’s something that I’ve always loved about being on the road and being out there live. Because there’s just something so rare that happens in a group of people that are all singing together and all there for one purpose,” Lampa said.

“There’s science out there that talks about how when everybody sings together, their heart starts beating at the same time, their breath starts breathing at the same time. And I feel that, you know, when I’m up there. I feel the beautiful energy here, and yeah, so I think it’s going be hard for me to step away [again].”
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For KING + COUNTRY Stars’ Big Plan to Bring Message of Jesus, ‘Redemption of Humanity’ to People Across America

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For KING + COUNTRY, one of the most popular Christian and inspirational bands around, is gearing up for the Christmas season in a big way.

Just months after singers Joel and Luke Smallbone brought their family’s story to the big screen in biopic “Unsung Hero,” the duo are heading back to theaters with a new project, “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.“

The cinematic experience, which will run from Dec. 5-9, will make For KING + COUNTRY’s popular Christmas show accessible to people across the nation.

And the brothers promise to deliver a “sonic journey that blends the sights and sounds of the season with the musical mastery, heartwarming storytelling, and dazzling production.” Joel Smallbone told CBN News he’s elated to bring the show to audiences:

“One of the things that we love is Christmas tours,” he told CBN News. “And we’ve done one almost every year since the beginning of the band.”

But with the Christmas season so short, he said they came up with another option: bringing the Christmas show to movie theaters so even more people can see it. The band performed a show at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, rallied 12,000 fans — and created “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live.”

“It’s really beautiful,” Smallbone said. “This year, more than ever, I feel like we desperately just need to kind of keep the main thing the main thing, and these great hallmarks of humanity that are love, and joy, and peace, patience, kindness, goodness — let’s put them back in the driver’s seat this Christmas.”

Ultimately, Smallbone said “A Drummer Boy Christmas Live” is all about honoring the true meaning of Christmas.

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As for upcoming plans after the theatrical experience, Smallbone said For KING + COUNTRY is, for the first time since the beginning of the band, spending a year away from touring.

“We’re … going away to write and record … and we’re also going away to work on our next feature film that is going to production next fall,” he said, explaining that the band will come back to perform after these upcoming projects.

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Bible Prophecy Playing Out in Israel: New ‘Patterns of Evidence’ Film Seeks to Unpack the Truth

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As he navigated that story, he realized a great deal about God’s promises to Abraham had been misunderstood or had gone unknown to some.

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Mahoney said the Bible also discusses what happens if God is disobeyed — that the people will be scattered and persecuted. And that’s not all.

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“What I want people to realize is that there are words that have been written down in the past, and, as time has gone on, these events that were foretold are happening,” he said. “And what I want people to see is that God is true to His word, and these prophecies that were given.”
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