The world of music thirsts for God...

He was not referring only to the world of music. But also to him. The editor of the newsletter ‘The Morning’, of the New York Times, Lauren Jackson, has developed over the past year a project on religion and spirituality now, Believing. Her conclusion was stark: ‘America wants a God’.

And in these months, but also before, some well-known singers, and they too, have revealed that they pray and seek God. They are probably not a manual of orthodoxy, or yes, but they are a sample of the thirst for God and how current it is to publicly manifest the faith. 

“My super power is sobriety. The only ‘vice’ I have left is prayer,” Paris Jackson, daughter of Michael Jackson told ‘Elle’ (Oct. 22), after confessing that she also goes to “therapy twice a week,” and that “I'm very involved in my mental health.”.

Rosalía: “God is the only one who fills”.”

The Catalan singer Rosalía has sold millions of copies worldwide, has won numerous Grammys, Latin Grammys... And I don't know if she had ever spoken so clearly before about spiritual matters.

October 16, 2009 explained in a conversation in Catalan, in Radio noia, with Mar Vallverdú, that “it is the first time I have made an album without fear of failure”, referring to what will be his fourth album, to be released soon.

In a relaxed and informal conversation, says Xavier Cervantes, “Rosalía has also shown a spiritual side, as when she assured that ‘the more space you make inside you, the better receptacle you are’”. “Sometimes I have a desire that I know this world will not be able to satisfy, because it will not be able to fill that emptiness. Perhaps this space can only be filled by God, if you have the necessary predisposition,» he argued. And then he said: «I admire the nuns very much, they are like celestial citizens».

Rosalía has had certain nods in her career towards religion and faith. One of them may be the beautiful song ‘Although it is night’, in which he sings verses of the mystic St. John of the Cross, reveals ‘Religion in freedom’. 

“I like the idea of living in cloistered living, creating and finding peace.”

‘La Vanguardia’ also includes an interview with Rosalía, who admits that her next project is born from the need to empty herself spiritually: “As an artist, there is a connection between emptiness and divinity. If you make space, maybe someone above you can come and pass through you. I have a desire that I know this world can't fulfill.”.

“God is the only one who can fill the spaces if you have the predisposition, the attitude and the way to open yourself so that it can happen”. She defines herself as a kind of contemporary nun: “I like the idea of living in a cloister, like a nun”. She compares herself to them because she would like to be focused on creating and finding peace. 

Daddy Yankee: first Christian themed album

On the other hand, the legendary Puerto Rican reguetonero Daddy Yankee released last week his first album with a Christian touch, ‘Lamento en baile’ (Lament in dance). It is also his first after retiring from popular music, and reflects, reported Efe, on the fact that music “has the power to heal, inspire and celebrate”.

Famed reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee has reappeared “reborn” in his Christian faith, and with a new mission to “preach the Gospel,” during the closing of Billboard's Latin Music Week 2025 talks, according to ‘El Universal’.

The artist, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, is inspired by a biblical psalm. He assured that he maintains “the same power, the same flavor and the same flow”, but now with a spiritual purpose, combining reggaeton, salsa, cast and hip hop with Christian lyrics.

“I feel reborn.”

“I feel reborn, with new energy, joyful, happy, with all that I am living and the personal, spiritual change in my faith,” said the Puerto Rican, who wore a brown suit that contrasted with his traditional urban attire.

This was his first public appearance since December 2023, when he closed his La última vuelta tour in Puerto Rico, declaring to his audience: “I recognize that Jesus lives in me”.

The new album includes 19 tracks, among them DTB (God Bless You), I will praise YOU (Ps 27) and Jezebel and Judas. “We have everything on the album, and people are saying, ‘Wow, we didn't know you could do urban Christian music,’” he commented.

Mónica Naranjo: “I trust a lot in God”.” 

“I have a lot of faith in God. Faith is more important than you think because it is not easy to be 18 years old and live in a foreign country like Mexico, but I did it”. This is how singer and producer Mónica Naranjo reveals her reflections on her career, faith and intimate decisions, in an interview at La Vanguardia, also this October.

His vision of faith occupies a good part of the interview. Naranjo reminds the journalist that she grew up “under the religious guidance of missionaries”, who helped her to develop as a person. Now, he maintains an intimate relationship with God: “I am a great believer and I like going to church a lot. I like to put my head and my heart in order”.

“If He is with you, who can be against you? No one.”

In the interview she reveals that what she does to avoid being nervous before going on stage is to “trust in God”: “If He is with you, who can be against you? No one. Faith is more important than you think and it helps us in the most difficult moments. It is not easy to be 18 years old and live in a foreign country like Mexico. I did it and I was very happy.

Her first album, she explains, did not end up working in Spain, so Naranjo went to live in Mexico, where she sold almost a million copies. For her, religion is not only a spiritual issue, but also a moral one. “Religion gives values. And values are very important in the life of human beings,” she defends. Moreover, if there were “more schools that taught religion, there would be more values in society today,” she adds.

Yal Le Kochbar: “need for unity and universal love”. 

The rapper from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yal Le Kochbar, wants to bring hope to the youth of his country through music. Born in Goma, in eastern DRC, on June 10, 1997, he lived through the war with his mother and siblings, and finally returned to Kinshasa in 1999. 

Yal is the head of a family of six siblings, two boys and three girls, marked by the trauma of war. Years ago he took a professional turn and entered the world of music and began composing and singing songs, Omnes reported in this year's June issue.

Music of Light, crossing borders

Through his music, he wants to transmit “light, self-awareness, the truth about life and the need for unity and universal love”, and his inspiration is Fally Ipupa.

Yal Le Kochbar converted to Catholicism as a result of a long spiritual quest, after suffering a serious illness. I asked God, and Jesus in particular, to manifest Himself if He really existed, and He answered me. It was the beginning of a new relationship.

“I am making myself known little by little, thanks to my music, which is available on all platforms. I am also developing my presence on social networks. My Music of Light project is designed to cross borders: it is based on the universal.”.