{"id":2088907,"date":"2025-10-13T23:36:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2088907"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:36:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:36:20","slug":"stephen-barker-liles-of-love-and-theft-talks-about-his-new-solo-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-barker-liles-of-love-and-theft-talks-about-his-new-solo-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Barker Liles of Love and Theft talks about his new solo music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>Stephen Barker Liles. Photo Credit: Elle Hobbs.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Barker Liles of the CMA-nominated country duo Love and Theft spoke about his new Christian music solo single \u201cAlways Been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liles released the song on Friday, September 26th, and it coincides with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rhettwalker\/?hl=en\">Rhett Walker<\/a> tour, which Liles is on this fall.<\/p>\n<p>On his new Christian music single \u201cAlways Been,\u201d Liles said, \u201cIt\u2019s different and it has been really cool!<\/p>\n<p>Liles continued, \u201cA year and a half ago, I was going to this writing session with my buddy, and we got in the session. He told me, \u2018Hey, you remember that song that we wrote a long time ago?\u2019 and I told him \u2018yeah!\u2019 He was like \u2018we should use that same melody and we should rewrite it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are better writers now and we weren\u2019t doing anything with that song, but the melody was so good, and I remembered the song,\u201d Liles admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Liles enlisted his 11-year-old son, Jett Barker, to help him create the song\u2019s lyric video.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephen Barker Liles&#039;, &quot;Always Been&quot; Lyric Promo Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01AAiLPdwic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThen, I felt it could be a really good Christian song. As we started writing it, something felt different,\u201d Liles noted. \u201cI was like \u2018Wow, this is really weird. I love this. This is really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I cut the vocals on it, it was emotional. It has been a long time since I had written a Christian song, and it turned out to be \u2018Always Been\u2019,\u201d Liles said. \u201cSo then, the next time I got with him I decided to write more Christian songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a year, I just wrote only Christian songs,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI also had a solo pop record ready to put out. I had songs. I also went to the CRS of Christian music down in Orlando, Florida, this past summer, which is called Momentum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave it a show and went down there to see what everything was all about.\u00a0 That was where I met Rhett Walker, and we became friends. A week later, he invited me to go on tour with him,\u201d Liles elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, I\u2019m on tour with Rhett Walker and I realized that I had to get a song out. I wanted to lead with \u2018Always Been\u2019 because it\u2019s the song that started me on this journey,\u201d Liles explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to lead worship at my church in my youth group when I was in high school and college,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI\u2019m a preacher\u2019s kid so I know the Christian music world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI moved to Nashville to become a songwriter, really,\u201d he admitted. \u201cThen, I became an artist, and then, I fell into Love and Theft, and that happened so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel like God\u2019s been working on my heart. I really like the fact that my songs can get played to a lot of people that don\u2019t normally listen to Christian music because of my background, and because I\u2019ve been in country music,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis past weekend I played the Destin Songwriters Festival, and they didn\u2019t ask me what my set list was. They just knew that I\u2019ve written some hits for other people, and they wanted me there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played my <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martinamcbride\/?hl=en\">Martina McBride<\/a> song \u2018Wrong Baby Wrong\u2019 at that festival,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it has been so much fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wrong Baby Wrong\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LDY_JJ9dLn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Liles hopes to do more work in the Christian music world because he has a whole album of new music ready to go and be released in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Love and Theft bandmate, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thegunderson\/?hl=en\">Eric Gunderson<\/a>, mixed and mastered the single \u2018Always Been\u2019,\u201d Liles revealed. \u201cAlso, Eric is mixing my new single, which is called \u2018Army of Angels\u2019 literally this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his Love and Theft shows, he revealed that \u201cIf You Ever Get Lonely\u201d is one of the only ballads that they play live. \u201cThat\u2019s a good one,\u201d he admitted. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool. It\u2019s a John Waite song. That\u2019s one of the only outside songs we\u2019ve covered. John Waite recorded it and we ended up making it heard more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his new musical direction, he said, \u201cI think I\u2019m excited because my sound is fresh and also unique in the Christian market. It\u2019s different but it\u2019s still me. I\u2019m doing everything from scratch myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love and Theft - Angel Eyes (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKOR8TddfcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-the-blind-podcast\">\u2018In The Blind\u2019 Podcast<\/h2>\n<p>Otherwise, things with Love and Theft have been going well for Liles. \u201cLove and Theft has been my job, we have our new podcast (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intheblind_podcast\/?hl=en\">In The Blind Podcast<\/a>) and that is going great, and we have a Wednesday night show that we host, and we are still doing shows,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A fun fact was that Liles was the inspiration for the Taylor Swift song \u201cHey Stephen,\u201d which is featured on her 2008 seminal album \u201cFearless.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - Hey Stephen (Taylor&#039;s Version) (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMhiHrL7rPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For his fans and supporters, Liles exclaimed, \u201cI am just so pumped for people to hear the rest of my new songs. I\u2019ve got some bangers coming their way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways Been\u201d is available on digital service providers by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sc.lnk.to\/sbl-alwaysbeen\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Stephen Barker Liles, follow him on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stephenbarkerliles\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Love and Theft, check out their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loveandtheft\/?hl=en\">Instagram page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.digitaljournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Barker Liles. Photo Credit: Elle Hobbs. Stephen Barker Liles of the CMA-nominated country duo Love and Theft spoke about his new Christian music solo single \u201cAlways Been.\u201d Liles released the song on Friday, September 26th, and it coincides with the Rhett Walker tour, which Liles is on this fall. 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