{"id":2247000,"date":"2026-01-23T12:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247000"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:56:43","slug":"carly-pearce-explores-her-faith-journey-in-new-single-church-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/carly-pearce-explores-her-faith-journey-in-new-single-church-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Carly Pearce explores her faith journey in new single &#8216;Church Girl&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"82557177007\" title=\"Carly Pearce at Opry 100 red carpet: 'When I was 5 years old I told my parents I wanted to sing at the Opry'\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/03\/19\/PNAS\/82553838007-4-an-1164.jpg?crop=3999,2250,x0,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Carly Pearce at Opry 100 red carpet: &#8216;When I was 5 years old I told my parents I wanted to sing at the Opry&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Carly Pearce at Opry 100 red carpet: &#8216;When I was 5 years old I told my parents I wanted to sing at the Opry&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/17\/carly-pearce-hummingbird-tour-set-list-dolly-parton-mic-ryman-auditorium\/83630661007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carly Pearce<\/a> has never shied away from honesty, but her new single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carlypearce.lnk.to\/churchgirl?fbclid=IwY2xjawPfLX5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTZ2R2QmI2MnlsM1hXZnJyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgp9O1SIvXpbjs8gny9FCuZfA_AG34ijx4Y8DXtOCoZ7J4XlVxYmik88WofO_aem_9CGSvWUO7SZ_zlk9G6tSmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Church Girl&#8221;<\/a> opens up about faith, setting the tone for her most vulnerable era yet.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;The inspiration just for this new chapter of music for me is to be bolder,&#8221; Pearce said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been a vulnerable songwriter and singer, but I wanted to push what I was singing about and what I wrote about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Faith, she explained, has shaped her since childhood, but navigating it as an adult has been more complex. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/carlypearce.lnk.to\/churchgirl?fbclid=IwY2xjawPfLX5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTZ2R2QmI2MnlsM1hXZnJyc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgp9O1SIvXpbjs8gny9FCuZfA_AG34ijx4Y8DXtOCoZ7J4XlVxYmik88WofO_aem_9CGSvWUO7SZ_zlk9G6tSmQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Church Girl,&#8221;<\/a> written by Cameron Bedell, Seth Ennis and Carter Faith, became a mirror for her own journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a Christian and always have been,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I think that with being a Christian, it can cause a lot of questions throughout your life that you deal with at different moments. This song is very reflective of my journey as a Christian and what I know to be true that so many other people are probably feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"83689976007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/17\/carly-pearce-hummingbird-tour-set-list-dolly-parton-mic-ryman-auditorium\/83630661007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Carly Pearce shocks fans with surprise guest, closes &#8216;Hummingbird&#8217; tour at Ryman Auditorium<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Pearce recorded the track because she believes the world needs its message of more love and less judgment now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want people to know that if they are coming to my shows, that whatever emotion you\u2019re feeling, whatever part of your journey you&#8217;re on, religion can be a journey and faith can be a journey, that you are welcome and you are accepted,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The line that anchors the song is found in the bridge: &#8220;If God is who he says he is, then I don\u2019t think you&#8217;re cursed, girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Pearce said it&#8217;s her favorite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To me, it&#8217;s about what I know Jesus to be is he walked with everybody. He was absolutely kind and open to everybody,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Don\u2019t hide. Be you. He loves you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The song is the third taste of what&#8217;s to come in her latest era. Fans who went to the last Hummingbird World Tour concert at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/05\/17\/carly-pearce-hummingbird-tour-set-list-dolly-parton-mic-ryman-auditorium\/83630661007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ryman Auditorium<\/a> in May heard a song she wrote about ring shopping with her assistant Sydney. She also released <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j1ynmn2Wx14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Dream Come True&#8221;<\/a> in November, a single pulling back the curtain on the cost of chasing ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the palette of this chapter, Pearce said it&#8217;s bold and unapologetic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of lace,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We&#8217;re in our lace era. I&#8217;m going back to my roots, going back to Kentucky, going back to the origin of where I come from and where my dreams started. There&#8217;s a lot more to me than a breakup song, and I feel like you&#8217;re really going to see that vulnerability, whether it&#8217;s funny or, you know, very bluegrass. 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