Meet FlamyGrant, the Drag Queen Carving Out Her Own Lane in Christian Music
. “I’m not trying to get to No. 1, I’m just trying to crack the charts,” Grant said in the video, tempering her own expectations.of her original post, “Good Day” briefly hit No. 1 on iTunes’ Christian Songs charts, and her albumreached No. 1 on their Christian Albums chart — where it stayed for seven straight days, until falling to No. 2 on Aug. 3 to Lauren Daigle’s‘s Christian charts yet, Blake remains amazed at the power of their modest-but-mighty fans online.
The Flamy Grant persona was born in 2020 out of a curiosity Blake developed while on lockdown during the pandemic. Developing the character felt like “inner child work,” they say, where they finally got to go back and accept themselves.
When a pastor at their progressive Christian church asked Blake if they would want to perform a sermon during one of their virtual services during the pandemic, they agreed, filmed it, and posted a clip of it on TikTok. After it blew up, Blake knew that they were onto something. “It was like, ‘Oh, this is not just for me. This is actually able to speak to people, and they’re all saying that this makes them feel safe and seen,'” they recall. “That’s all I ever want my art to do.
During the 22 years they worked as a worship leader before adopting the Flamy Grant mantle, Blake dabbled in releasing folk music under their own name, including their 2007 albumBlake grew up listening to Christian music, and says they don’t recognize the genre today compared to when they were younger. “That’s the thing about Christian music — it was never defined by any actual genre,” they say. “It was a rubber stamp saying, ‘Your kids will be safe listening to this.
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