Why Christian Cover Songs Are So Cringe

today we're taking a look at some tiktoks where christians make covers of popular songs, primarily on tiktok. i gotta get the keywords in guys thanks for understanding. paint the town red by doja cat has been going viral for its controversial-ness in the lyrics and music video, especially with christians on tiktok, but for different reasons than most ppl are talking about doja for. whatever.

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[TheReddaredevil]

Hozier's song was played on christian radio stations for a while until they realized the song was criticizing the church

[carlostorres]

So often Christian art is so concerned with being Christian it forgets to be art.

[Kadev]

The thing about "Unholy" is that they're LITERALLY calling the scenario unholy. They're not like, saying it's good. Like 'duh, it's bad, the devil's work, let's move on'

[aloryamod]

I’ve seen this video a few times already but “Christ Spice” still takes me tf out😂

[Lildmc]

It’s like the great Hank Hill said.
“You’re not making Christianity better; you’re making rock and roll worse.”

[nmatefilms]

As someone who's mom listens to a lot of Christian radio, Ive been hearing terrible religious versions of secular songs for literal decades, and Ive had NO ONE to talk to about it with. I have felt like I was losing my mind. Thank you for making me feel seen.

[sqwurrx]

As a christian, these types of people literally gets on my nerves. Like no karen, a song saying devil when its not even about the devil is not gonna make them hide under your bed at night

[cammies]

You don’t have to relate to music to enjoy it. It’s like if someone said, “I really like Olivia Rodrigo’s music, but I’m in a happy healthy relationship, so I’m going to rewrite ‘good 4 u’ so I can sing it.” I think that adds to the cringe, just how pointless it is??

[CursedWithAGift]

The Kill Bill one really hits the nail in the head because of the way they’re perfectly okay with the murder part, because they _know_ it’s not actually something that the singer did and is just an expression of anger and frustration (even though jealousy is already kind of sinful in itself), but as soon as the word “hell” is mentioned apparently that’s not the case anymore? It’s no longer a metaphor and everything is taken literally???

[Cal-fbwe]

them losing their minds when the song says “devil”

Also each of their covers saying “devil” at least three times:

[JPgene_]

6:45 "do they know that just saying the devil's name won't summon him?"

No .... They don't. They literally think he's Voldemort

[cidevant]

There's something to be said about how songs like Call me by your name were created out of a genuine religious based trauma response. "You say I will go to hell because of being who I am, because of something I can't control, so I just did what you told me to, why are you upset??"He is literally responding to the hate he was taught he deserved from the church, it's not just "he he he, ha ha, lapdancing the devil funny"

[clonemyster]

As an Irish person, the Take Me To Church cover really frustrated me. The immense pain and abuse Irish people suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church cannot be understated and its effects are still very much felt today. An ugly scar runs through my country which Hozier shone a light on, only to be “cleansed” but these ignorant assholes

[FloatyyBrain]

The Take Me to Church cover really irked me. I always interpreted as a song about religious trauma and it holds meaning for communities harmed by the church, it just feels so disrespectful and ignorant to make a cover like that.
I personally also hold it very highly as someone with religious trauma and who is constantly around people who fully believe I deserve to burn for being queer. It’s very frustrating.

[vanished]

Taking a song from a lgbtq+ artist about how he feels frustrated with the catholic church treating him and his lover with hostility and judgement, and making it "holier" and "godly" with the motives themselves stemming from a place of judgement and resentment, just feels like a slap to the face.

Like ofc you dont like this song, its about you!

[VictorianVamp.]

As a christian, I can, with my full chest, say these covers make me cringe too. The amount of ignorance some have is astounding as well.

[xam_vhu]

it's hilarious they don't say "devil" in the normal songs but have no problem saying "devil" in the Christian remix

[Nitrox-.]

The cringe part is that they shamelessly embrace their censorship. Mutilating someones art and then acting like everyone should thank you for it is some disgusting sense of entitlement.

[J.U.L.E.S.]

My mom is literally like, a God-loving Christian, and she absolutely loves the song paint the town red 😭

[Mintysaur]

If only they gave the same energy of never saying Devil to actual slurs😔