Alex Warren’s hit single, ‘Ordinary’, has been on the Billboard’s Hot 100 list for over 20 weeks. Just recently it became the number one song in America.

Warren started his career on TikTok and YouTube, where he initially posted prank videos before moving into music.

What makes ‘Ordinary’, unusual, is its focus on spirituality and traditional conservative values. Though I could find no evidence that Warren is a Christian, the lyrics speak about angels, holy water, altars, heaven and the Lord.

It is a song about how thankful he is for his wife, who is actually featured in the video.

But equally curious is that people are listening to it. The song which was posted on YouTube at the end of February 2025 has 84 million views.

According to a recent article on Breitbart, Warren’s hit song reflects a resurgence of what is referred to as ‘Tradpop’ or songs that promote traditional conservative values.

Other songs and singers promoting faith and/or traditional conservative values are seeing similar popularity.

It is a mark contrast to the songs that have dominated the market over the past few years. Those songs are still there, but they are having to make room for new faith-based secular songs.

And it’s not just Breitbart that has noticed this trend, so did J.D. Capelouto in his article on Semafor.

“It’s a stark cultural contrast from last summer, which was defined by the ascendance of boundary-pushing female pop stars like Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX, whose “brat summer” trend was embraced by Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign,” J.D. Capelouto wrote.

Pop music commentator and podcaster Sam Murphy has also sees it. In addition to Warren, he cites Benson Boone, Teddy Swims and Morgan Wallen as examples of this growing interest in ‘tradpop.’

“What they’re representing is a shift toward something far more safer, far more traditional, and far more conservative,” Murphy said in a recent post on TikTok. “Many of these names have strong religious beliefs or religious backgrounds. It is coming through in the music.”

But two things are taking place here. First artists are writing faith based songs, but more importantly people are listening to them.

So what is happening?

Over the past couple of years, we have seen stadiums filled on University campuses across America to hear gospel presentations. This has resulted in thousands of students giving their life to Christ in arguably some of the most challenging environments for the gospel in the US.

This is evidence that the Holy Spirit is moving in America.

The growing popularity of these faith-type songs on the secular charts, may just be reflecting this change in the spiritual climate.