335: Jenna DeVries | Her Controversial Music Video, Megachurch Horror Stories, & Carl Lentz Thirst Traps
Preacher Boys Podcast
Eric Skwarczynski
4.6 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Meet Jenna DeVries!
A Nashville-based singer-songwriter, DeVries’ “soulful and affecting” (People) voice has already made a powerful connection with millions. She is among the elite handful of artists to make it to American Idol’s Top 24.
DeVries discovered her unique sound through a fusion of pop, country, and Americana elements. Named one of NSAI’s Songwriters to Watch, DeVries pulls inspiration for her songs directly from her experiences as an LGBTQ+ artist and small-town survivor. Jenna’s upcoming EP tells the story of moving to Nashville, coming out, losing her family, and finally stepping into her power.
Jenna DeVries released a single titled “RIP,” which exclusively premiered with People. The music video for “RIP” was featured on the CMT music television channel. Her full album is slated to drop this summer.
DeVries also recently started the LGBTQ+ movement The Outlaw Collective, which raises LGBTQ+ and minority artists’ voices in the Nashville music scene through showcases and more.
You can listen to DeVries on all major music platforms or follow her on social media to hear all the new music.
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| 0:00.0 | Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations. |
| 0:06.1 | Listener discretion is advised. My name is Eric Skrinski. As a former religious fundamentalist, |
| 0:13.0 | I'm shedding light on the dark side of the church, from the pulpit to the pews. But I'm not |
| 0:18.5 | doing it alone. Each week, I'm sitting down with survivors, |
| 0:21.8 | advocates, authors, and more to uncover the inner workings of these abusive religious groups |
| 0:27.3 | to give tactical tips on how to escape and to find out what we can do to take them down. |
| 0:34.3 | You're listening to The Preach Boys Podcast. |
| 0:37.1 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Preach Boys |
| 0:39.1 | podcast. Today is a really exciting episode. A couple of months ago, maybe, I was sitting down, |
| 0:45.4 | scrolling Instagram, and I started seeing some posts from a musical artist named Jenna DeVries |
| 0:51.0 | talking about an upcoming single called Hell is Real and started following, |
| 0:56.2 | really loved the visuals, the poster being put out, and the pieces of the song that I was |
| 1:00.5 | able to hear, and then the full song dropped. And it's an absolute banger. I started listening |
| 1:05.3 | to it over and over again. And really just wanted to know more about Jenna and about the background that fueled the lyrics and the performance of this song. |
| 1:17.1 | And it's really funny. |
| 1:18.3 | About two, three weeks ago, we actually messaged each other in different ways. |
| 1:23.5 | I sent an email. |
| 1:25.1 | She sent an Instagram. |
| 1:26.7 | Neither of us knew the other one was reaching out, |
| 1:28.5 | and it seemed like obviously the perfect time for us to collaborate on a podcast episode. |
| 1:33.7 | I cover a lot of really heavy stuff on this show regularly, as I'm sure all of you who |
| 1:38.4 | listen regularly are aware. And we definitely cover some heavy stuff on today's episode. |
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