His #1 Country Hit Was An Answered Prayer: Drew Baldridge's Story

The Matthew West Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What happens when the music industry tells you "no," your label drops you, and your dreams seem impossible? For country artist Drew Baldridge, it was just the beginning of an incredible faith journey.Join Matthew West as he sits down with Drew Baldridge to hear his powerful testimony of perseverance, faith, and unexpected triumph. Drew shares the raw story behind his viral hit "She's Somebody's Daughter" – from losing his record deal and facing constant rejection from Nashville gatekeepers, even after the song exploded on TikTok.If you've ever faced failure, felt overlooked, or wondered if God still has a plan for your dreams, this conversation is for you. Drew's story is proof that sometimes God uses the valleys and the "no's" as a setup for something bigger.

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0:00.0	If I don't go through all those valleys,
0:01.9	all those failures, I don't have this joy.
0:04.3	Maybe God's got something better coming down
0:06.2	the pipeline that you don't know about yet.
0:08.1	And he's calling us to persevere through.
0:10.1	So we would always say, you know,
0:11.3	this old house was not, no longer, you know, all that stuff.
0:14.1	Were you the base?
0:14.9	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was the base.
0:16.3	After puberty?
0:17.3	Right after the voice changed when you ain't god tell me so i know what's going on he said all
0:21.8	i'm going to tell you is that jesus just wasn't in the church he said be a light wherever that is
0:27.1	that you go this little girl is screaming tough people it says she was four years old when she got
0:33.6	the news it was in her little lungs it was stage two that was her story it was in in her She got diagnosed when she was four. Her mom was singing it with her. The video had me in tears, man. I was crying my eyes out. And I call my manager, this is it. This is where we started right here.
0:47.3	Welcome to Matthews my Matt. He really hope you like it. I really hope you like it.
0:56.4	What's up, everybody?
0:57.7	Welcome to another episode of the Matthew West podcast.
1:00.5	I'm your host, Matthew West.
1:01.9	And as always, I really hope you like it.
1:03.5	Thanks for joining me today.
1:04.8	Welcome to The Story House.
1:06.4	Instead of writing songs today, I'm recording a podcast interview.
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