One day amen is going to stop making music. No announcement, no farewell record and no goodbye.

“One day this is gonna end, and when it does, it’s gonna happen suddenly. I’m just not gonna make another song again. I’m not gonna say bye.”

amen is a twenty-two-year-old pastor and Christian metal artist from South Carolina. Every lyric is scripture. He built more than 100,000 TikTok followers before releasing a song, left nursing school on a full scholarship to pursue music and earned a plaque for one million streams—all without ever playing a live show.

This is a conversation about calling, church, telling the truth and knowing when to let go. Stay through the end as Kate prays over him.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 The day he stops making music
0:31 Who amen is
1:37 Two truths and a lie
2:09 He dropped out of nursing school on a full scholarship
4:40 Where his faith actually started
7:23 His worst years came after he got saved
10:26 Why he calls stage cues in church deception
11:19 A pulpit he knew he did not belong in
11:48 He excommunicated himself
15:45 Telling his wife the truth
18:47 How a teenager ended up on church staff
21:27 Forty-two hours preaching on a livestream
25:04 What discipleship looks like on a media team
31:06 The window, the prayer rug and the open Bible
35:24 What he would tell his eighteen-year-old self
37:44 Where the name amen came from
41:14 A plaque on the wall and three million streams
43:15 Why he will never play a live show
46:00 What his church thinks of the music
47:23 Collaborations with Tiffany Twisted and Poetry on Fire
51:50 Lightning round—and the socks
56:22 One song a month, on purpose
58:29 How he turns scripture into lyrics
1:06:52 Kate prays

FOLLOW

amen: https://www.instagram.com/music.amen/

Bill Branstetter: https://www.instagram.com/outofthedepthsmusic/

Kate Nardone: https://www.instagram.com/radiohostkatehartnardone/

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