The Grammy-nominated Christian rock band’s frontman slams Demi Lovato’s “So Much Evil”

John Cooper, who fronts the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band Skillet, talks about the challenges Christian parents face teaching their children their values ​​in a world filled with pop culture and oppositional media.

Speaking on the PluggedIn podcast to promote his new book,
Wimpy, weak and awakeCooper cited the example of singer Demi Lovato and her song “Swine,” released to protest the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. United States. Wade.

“It was her pro-life song. And she represents so much evil in that song,” Cooper said. “In this song she gives us the best pro-life argument we always make, which is that people don’t kill their children because they can’t afford it. They kill their children because they want to have sex with them.” with whomever I want and when I want. I don’t want to use contraception. I should be able to do whatever I want.”

“It’s pure narcissism, pure evil, and then she screams at all the people who say it’s murder,” he added.

Cooper then urged parents not to ignore songs like Lovato’s, but to, “Talk to your kids. It will take some work to understand the worldview. But for my kids, when they started realizing these things, they were like, “This is terrible.”

The singer, whose band has released 11 studio albums since 1996, two of which have gone platinum, also touched on other topics Christian parents can discuss with their children in the midst of the “culture war,” such as sexual identity and pornography.

Last year, Lovato confirmed that her song was a rally for reproductive rights: “It’s been a year since the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to safe abortion, and while the road ahead will be difficult, we must continue to be united in our fight for reproductive justice.” ,” the nonbinary singer-songwriter wrote on Instagram.