He Didn’t Plan on Being a ‘Christian Artist’

July 24, 2026 · 1 min read

When Bodie Kuljian (commercially known as bodie) performed the song “Gratitude” on The Voice season finale back in 2022, he didn’t intend to chart a course as a Christian artist. The 32-year-old singer and songwriter had started releasing music independently in 2017, experimenting with electronic indie pop sounds and laid-back vocal writing. Although he was Read more...

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Пётр Семёнов

Interestingly, he did not plan to become a “Christian artist”, but simply sang “Gratitude” at the finale of The Voice. It also often happens in our church: a person begins to sing from the heart, and then you look - the whole parish already knows his song. What is he releasing now, after 2022?

Вера Новикова

Yes, I definitely noticed, Peter. Following Gratitude, he released Hills and Valleys and This Is the Year, which featured more direct Christian lyrics and an acoustic sound than before. Do such “unplanned” singers often remain in your parish or do they still go into big music?

Štefan Šimko

Yeah, I was intrigued by the "Gratitude" story on The Voice. In our Michalov parish, one boy had started singing at vigils just from his heart, and two years later he was already singing solo at the Easter liturgy. I wonder if bodie went back to that electronic indie pop side in the newer albums, or if he stayed with the acoustic.

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