Florida Georgia Line is one of the biggest Country acts right now, and one of their biggest records has a Hip-Hop beat in the back of it. People don’ t want‘ either / or’ anymore, that’ s why you’ re seeing collaborations with Country and Hip-Hop. It’ s just kind of a melting pot of music. That’ s what people want, they just want good music and they don’ t want to have to be boxed in.
If you listened to a kid’ s playlist now you’ re going to hear Hillsong, you’ ll hear Lecrae, it’ s just everything and everybody. That’ s what I think the future is – continuing to kick down walls and to engage culture to become relevant to the world around us and not to the world of fifteen years ago. It’ s changed drastically, and the body of Christ has got to catch up and we’ ve got to move up stream. I believe that’ s happening.
I’ ll be on tour this fall with Elevation Worship and with Passion. With those two bands, we’ re going to grab people from both sides of the tracks and place them in one room. I think this needs to happen and is happening with guy’ s like myself, Tauren Wells, and others. I just think we’ ve got to continue to bridge the gap and to take down the walls of racism and religion in order to lift up a unified sound. I think that’ s what God wants, so that’ s what I’ m trying to do.
[ WM ]“ Do it Again” is one of my favorite songs, so hearing you step into the Elevation Worship world and bring what you bring was particularly exciting for me as a music lover and as a worshipper. What was it like, to step in and bring what you bring to what Elevation is doing?
[ Travis ] I love it! The first half of my childhood was in a very urban community surrounded mainly by mostly blacks, and then we moved to a very caucasian community and I became the only black guy. Early on growing up there was Troy, who was the only white guy in the class, but then I became Troy when we moved. So, for me, that’ s what I’ m used to – I’ m used to collaboration. I’ m used to different ideas and preferences that have all been thrown in together. That’ s how I was raised. So that’ s what excites me the most.
“ Do It Again”
28 September 2018 WorshipMusician. com