Critics' Choice
FRANKLIN BRINGS GOSPEL TO BEATS 1
5/22/19

Kirk Franklin sat down with Beats 1’s Ebro Darden in the Apple Music service’s first-ever interview with a gospel artist.

Franklin discussed his 13th album, Long Live Love, which comes out 5/31, his work with Kanye West and West’s “Sunday Service,” and other topics. Franklin premiered “Strong God” on the show, which you can check out here.

Franklin also just unveiled the video for single “OK,” will host and headline the second annual Exodus Music & Arts Festival on 5/26 in Irving, Texas, and return as host for the ninth season of BET’s Sunday Best on 6/30. His 26-city Long Live Love Tour kicks off in Austin on 7/11.

AND THE 2025 GRAMMY NOMINEES ARE...
And away we go. (11/8a)
BEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Adding up the numbers (11/8a)
SONG REVENUE: SEVERAL TYPES OF MONSTERS
Metaphorically speaking (11/7a)
OF PONIES, PRINCESSES AND UNICORNS: CHAPPELL'S SNL TRIUMPH AND BEYOND
Changing the pop narrative (11/5a)
NEW & DEVELOPING ARTISTS: Q4
Meet the class. (11/7a)
THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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