A New Generation of Pop Stars Are Dancing With the Devil

Though we live in a supposedly secular era, at least one spiritual tradition appears to be thriving: pop musicians flouting the devout. In the past few years, Lil Nas X has given Satan a lap dance, Demi Lovato has posed in S&M-ish restraints on a, and Beyoncé has to gyrate in a manner that led one pastor to level . When supposedly shocking messages and images are so common, cynicism can beckon. Perhaps Katy Perry was right when she , “Using blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke.”