{"id":5868,"date":"2023-12-22T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2023-12-29T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T15:42:37","slug":"why-gabby-barrett-says-she-wont-sing-love-songs-with-other-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2023\/12\/why-gabby-barrett-says-she-wont-sing-love-songs-with-other-men.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Gabby Barrett Says She Won&#8217;t Sing Love Songs With Other Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5904\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5904\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2023\/12\/gabby-barrett-01_credit-Debby-Wong-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debby Wong \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d finalist Gabby Barrett has certain boundaries as a musician, admitting that she won\u2019t do anything that could \u201cjeopardize\u201d her marriage. In a conversation with Hannah Love on her \u201cUnexpected\u201d podcast, Barrett gave an example of how she won\u2019t alter her convictions to make money or appease certain people.<\/p>\n<p>She shared that she\u2019s turned down some \u201clarge song opportunities\u201d with other men out of respect for her husband. Barrett said of her spouse, Cade Foehner, \u201cI respect him a ton. And I listen to what he has to say, and I think he deserves that. The Bible talks about doing that for\u00a0our husbands. There\u2019s been songs that are just not appropriate to sing, wording-wise, like these love songs that are really intimate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyBWY8FOvs3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CyBWY8FOvs3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Gabby Barrett Foehner (@gabbybarrett_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Barrett continued, \u201cAnd then when you accept a song, there\u2019s obligations that goes along with it, that you could sing it on awards shows together, you might be doing interviews together. What does that look like on the stage? What does that dynamic look like if I\u2019m singing with another [man]? Is that gonna make my husband uncomfortable? Probably.\u201d She added, \u201cI respect him and love him so much that I am not going to jeopardize my marriage to do a duet with somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201dI Hope\u201d singer said of her marriage, \u201cI care about this a lot more.\u201d Barrett and her husband met in 2018 when they were both contestants on the 16th season of \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d They married in 2019, and in August, Barrett announced that they were expecting their third child. Barret said, \u201cI pray and hope and know that God will bless my efforts in trying to keep my marriage straight and not just for a duet &#8211; or whatever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although independently signed to Warner Music Nashville, Barrett and Foehner have written music and toured together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d finalist Gabby Barrett has certain boundaries as a musician, admitting that she won\u2019t do anything that could \u201cjeopardize\u201d her marriage. In a conversation with Hannah Love on her \u201cUnexpected\u201d podcast, Barrett gave an example of how she won\u2019t alter her convictions to make money or appease certain people. 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