Someone who claims “All worship music sounds the same” might be thinking beyond the actual sound of the songs to a broader perception of sameness or monoculture around contemporary worship.

Luan: Much of modern Chinese worship music is not really like pop songs. The problem is that the music is boring, the tunes are unpleasant, and the musicianship lags behind that of pop songs.

Darlene Zschech teams with CeCe Winans on the album's first single, a new rendition of the classic worship song "Shout to the ...