Paula White made me create a holy gibberish house track

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In 2020, a video of Paula White, televangelist and spiritual advisor to Donald Trump, went viral as she passionately prayed for Trump’s reelection while speaking in tongues. The bizarre and rhythmic “mumbo jumbo” she uttered sparked both fascination and criticism. Something in 2025 has reignited interest in this video – most likely Trump’s recent political developments.

Inspired by the absurdity of it all, I decided to create a new track – not to endorse her message, but to highlight the absurdity in the phrases. Beyond this, I’ve always had a fascination for quirky and unusual content, often linguistically rooted in Middle Eastern culture, though rarely from Western contexts. This track is a product of that curiosity.

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So, as said, when I came across the video a few days ago, what struck me most wasn’t the sermon itself but the bizarre, seemingly made-up words she inserted between her speeches. This ”mumbo jumbo” – as I like to call it – had a certain rhythm that made it feel interesting enough to recreate in the House genere. But apart from this, there was also other material in her text that at times can be found in powerful vocal trance and progressive-house genres.

Inspired by all this absurdity, I quickly decided to create this track, not as a ”remix” but as an original and not to endorse her message but to highlight the absurdity in the phrases. However, I faced a dilemma in creating a track based on White’s initial preaching. I didn’t want to give the impression that I support her in any way – my focus has always been elsewhere, especially considering the ongoing ”debates” with a group of Swedish tinfoil hat individuals (Hello COVID-19 Sverige!).

Since the clip seems quite old by now, it felt like it needed to be handled quickly. Additionally, there is already some other material circulating that builds on her words. However, I have never felt the need to build upon that, not least due to the risk of copyright infringements. So, I chose to ”adjust” the content to become a new original work based on ideas surrounding this video. This also means that nothing from the original work has been used or sampled, but is completely built around new ideas and new content. To achieve the right feeling and voice, however, I have ”hired” Suno’s special vocalists.

What makes this project even more interesting is that some of the words was translated by Google Translate into Hindi – something I didn’t expect, despite their initially random sound. The ”lyrics” though, has been partially imported from another tracks created during this edition, one of them named Zhakara Noma.