For many, listening to music is a spiritual experience, one that can serve as an entry point to a better understanding of oneself and a greater connection to the wider world. This certainly holds true for Fancy Hagood, who explores the myriad intersection points between music and spirituality on Hallelujah Anyway Radio. Fancy is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter best known for his critically acclaimed debut album Southern Curiosity, a Technicolor trip through pop, rock, country and soul as filtered through his truly singular perspective. A member of the queer community, Fancy was raised in the Church of the Nazarene, the fifth generation of his family to be part of the Christian denomination. As he tells Apple Music, it’s only been in recent years that Fancy, who left the Church earlier in his life, has been able to reconcile his queerness with his own inner spirituality, which he’ll explore in depth on Hallelujah Anyway. “I used to think that being spiritual and being queer were not something you could be at the same time,” he says. “And the older I get, and the more I'm experiencing things that are eye-opening to me, I'm finding that both of those things exist in the same realm. And I think my queerness has actually made me more spiritual. So, it's been this all-encompassing thing of getting back to what the show's about: a journey of spirituality after organised religion, and finding whatever that is for myself and for other people. It’s about the journey.” Fancy will take that journey alongside a diverse roster of guests, including queer Christian artist Semler; priest and Thistle Farms founder Rev. Becca Stevens; and musician John Osborne, also known as one half of the hit country duo Brothers Osborne. He purposely sought out guests with differing backgrounds and religious experiences, making for a show that offers a broad, accessible portrait of modern spirituality. Of course, music itself is a major player on the show too, as Fancy will curate each episode’s songs based on music that he and his guests have found meaningful to their spiritual lives. Hallelujah Anyway will not be limited by genre and will likely include songs and artists surprising to listeners. The show is also tied to a new playlist of the same name, which will be updated weekly. “You have artists from Tyler Childers to Lauren Daigle to Brittany Howard, to Miley Cyrus, to Brandi Carlile,” he says of the Hallelujah Anyway playlist. “I don't know if there are many playlists that would have this vast array of artists all in one space. It’s a really cool thing.” Hallelujah Anyway may not offer hard-and-fast answers to questions of religion and spirituality, but rather will serve as a jumping-off point for listeners interested in deepening their own spirituality, too. And as Fancy sees it, the questions matter far more than the answers. “All I know is that I don't know anything,” he says. “And I think that's a really great place to start. At the end of the day, we're all just living to be good people and treat people well and show up. I think that can look different within different religions and different spiritual experiences, but at the end of the day we're all trying to do the same work.”