Who Is Faith Hopkins? The Story Behind Her Journey to Country Music

Today our spotlight shines on singer-songwriter, Faith Hopkins. Hopkins creates music that her fans to relate to. She’s talented, honest, and authentic, something we admire about any rising artist. Keep reading to learn more about her journey and her music.

“I’m actually from Huntington Beach, California. I grew up in a Christian household, so we kind of only listened to Christian music and country music,” began the songstress. “I just grew up with loving country music, and I just started singing in recitals when I was young. Then in high school, I joined a program called The Academy of Performing Arts. It was a cute little thing, we’d put on three shows a year, and we would sing cover songs. I decided to do a country cover, and everyone kind of knew me as the country girl there, and I didn’t really know it was possible to pursue music as a career.”

Despite loving music and idolizing artists like Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and The Chicks, Hopkins truly did not know that that a career in music was possible. “Faith Hill is one of my favorites. […] I had a little iPod nano and I’d fall asleep to “Fireflies” by Faith Hill every night.”

Instead, she set her sights on following in her brother’s footsteps in the hopes of attending San Diego State.

The Turning Point:

Ultimately, Hopkins faced challenges with the SATs, which led her to realize that this would not be her chosen path. “My brother went to San Diego State, and I saw him having the best time, so I thought that was my dream too. My brother was my idol growing up. So I took the dang SATs a million times and my scores did not let me get in,” she shared. Adding, “I swear it was a God thing, because if I would have gotten in, I would have gone without thinking twice. My counselor was like have you heard of Belmont?”

After learning about Belmont University, Hopkins and her mom decided to take a girl’s trip to visit Nashville for the first time. “Our concierge told us to go to The Listening Room, so he got us these VIP tickets. It was just the balcony, and I was sitting next to Dan + Shay, and Carly Pearce and Seth Ennis were all playing that night. It was the coolest moment ever.”

While At The Listening Room, Hopkins had a life-changing moment. “When Seth was playing the “Call Your Mama” song, I was just a wreck and sobbing, and I looked at my mom and said I was going here,” she shared. “That’s kind of how I landed on Belmont in Nashville. I just fell in love with the songwriting of country music after The Listening Room. I didn’t really know how, but I knew it was all I wanted to do.”

Upon graduating high school, Hopkins made the move to Nashville to pursue a business degree even though songwriting was on her heart. “Everyone at Belmont was so confident. They all seem to come there and know what they want to do, and that wasn’t me. […] I remember every one of my teachers would be like “raise your hand if you are an artist or a songwriter,” and it took me until sophomore year to raise my hand.”

Eventually, Hopkins got the courage to consider herself a singer-songwriter in a school with a great community of support. “At first, my story is ‘I’m trying to be true to myself because I’m from California and I’m not from the South.’ […] I tried to do pop music at first. […] It felt so wrong because I grew up singing country, and for some reason it just scared me. I realized country means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Country Pop is what I’m doing now.”

Today:

Flash forward to today, Hopkins has found her sound and her voice in the country genre. With a few songs under her belt and a record label behind her, the songstress is ready to crank out more and more music in 2025.

Most recently, Hopkins shared a new song with the world called, “Am I The Only One.” “I wrote “Am I The Only One” literally eight days after my 21st birthday and obviously you look forward to your 21st your whole life. My family and high school friends came into town, and they all left a couple of days before this break I had, so it’s like the come down. Questioning, “What’s next. Oh my god 25 then 30,” I thought it was so scary. I was really having a moment. I wrote this song with a group called Nightly here,” she shared. “I remember being so nervous for that write too. […] It helped me work through my emotions and my feelings, and I really brought that honesty into my music.”

“Am I The Only One” stands out as one of the most relatable and honest songs from a country artist in recent times. However, Hopkins is gearing up to shake things up with new music that highlights different facets of her artistry coming soon.

“We have two songs that we’re 100% sure about, and I’ve written about thirty. We have one that’s kind of more in the lane of “Oops.” It’s called “Getaway with Murder.” It’s just a fun, flirty song. […] We have another song coming called, “All For Nothing,” which is another feel-good song about dating your person, even if it doesn’t work out.”

“I have a lot to be grateful for, and I really want to convey that through my music.”

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