Dove Award-winning Nicole C. Mullen takes a new direction with next month's release of Captivated (Maranatha! Music/EMI CMG Distribution).

When she set out to write for her first studio album since 2008's A Dream to Believe In, she anticipated her usual "funkabilly" style, but "before I knew it, instead I had a whole bunch of worship songs, and I looked at them and I thought, 'OK, Lord, what are you saying to me?'

"For many years people have said, 'Why don't you do a worship album?' I've never been one to want to jump on a trend or bandwagon and I never felt like it was the right time until now."

Writing all but one of the tracks for Captivated, Mullen picked "Kingdom Come"—a duet with Michael O'Brien, formerly with NewSong—as a favorite. "It speaks about that in the midst of the chaos that's going on today, in the midst of our current events that every time you turn on the news something else is going on in our world, we need the help of the Lord."

Among her future plans is a visit to Zimbabwe for some concerts there. "Every day with Christ is an adventure, and so that's the adventure that I live," Mullen said. "Whatever the day holds, I'm not always sure because He holds the day and I have to wait until He reveals it."

Read more in the May issue of Christian Retailing magazine.

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