Background and career
Forrest Neil Frank (born April 8, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper from Fulshear, Texas. He rose to fame as one half of the pop music duo Surfaces and went on to have further success as a solo performer of Christian music, as well as a member of the Christian music superduo Party Wave. He is signed to River House Records, Warner Music Group, and 10K Projects. His 2024 studio album Child of God sold 22,000 copies within the first week, and held the top position on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart for 35 non-consecutive weeks. He is the grandson of American meteorologist Neil Frank. In 2025, Frank's song "Your Way's Better" reached the top of the Hot Christian Songs chart and entered the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at No. 61. The concurrent album, Child of God II, was No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart and also No. 12 on the Billboard 200. Frank is affiliated with the non-denominational evangelical Antioch International Movement of Churches, having grown up "in a Baptist/non-denominational home".
Frank released his debut studio album, Warm, on July 1, 2018, through Houseboat records. It was a collaboration with producer Biskwiq, now known as Tsubi Club. It was followed by Effortless, released on July 24, 2020, on River House Records. Both releases were under the mononymous stage name Forrest.
Forrest Frank was named Billboard's No. 1 new Christian artist of 2023. He released his third album, Nostalgia Pack, on May 26, 2023, which is a collection of old songs, ideas, and demos from "a different time". It was followed by California Cowboy, released a month later on June 16, 2023. He had worked on the album since 2021. He said of the album, "[From] start to finish, [California Cowboy] tells a complete tale." New Hymns was released on October 30, 2023, and included twelve songs which blend together pop music with traditional hymns. A Merry Lofi Christmas, a holiday themed album, was released on November 10, 2023. It includes classic Christmas songs reimagined as lo-fi and hip-hop. His song "No Longer Bound" was No. 44 on Billboard's Hot Christian Songs year-end chart of 2023. Billboard considered him to be the 50th best charting Christian Artist of 2023.
On April 12, 2024, Forrest Frank released the God Is Good EP, in association with Caleb Gordon. It was succeeded on April 26, 2024, by the All the Time EP, released with nobigdyl. On June 11, 2024, he announced his first solo tour, called the Child of God Tour. The tour visited 17 US cities, with openers Josiah Queen, Antoine Bradford, and nobigdyl. On July 26, 2024, he released his album Child of God. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums and remained there for several months, making it the highest Christian album debut of the year. On October 25, 2024, he announced plans for a deluxe version of Child of God including seven bonus tracks. The album came out on November 1. On November 15, he released a Christmas-themed single, "The Present". His first headlining Child of God Tour in 2024, attracted 48,246 persons across 17 reported shows. On December 2, 2024, Frank announced that the Child of God Part II tour for 2025. On the tour, he was supported by Elevation Rhythm. The tour attracted 214,626 attendees across 26 performances and generated more than $11 million in revenue.
At the 2025 NewReleaseToday We Love Awards, Frank led with the most nominations, seven. He won the award for Rap/Urban Song of the Year with "God Is Good". On January 24, 2025, he released his first single of the year, titled "Drop!". It was followed on February 7 by "Sunrise", and on February 28 by "Nothing Else". On April 4, 2025, he was featured on a rendition of tobyMac's "Heaven On My Mind". On April 11, he released the song "No L's", "Celebration" was next on April 18, and "Amen" on April 25. On April 25, 2025, the album Child of God II was announced and it was released on May 9, 2025. On July 19, 2025, Frank announced that in a skateboarding accident, and had suffered from multiple back fractures. Drawing inspiration from this, he released "God's Got My Back" on July 25, 2025, and "Lemonade", with the Figs, on August 1.
In September 2025, shortly following the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk, Frank released a video to social media in which he addressed the topic. He stated that, in reference to Jesus' second coming:He's coming back real soon. So if you have not gotten your heart right with Him and dropped down on your knees and repented to him. Today is the day. The hour is at hand. I don't know if you can feel it too. There's a heaviness, something shifted, and I don't care. I don't care anymore. I just want you to know that Jesus Christ is here and He loves you. The statement received mixed public reception: the video garnered over one million likes; alternatively, it caused Frank to lose 30,000 followers on the platform. On October 3, 2025, he released a song themed around the statement he made, titled "Jesus Is Coming Back Soon", which featured Josiah Queen. The song peaked at No. 22 on the Recorded Music NZ Hot Singles chart and No. 6 on the Hot Christian Songs chart, becoming Queen's first entry into a secular international chart. Alongside 1K Pson, Frank appeared on a rendition of 1K Phew and Lecrae's song "Move", which was released on September 24, 2025. The song appeared on 1K Phew's seventh studio album, What's Understood 3 (2025). On November 14, 2025, Frank released a Christmas-themed single, "Christmas Morning", with Jvke. Alongside the single's release, he announced that he and Jvke were recording a collaborative full-length Christmas album. The album, This Is What Christmas Feels Like, was released on December 5, 2025. Shortly following the album's release, Frank announced that in the summer of 2026, he would be embarking on The Jesus Generation Tour alongside Tori Kelly, Cory Asbury, and the Figs. Several of the tour's dates sold out within the first day of the presale, and by mid-December had sold nearly 500,000 tickets. Frank's show attendance nearly tripled as a result of the tour's success. It would later go on to become the most successful tour of Christian music to date, drawing more than 519,000 attendees across 29 sold-out stadium and arena shows in just two months. In 2026, Frank joined former Mission Six member Noah Hayden to form the CCM super duo Party Wave. The duo released their debut single, "SOS" on March 27, 2026, and released their debut album, Dawn Patrol, on April 8, 2026. Subsequently, Frank released the single "Okay!", which was quickly followed by "Jesus Is Alive." Frank then released an album containing multiple collaborations and renditions of "Jesus Is Alive", titled Jesus Is Alive (Vol. 1), with musicians such as 1K Phew, Limoblaze, and Lost & Found.
