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Crown of Beauty: Why did you name yourselves LoveCollide?

Lauren: We chose the name LoveCollide because we wanted to choose a name that would point to a higher purpose and LoveCollide represents the cross, where God’s love collided with people, with our mess, with our sin. And so when we were trying to choose a name, we wanted to make sure that when people listened to our music, when they came to our concerts, they would walk away looking to Jesus. Not looking at us or even our music, but hearing our message and hearing the message that God’s wanting them to hear through us. So that’s why, LoveCollide.

Crown of Beauty: Have you ever been bullied before?

Brooke: Yes, I have been bullied and Lauren’s been bullied as well. I think most of us, I think pretty much all of us have been bullied at some point in our lives. But for me it was probably the worst when I was a teenager, like in my younger teen years. And I’m still getting bullied today. And you know that’s just the way life is, you know we go through life and no one’s perfect, and we say harsh things and we all kind of get bullied. Bullying forced me to look at myself and ask, “Do I believe what people say about me or do I believe what God says about me?”

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