Christian singer Forrest Frank released an emotional clip of an unreleased song on Tuesday, after revealing that his Instagram following had swelled forcefully downward in the wake of his comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination. In a video posted to social media, Frank sits on a bed and plays a keyboard while performing a snippet of the new track, with lyrics displayed on screen and a caption that reads Jesus is coming back soon.
During the clip, Frank sings lines such as "Get a house just to lay in a bed so we can scroll a phone till we're sick in the head / We're all throwing stones till somebody is dead," followed by the refrain, "But I wonder what we'd do if we knew / That something shifted in the air / We all felt it together everywhere / So many years we just sat back and stared / But I wonder what we'd do if we knew / Jesus is coming back soon." He repeats the line "Jesus is coming back soon" as the performance crescendos. In the caption, he wrote, "JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON" alongside the video of himself singing a snippet of the song.
Frank did not elaborate on the song's inspiration in detail. However, some of the lyrics echoed comments he had made in a previous video about Kirk. In the original post, Frank became emotional and cried while explaining that he didn’t feel comfortable continuing to post his music without first addressing the conservative activist's assassination. He said, "30,000 people unfollowed me because I posted about Charlie Kirk and I said Jesus Christ is Lord. Good. I don't want you to follow me," according to posts and updates he shared subsequently. He also said he had felt a shift since Kirk's death and urged followers to reconsider their priorities, writing in the caption that he had nothing else to share but the message of Jesus and that he was repenting for ways he had allowed his platform to become a lukewarm highlight reel.
Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA and father of two, was hosting an event at Utah Valley University Sept. 10 when he was assassinated. On Tuesday, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson was formally charged with aggravated murder and felony discharge of a firearm causing bodily injury, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering and one count of committing a violent offense in front of children. Robinson, who was arrested Sept. 12 in Utah, will remain in custody without bail. Prosecutors have confirmed they will seek the death penalty in the case.
Reaction to Frank's comments has been mixed. Some fans and fellow artists praised his willingness to address faith in a moment of crisis, while others criticized the intersection of religion and politics in entertainment. The Kirk case continues to unfold, underscoring a national conversation about how public figures navigate faith, accountability and social media.
Frank's new song clip arrives as the entertainment world grapples with how artists respond to political and religious topics in real time, and how those messages affect audiences and careers in the era of rapid online commentary.
In a separate image from the same period, Charlie Kirk is pictured speaking at Utah Valley University before the incident, a reminder of the context surrounding Frank's remarks.
A second image shows Frank in a different setting, highlighting the artistic moment around the release of the unreleased track.
