Tori Kelly and Husband André Murillo Welcome First Child: a ‘Gift from God’
Grammy-winning artist Tori Kelly and her husband are celebrating the birth of their first child and revealing his name: Zayden Michael Murillo.
Kelly and her husband, André Murillo, first revealed in July that she was pregnant, telling People magazine that “we are just so grateful for what’s to come and can’t wait to meet this little gift from God.”
She posted the first photos of Zayden Michael Murillo on Sunday, telling fans he was born Nov. 11 while declaring: “We love you so much, sweet boy.”
Kelly is a singer-songwriter known for her unique blend of pop, soul, and R&B who has won three Grammys, including two in 2019 for her gospel music (Best Gospel Album for Hiding Place and Best Gospel Song for Never Alone).
A Christian, Kelly has also collaborated with multiple Christian artists, including for King & Country and Kirk Franklin (Together), and Lecrae (I’ll Find You). Her song Never Alone involved a collaboration with Franklin.
In 2021, Kelly told fellow singer and songwriter Ally Brooke that faith has kept her grounded amid success.
“It really comes down to knowing what your priorities are ... and ... knowing that all of this is amazing,” Kelly said, referencing her singing career. “What we get to do is amazing, right? And not everyone gets to do this. There's a very, very small group of people in the world that gets to do what we do. And it's incredible. And [I'm] so grateful for it.
“But I think what's helped me kind of stay grounded, if you will, is just knowing that I'm still just Tori. If all of that went away, my identity is in Christ. And my identity is in who God says that I am.”
“It’s easy,” Kelly added, “to start believing” the hype because “we’re the center of attention, in the spotlight” and have fans.
Her Christian faith, though, keeps her humble, Kelly said.
“I think it's just about kind of fighting that and pushing that down and realizing, ‘I'm on the same level as everybody else.’ It does not matter what we do for work, or what our dreams are. ... At the end of the day, you know, God sees us all the same,” she said. “And it's, I think, something I try to do daily with what we do for work.”
In 2018, Kelly spoke openly about her faith as part of an I Am Second video.
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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Originally published November 17, 2025.
