Back in the day, when country stars saw their records stop flying off the shelf, they inevitably made a “gospel album” to go after a different market segment. You guys may be on to something.
Aging pop artists do the same thing with a "standards album". Queen Latifa made a decent one. Rod Stewart has had a whole second career doing it. This gal is just trying to find a new way to ring the register. I can't imagine who would have cared if she had just quietly gone lesbo.