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Not necessarily. God’s name could be invoked in a holy way, e.g., praising him, which is done by various Christian rock and pop music artists. Such music may not be everyone’s cup of tea regarding religious music, but that doesn’t mean the musicians are violating the Second Commandment and therefore blaspheme God.
Christian rock is best-suited for a concert. And one might argue that Christian pop songs, including ones with Catholic themes, are also best-suited for concerts or praise-and-worship gatherings, though some like them included as Mass hymns too. In any event, such music is not a violation of the Second Commandment.
On the other hand, some rock or pop songs are blasphemous, a sin which is not just confined to misusing God’s name:
Blasphemy is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God – inwardly or outwardly – words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in respect toward him in one’s speech; in misusing God’s name. St. James condemns those “who blaspheme that honorable name [of Jesus] by which you are called.” The prohibition of blasphemy extends to language against Christ’s Church, the saints, and sacred things. It is also blasphemous to make use of God’s name to cover up criminal practices, to reduce peoples to servitude, to torture persons or put them to death. The misuse of God’s name to commit a crime can provoke others to repudiate religion (CCC 2148, emphasis original, footnote omitted).