{"id":1998221,"date":"2023-08-11T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T18:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:12:20","slug":"unknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Unknown singer-songwriter praised for viral anthem honoring American working men."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funknown-singer-songwriter-receives-praise-for-viral-anthem-for-the-american-working-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Once-unknown singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony goes \u200cviral with powerful anthem for the working man<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once-unknown singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony has gone viral overnight with his \u200bsong, \u201cRich Men North of Richmond,\u201d with many conservatives hailing the song as \u200can \u2064anthem for the working \u200bman.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Voicing the struggles of working-class Americans<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anthony\u2019s song voices many struggles \u200dof working-class\u2062 Americans. The\u200d song communicates the pain of being overworked for subpar pay, only to have \u200cthe money \u201ctaxed to no end\u201d and to see others cheat the welfare system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The full performance was posted to the YouTube Channel\u200d RadioWV. In roughly \u200c48 hours,\u200c the original video has acquired 1.7 million views on \u2064YouTube, as of press time. It has also been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chase_Steely\/status\/1689480353017176064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">viewed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  over 2.5 \u2062million \u2064times on X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to\u200d the success \u2062of the song, Anthony<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AintGottaDollar\/status\/1689826860971008000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted to his X account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cRich Men North of Richmond has been uploaded\u2062 to all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/star-of-new-pro-life-movie-says-pro-choice-screen-actors-guild-attempted-to-crush-their-production\/\" title=\"Star Of New Pro-Life Movie Says Pro-Choice Screen Actors Guild Attempted To Crush Their Production\">major streaming platforms<\/a> and will show up there in a few days. Im [sic] still in a state of \u200cshock at \u200bthe outpouring of love I\u2019ve seen in the comments, messages and emails. I\u2019m working to respond to everyone \u2063as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The great chasm between the\u2063 elites\u200b and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-biden-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-inflation\/\" title=\"How Biden Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love Inflation\">average working man<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps the most notable theme throughout the song is the great chasm between the elites and \u200cthe average working man. The \u201crich men north of Richmond\u201d in Washington, D.C., and New York City, among other cities,\u200b \u201cdon\u2019t think you know\u201d what is right, so\u200b \u201cthey all just wanna have total control,\u201d Anthony sings. The song\u2063 makes \u200da very clear reference to Epstein Island when he sings, \u201cI wish \u2064politicians would\u2063 look out for miners, and not\u2064 just minors on an island somewhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2062solemn tone and relatability of the \u2064song \u200care underscored by Anthony\u2019s incredible voice being complemented by \u2064the acoustics of the surrounding \u200dwoods \u200cand \u2063his resonator guitar. He stands just under a deer blind while a few of\u200b his dogs lie next to him and listen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Praise from prominent conservatives<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many prominent conservatives have come out\u200b praising the\u2064 song. Daily\u200d Wire\u200b host Matt Walsh <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1689714688886558721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted to X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, \u201cThis is the kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feud-escalates-between-country-legend-and-rude-reporter-ends-in-10k-anti-biden-bet\/\" title=\"Feud Escalates Between Country Legend and Rude Reporter, Ends in K Anti-Biden Bet\">country music<\/a> I like.\u201d Walsh shared that he was listening to other songs Anthony has posted, saying, \u201cHappy to report\u2064 that his other songs are \u200dgreat too. Raw and poetic.\u200b The man \u200bexpresses the pain\u2064 that many forgotten Americans live with every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glenn Beck praised the song,\u2064 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glennbeck\/status\/1689840320039841793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">saying<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u201cThis is the voice of much\u200b of America. Oliver Anthony Thank you for your voice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK\u2062 HERE TO\u200d GET THE \u200dDAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the voice of much of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIhRIn6aX5\">https:\/\/t.co\/VIhRIn6aX5<\/a>.  Oliver Anthony Thank you for your voice. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/musicwv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@musicwv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glennbeck\/status\/1689840320039841793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Benny Johnson <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1689970327533555712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">described<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the song as an \u201cAmerican\u200c working-man\u2019s protest song.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRich Men\u2063 North of \u2064Richmond\u201d is the most listened to track \u200bin the world in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>This American working-man\u2019s protest song has millions &#038; millions of plays.<\/p>\n<p>Sung\u2064 by an \u2063off-the-grid\u200c farmer in the countryside with his dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Oliver Anthony at: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AintGottaDollar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AintGottaDollar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKEgZQXYx4\">pic.twitter.com\/xKEgZQXYx4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1689970327533555712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jack Posobiec <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1689863238907727872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recounted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  his reaction. \u201cDon\u2019t even remember the last time a new song hit me like this,\u201d he said, and then sarcastically adding, \u201cBe a shame if this anthem went \u200dabsolutely\u2063 viral.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Country \u200bmusic star John Rich <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1689771083241500672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the video with the caption, \u201cVOLUME UP!\u201d The video of the performance was \u200deven <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joerogan\/status\/1690023361106055170\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">shared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by Joe Rogan and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/1690024389482352640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sean Hannity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHaunting sound\u200b and \u2064commentary on what\u2019s happened to America\u2019s working class,\u201d Fox News\u2019 Laura Ingram <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IngrahamAngle\/status\/1689813333967314944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2064of the song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason Howerton made contact with Oliver Anthony and shared some \u200cof Anthony\u2019s story through a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jason_howerton\/status\/1689836683943116800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thread posted on X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Anthony has struggled with mental health and alcohol in the recent past, Howerton said. Prior to the success of the \u2063song, \u2063he promised God \u200dhe would get sober if God would\u2064 help\u2063 him pursue \u200dhis dream, according to\u200c Howerton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oliver Anthony currently resides with his three dogs in Farmville, Virginia, pursuing an \u200coff-the-grid \u2062lifestyle on 90 acres of land, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/2023\/08\/10\/virginia-native-oliver-anthony-makes-powerful-debut-rich-men-north-of-richmond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">according<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to WhiskeyRiff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The performance can be seen here:<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once-unknown artist Oliver Anthony&#8217;s song, &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond,&#8221; has become an overnight viral sensation. Conservatives praise it as a working man&#8217;s anthem, as it highlights the hardships faced by the working class. The song powerfully conveys the frustration of being overworked for low wages, with taxes eating into their hard-earned money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1554,"featured_media":1998222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}