{"id":1998835,"date":"2023-08-12T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-zooms-to-1-on-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-to-the-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T14:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T18:08:06","slug":"rich-men-north-of-richmond-zooms-to-1-on-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-to-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-zooms-to-1-on-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-to-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; Tops iTunes Chart, Anthony Shares Reaction Video"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frich-men-north-of-richmond-zooms-to-1-on-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-to-the-news%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=1998835&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>Music as a Catharsis: &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8221;\u200b Tops iTunes Chart<\/h2>\n<p>There is a pain ebbing deeply in this country, and it turns out that music is the \u200ccatharsis that so many Americans are craving.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, \u201ccountry music\u201d\u2064 has never felt like a more appropriate term.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dmost recent example\u2062 of this comes from the \u200cviral smash hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/virginia-factory-worker-becomes-overnight-sensation-blue-collar-anthem-rich-men-north-richmond-blows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d<\/a> \u2063by \u200bmusical neophyte Oliver Anthony.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his relatively unknown status and total lack\u2064 of big money\u2062 behind him, Anthony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-glover-aka-childish-gambino-blasts-cancel-culture-its-ruining-the-entertainment-industry\/\" title=\"Donald Glover, AKA Childish Gambino, Blasts Cancel Culture: It\u2019s Ruining The Entertainment Industry\">hit single<\/a>\u2062 has roared up the iTunes Country chart all the way to\u200c the top \u2064spot, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/oliver-anthony-rich-men-from-north-of-richmond-facts\/a-performance-video-thats-become-a-sensation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a>, displacing another prime example of \u2063American frustration (more on that song later.)<\/p>\n<p>You \u200ccan watch and listen to the song below, but fair warning, it may ruin other country songs for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The \u200cfollowing \u2063song contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s an incredible piece of music that is clearly resonating\u200d with swathes of Americans given its practically overnight success.<\/p>\n<h3>Did you like Anthony\u2019s song?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Did\u200d you \u2064like Anthony\u2019s song?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\">Yes<\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\">No<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">free<\/a> of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And if you think any \u200dof\u200d that success is going\u200d to \u200cthe head\u2064 of the Farmville, Virginia, native, well, you\u2019d be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony took to YouTube to\u2063 offer a sort of introduction, and it showed that he\u2019s just as down-to-earth as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/parents-beware-popular-singer-doja-cat-releases-music-video-filled-demonic-imagery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music<\/a> would suggest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>In a video titled \u200c\u201cIt\u2019s\u200b a pleasure to meet you,\u201d Anthony\u200b revealed that he\u2019s been writing music since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Music is actually one of the\u2063 things that saved him, as he admitted that his life was not in a good place when he first began pursuing\u2063 music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had wasted a lot of nights\u200b getting high and getting drunk, and\u200d I had sort of gotten to a point in my life\u200c where\u2062 even things that I did care about\u2062 didn\u2019t mean anything to me \u2063anymore,\u201d Anthony said.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u2063most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-men-north-of-richmond-zooms-to-1-on-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-to-the-news\/\" title=\"'Rich Men North of Richmond' Tops iTunes Chart, Anthony Shares Reaction Video\">recent social media update<\/a>, Anthony actually revealed that he had lined up a gig for \u200bhimself, but \u200dit\u2019s not going to be some outlandishly \u200bpriced, stadium extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>No, \u2064the humble Virginian announced that he would be playing at a \u200cfarm market on Sunday \u2014 for \u2063free.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">August 13th<br \/>\nMorris\u2064 Farm Market<br \/>\nCurrituck NC<br \/>\nFree\u200d Admission<br \/>\nFood and drinks\u200d available<br \/>\n1:30pm-2:30pm<br \/>\nMany more shows to follow. Don\u2019t stress it\u2064 if it\u2019s a long drive for you. I\u2019ll be coming to your\u2064 town soon. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nz6ueTTMi4\">pic.twitter.com\/Nz6ueTTMi4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliver Anthony (@AintGottaDollar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AintGottaDollar\/status\/1690162114508292096?\">August 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMany more shows to follow,\u201d Anthony posted to X, the\u2062 platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cDon\u2019t \u200cstress if it\u2019s a long drive for you. I\u2019ll be coming to your town soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again,\u200b kudos to Mr. Anthony. He has successfully captured the emotion flowing through \u200cAmericana right \u200cnow,\u2062 and\u2062 done so\u200c in such an imminently organic and \u201creal\u201d way.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing overproduced and nary a\u200d hint of autotune when it comes to Anthony\u2019s music. That\u2019s exceedingly \u2062rare in today\u2019s music world where most\u2064 \u201cartists\u201d are actually just lip-syncing \u200cin front of fans\u200c who are going \u200cto be late on that month\u2019s mortgage\/rent to afford those tickets.<\/p>\n<p>That authenticity has helped Anthony\u2064 actually supplant a different song capturing the pain and angst in the country\u2064 \u2014 Jason Aldean\u2019s controversial \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/defiant-jason-aldean-surprises-new-rendition-hit-anti-woke-song-restaurant-grand-opening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try That in a Small Town<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Aldean song\u2063 was\u2062 dragged through \u200bthe mud and attacked (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cmt-caves-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CMT<\/a> even banned the music video) over completely fabricated allegations of racism.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Aldean\u2019s song, while markedly different in some ways from \u201cRich Men Above Richmond,\u201d tapped into the\u2062 same primal instinct that Anthony\u2019s song did. Namely, both songs are a voice for the voiceless.<\/p>\n<p>Flyover country, as great as it is, is still called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/would-it-be-the-worst-thing-fox-news-panel-debates-dissolving-union-after-secession-poll\/\" title=\"\u2018Would It Be The Worst Thing?\u2019: Fox News Panel Debates Dissolving Union After Secession Poll\">flyover country<\/a> for a reason. Men like Aldean and Anthony are clearly sick of that being a\u2063 pejorative and want Americans\u200b to know that whether you\u2019re suffering in Farmville or Silicon Valley, they hear you and feel you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a \u2064rare \u2062quality in a music industry that seems far more enamored \u2062with the smell \u2063of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/people-even-disturbed-satanic-grammys-performance-seeing-sponsored-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its own\u2063 stench<\/a> than actually \u200bconnecting with fans.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a rare quality that should be celebrated\u200d in authentic musicians like Oliver Anthony and Jason Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rich-men-north-richmond-zooms-1-itunes-anthony-posts-video-reacting-news\/\">&#8216;Rich Men North of Richmond&#8217; Zooms to #1 on\u2062 iTunes, Anthony Posts Video Reacting to \u2062the News<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a profound pain in this nation, and music is the catharsis Americans yearn for. Hence, &#8220;country music&#8221; seems fitting. 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