{"id":2209256,"date":"2024-03-29T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oliver-anthony-to-release-debut-album-on-easter\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T14:50:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T18:50:28","slug":"oliver-anthony-to-release-debut-album-on-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oliver-anthony-to-release-debut-album-on-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Anthony is set to launch his first album this Easter"},"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\">22<\/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%2Foliver-anthony-to-release-debut-album-on-easter%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=2209256&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--><p>Musician Oliver Anthony announced the release\u2062 of his debut album, \u2063&#8221;Hymnal of a Troubled Man&#8217;s Mind,&#8221; scheduled for this Sunday. The album, capturing his life before fame, includes the hit single &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond,&#8221; which went\u200c viral, boosting his Spotify monthly listeners from 40,000 to 4.6 million. \u2064Anthony shared that these early songs are a crucial\u2064 foundation for his music \u200ccareer, signaling a step towards \u200bmore recent work.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Musician <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oliver-anthony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oliver Anthony <\/a>announced his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debut album<\/a> will be released on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hymnal of a Troubled Man\u2019s Mind<\/em> is an autobiographical album about the 10 years of Anthony\u2019s life before rising to fame last year. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2695768\/2023-review-the-rise-of-oliver-anthony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2023 song\">2023 song<\/a> \u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d became an overnight viral hit, with over 1.5 million views on YouTube in the days following its release, and shot his Spotify monthly listeners from 40,000 to 4.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis album represents the most pure and transparent view inside my heart and soul that I could offer,\u201d Anthony wrote of the album. \u201cWhile Richmond was the song that got my name out in the public, these songs represent the true foundation of the music that got me through life up until now. \u2026 I felt that it was my responsibility to give a handful of my early written songs the completion they deserve. Now, I can begin releasing my most recent work, without feeling like I skipped an important step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Anthony had been releasing songs that he recorded with his Android phone until he professionally recorded \u201cRich Men North of Richmond.\u201d He performed the song outside his camper, which he bought for $750 on Craigslist, on a Virginia property he bought for $97,500.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oliver Anthony - Rich Men North Of Richmond\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqSA-SY5Hro?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Anthony\u2019s music video has raked in over 128 million views after the Republican presidential debate last August, hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee, opened with its chorus. As a follow-up, the first question, to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), solicited speculation from the candidates on why the song became such a hit among the public. As a result, Anthony\u2019s YouTube account has over 1 million followers, and he continued to release music on it until about four months ago. Anthony, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2436494\/oliver-anthony-says-hearing-his-song-during-presidential-debate-cracks-me-up\/\" title=\"took offense\">took offense<\/a> that the song was used as a political weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one thing that has bothered me is seeing people wrap politics up into this,\u201d Anthony said. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed to see \u2014 like it\u2019s aggravating seeing people on conservative news try to identify with me like I\u2019m one of them. It\u2019s aggravating seeing certain musicians and politicians act like we\u2019re buddies and act like we\u2019re fighting the same struggle here like that we\u2019re trying to present the same message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since, Anthony has been on a national and international tour with his music, offering free and low-cost concerts instead of accepting alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/218627\/viral-sensation-oliver-anthony-rejects-8-million-offers-from-country-music-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"$8-million contracts\">$8 million contracts<\/a> within the music industry. When tickets to one of his concerts were selling for $90, he canceled the event.<\/p>\n<p>The album will be released on Easter, a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Anthony has been known for his strongly held religious beliefs, as he has read from the Bible before performances. He engaged in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2744718\/oliver-anthony-passes-proverbs-420-to-joe-rogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"lengthy discussion\">lengthy discussion<\/a> with podcaster Joe Rogan on God and the Bible during his appearance on Rogan\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musician Oliver Anthony will drop his debut album, &#8220;Hymnal of a Troubled Man&#8217;s Mind,&#8221; this Sunday. The autobiographical album delves into Anthony&#8217;s life before fame, spanning 10 years. His 2023 single, &#8220;Rich Men North of Richmond,&#8221; went viral overnight, amassing 1.5 million views on YouTube<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2209257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23265031828152-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP23265031828152-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209256","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}