Music of Top 100 leader Oliver Anthony sparks backlash from Republicans – Billboard

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Oliver Anthony Music is the king of country right now, and it looks like he’s using his new platform to bring people together. But some of his early supporters are responding to his calls for unity and diversity.

The American artist’s hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond” debuted at #1 on the hits chart Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, making him the first artist ever to top the chart without any previous chart record in any form.

Since topping the list, singer-songwriter and former factory worker Christopher Anthony Lunsford of Farmville, Virginia (whose stage name honors his grandfather, Oliver Anthony), has kept quiet on his social accounts.

Although he gave an interview to Fox News, which went viral like his popular song.

“We are the melting pot of the world,” he said in the interview, which took place during his concert in Moyoc, NC, on Saturday (August 19). “And that’s what makes us strong, and it’s our diversity. And we have to learn how to harness and value that and not use it as a political tool to keep everyone separate from it.

But these comments, which are characterized by statesmanship, did not resonate with the conservatives. The “exclusive” interview with Al-Yamini Fox Network It sparked a pile of social media.

“Such a let down. Has he already sold his possessions to the rich men north of Richmond?” So it was stated in one of the tweets. Another claims: “Damn, I thought we had a real one. He turned so fast.”

Another social media user writes of the speed of the backlash, “S—. That was fast.”

After the song generated an online buzz earlier this month, the single was released independently Right praise And The opposition is from the leftwith its lyrics referring to “endlessly taxing your dollar” because of the rich men north of Richmond”, as well as the “luxury of fat milkers”.

Anthony stated in a The video was posted on August 7th“I sit in the middle of the aisle in politics and always have been.” he Added to Facebook on August 17th“I am sad to see the world the way it is, with everyone fighting with each other.”

On the left side of politics, legendary British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg wrote an op-ed for Watchman, the UK’s left-leaning daily newspaper, in which it is assumed that “Anthony really attacks the poor”. The poet Barking continues, “The lives of ordinary workers are being torn apart by the rich, but we can fix that if we cut welfare – and taxes too.”

With the divisive song hitting the top, and lines drawn, Anthony shared a comment with painting“The despondency and frustration of our time echoes in the response to this song. The song itself is nothing special, but the people who supported it are amazing and deserve to be heard.”