Country Music Under Attack
Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond Hit the Hearts of Americans
But what is the song all about?
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6 min readAug 19, 2023
The worst problem is the one we call our own. A dying man from cancer or a dying man in a Ferrari after being hit by a truck? Should we even be comparing, when both are dying?
We will all have troubles while we are alive.
What is it like to be poor in a first world country like America and how does it compare to being poor in a third world country like the Philippines?
How we interpret songs and words comes from who we are and what we believe is our truth.
Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond
Nobody had heard him before until his song, Rich Men North of Richmond became viral.
And while there are TikTok videos you can watch that show people of different colors embracing the song, it has also its share of critics calling it the new anthem of the far right.
