Farmer’s protest song replaces Taylor Swift and reaches the top of the US charts; Listen

“Rich Men North of Richmond” is about social inequality and the differences between conservative and progressive politicians

A farmer’s protest song, which was totally unknown two weeks ago, spread like wildfire on social media and reached number one on the most streamed charts in the United States. According to the ranking of the magazine boardthe song even surpassed Taylor Swift, the darling of current pop.

Rich men north of Richmondtitle of Oliver Anthony’s country song, a red-haired bearded man, oozes criticism of the world’s top power elites in the face of the hard life of the working class, which comes to a harsh denouement at the end of the month.

Since it was released on August 11 on YouTube, the song has been streamed more than 17.5 million times and downloaded 147,000 times in less than a week, making it number one on the Hot 100 list, compiled by boardsurpassing established artists such as Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen and Olivia Rodrigo.

Considered a “workers’ political anthem” by some media, the song denounces the “obese, who suck the welfare state”, while on the street there are people “who have nothing to eat”.

With lush greenery in the background, Anthony uses microphone and guitar to criticize the liberal economic policies of the 80s, which left regulation in the hands of the market, or the increase in suicides among young Americans.

Rich men north of Richmond he also discusses the differences between conservative cities in the southern and central United States and progressive cities in the east and west of the country.

The right and the far right, led by ultraconservative commentators such as Laura Ingraham and Matt Walsh, have appropriated the song, according to the The New York Times.

Republican Congresswoman for Georgia (South), Marjorie Taylor Greene, close to Donald Trump and supporter of conspiracy theories, considered the song an “anthem of Americans long forgotten by our government,” wrote on social network X, a former Twitter.

Source: Terra

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