Ozaukee County News

Scarlett Johnson, a parent advocate and member of Moms for Liberty Wisconsin, used platform X on Aug. 12 to convey her admiration for Oliver Anthony, a farmer based in Virginia, who accomplished the feat of having three songs simultaneously hold the top positions on the iTunes chart.

"I will travel to see this guy live. Forget Taylor Swift. Real Americans want something real," Johnson tweeted.

Anthony has been writing songs since 2021 and uploading them to his YouTube channel. Lately, his songs, widely regarded as conservative-leaning political anthems, have garnered significantly heightened attention, even experiencing a rapid and almost meteoric rise in popularity overnight, according to Rolling Stone.

Some of Anthony's songs, including tracks like "Rich Men North of Richmond," "I’ve Got to Get Sober" and "Ain’t Gotta Dollar," delve into political themes such as the nation's current state, elevated taxes, human trafficking, welfare matters and even allusions to Jeffrey Epstein's island, among others political topics, according to Rolling Stone.

"'Rich Men North of Richmond' has been uploaded to all major streaming platforms and will show up there in a few days," Anthony tweeted on the platform. "I'm still in a state of shock at the outpouring of love I've seen in the comments, messages and emails. I'm working to respond to everyone as quickly as possible."

"We can’t just be critical of woke culture," Johnson said, according to the X platform. "We must create alternatives. @AintGottaDollar 'Rich Men North of Richmond' is the NUMBER ONE SONG IN AMERICA. Politics is downstream from culture. To change politics, we must influence and change our culture. Never forget it."

Anthony explained the meaning behind his song on his YouTube channel.

"It touches base on human trafficking and the atrocities that … I’ll say this, I sit pretty dead center down the aisle on politics and always have," Anthony said. "I remember as a kid the conservatives wanting war and me not understanding that, and I remember a lot of the controversies when the left took office, and it seems like both sides serve the same master and that master is not someone of any good to the people of this country."