Republicans are loving fake politicians bashing song ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ by Oliver Anthony.

In the independent country music world, we’re living in an era when the dog has caught the proverbial car, and the next question is, “What do we do next?” Only a few short years ago, there were just a few top spots for independent artists to squeeze out success in between the margins of the mainstream, and most independent artists were resigned to waiting tables and taking out bids on construction contracts between tours.

With his dog by his side, he continues: ‘Living in the new world / With an old soul / These rich men north of Richmond / Lord knows they all just want to have total control’.

The video has been watched more than 1.5 million times in just three days on radiowv’s YouTube channel.

Thousands of viewers took to the comments section to heap praise on the musician and his ability to convey emotion through his lyrics.

‘I’m a 39-year-old Iraq vet and construction worker, struggling like a dog to take care of two kids and keep a farm going when I’m not working 11 hour days,’ one new fan shared.

‘This hit so hard today I had to stop my old Peterbilt and tear up. Preach brother.’

‘This song touched me deep to my soul and I can’t wait to hear more,’ another applauded.

‘Absolutely outstanding,’ someone else said.

‘ I haven’t heard a bone-chilling original song in what seems like decades. You speak for millions of us,’ one admired. Now thanks to the massive commercial success of guys like Zach Bryan and Tyler Childers, earnest songwriters with raspy voices are getting signed to major label deals through their own subsidiary publishing companies so they retain creative control, and are receiving six and sometimes even seven figure signing bonuses on spec. It’s insane.

We’re already a few years past the point where plucking a Virginia or Kentucky native out of the holler, propping them up in front of a microphone in the patch of woods behind the Piggly-Wiggly, and having them bray about coal, cocaine, and how there’s coal in their cocaine started to feel a bit overdone. Tyler Childers was a transformational artist, but the dopplegangers are coming out of the woodwork, and at some point it beings to become to domain of parody.

Among the reactions, one man, Jason Howerton, claimed to have spoken with Anthony about his passion for music.

He shared that Oliver had previously been struggling with his mental health and drinking to cope with his pain.

‘In depths of despair, just about a month ago, Oliver got to his knees and broke down in tears.’

He decided to get sober and around 30 days later his luck turned around when he was asked to record ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ for a YouTube.

With the video now viral, Howerton says there are plans in the work for Oliver to record his first album.

His music has now touched many, including that of TV host Laura Ingraham.

‘Haunting sound and commentary on what’s happened to America’s working class,’ she posted to Twitter.

LYRICS of Rich Men North of Richmond:

Rich Men North Of Richmond Lyrics

I’ve been selling my soul

Working all day

Overtime hours

For bullshit pay

So I can sit out here and waste my life away

Drag back home and drown my troubles away

It’s a damn shame

What the world’s gotten to

For people like me and people like you

Wish I could just wake up and it not be true

But it is, oh, it is

Living in the new world

With an old soul

These rich men north of Richmond

Lord knows they all just want to have total control

Wanna know what you think

Wanna know what you do

And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do

Cause your dollar ain’t shit, and it’s taxed to no end

‘Cause of rich men north of Richmond

Lord, it’s a damn shame