Oliver Anthony's outrage-bait track 'Rich Men North Of Richmond' continues an interesting chart trend
” by Jason Aldean. Aldean also peaked at #1 amid backlash to his song, but fell off steeply the week after, whereas Anthony seems to have gained some momentum.
Country music is having an undeniable moment. This week is only the third in chart history that three songs from the genre have taken the top three spots of the Hot 100—the previous two times happened last week and the week before. Besides “,” there’s also Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” and Luke Combs’ cover of “Fast Car.” Neither of those songs are outwardly political in the way Anthony’s
and Aldean’s are. Yet it’s interesting to note that Combs’ cover puts a working-class white man spin on the work of a Black feminist artist .white dudes railing against The Man are having a moment… again. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, except that there’s nothing particularly good or original about these specific outrage-bait tunes. The lyrics tend to eschew actual artistry for obvious dog whistles and winking references to conspiracy theories.
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