Oliver Anthony on “The Joe Rogan Experience” Courtesy Photo
Oliver Anthony is still rattling the success of his outbreak hit, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which is presently appreciating its 2nd week atop the Billboard Hot 100 cds graph. In an unusual meeting, the 31-year-old vocalist signed up with the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to share much more regarding just how the speedy previous week has actually really felt.
“I’m the subject matter the last couple of weeks,” he shared of the political discourse bordering his track, with both conservative and also left-wing fans taking stabs at what the track stands for. “People are simply searching for out that’s this Oliver Anthony person, and also where does he function, and also that did he choose, and also what’s his family members like and also yada yada. They wish to construct this photo of whatever it is that the individual behind the track stands for, for much better or for even worse.
“It’s really funny to watch on my end, because obviously, I know what’s true and what’s not,” he proceeded. “There’s there’s been hundreds of hours of people’s time wasted probably talking about all these little like things that don’t even exist. Somebody made them up, put them on the Internet. So, I’m just letting it ride. I just think it’s great. At least the last couple of weeks, I think I’ve been able to entertain everyone and get everyone’s mind off like all the all the other horrible stuff that’s going on in the world right now. Like, at least everybody can have a good laugh.”
Anthony additionally shared even more regarding his history and also just how he entered into songs later on in life. “The problem for me was I knew that I needed to do this. I procrastinated with music a long time,” he described. “I mean, I’m 31 and I’ve been playing guitar and singing on and off since I was a kid. My grandma was in a band years ago and, I was like five and I used to sit with my grandma and we’d watch The Dukes of Hazzard and watch Waylon Jennings pick that guitar — I had no idea who Waylon Jennings was, but I just fell in love with that. I grew up listening to that 70s country and she loved all the old stuff, like the 50s and 60s and even in the 70s, even, you know, Janice [Joplin] and all that. She really introduced me a lot into music when I was a little kid. I just kind of held on to it, but never pursued it the way I should.”
Watch the complete meeting clip listed below.
