Oliver Anthony drops new song ‘I want to go home’ amid viral success

nypost.com:

Oliver Anthony — whose real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford — has released a new song following the overnight success of “Rich Men North of Richmond.”The song, entitled “I Want To Go Home,” centers around the “brink of war” with lyrics such as: “We’re on the brink of the next World War and I don’t think nobody’s praying no more” and “Every damn day is always some kind of bill to pay, people just doing what the rich man say.”The music video ends with a Bible verse written in text.

It reads, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”“Rich Men North of Richmond” has rocketed to No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100 song chart — thrusting a songwriter from Appalachia who insists he’s “nothing special” onto the national stage.Self-released on Aug.

11, Anthony’s “Rich Men” is a country-folk tune about a man who sells his soul “workin’ all day,” while struggling under the weight of inflation, high taxes and so-called elitism, sparking complaints from liberal critics.A video of the singer sporting a bushy red beard — and wielding a guitar — became a viral sensation thanks to social media, where a number of influential users, particularly in conservative media, began circulating the clip.His song and message might have gone viral, but Anthony likes to think of himself as “just some idiot and his guitar,” according to a recent Facebook post.“I’m not a good musician, I’m not a very good person.