20/08/2023
Oliver Anthony Says He’s Rejected $8 Million Offers Following Success Of ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’
Oliver Anthony is amazed at how his song, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” went viral. The former factory worker penned a lengthy message on Facebook on Thursday, reacting to the success of the song and revealing the offers that have come his way after the tune took over the internet.
His performance of “Rich Men North of Richmond” has raked in over 18 million views in just eight days, and Oliver Anthony, who revealed his real name to be Christopher Anthony Lunsford, says he is blown away by the response to the song. In the days since the song began to go viral, he’s received more than 50,000 messages reacting to the song and how it speaks to the hardships that people face. The success of the song has also come with business offers, some of which have been extremely lucrative, however, Anthony says he’s not interested in any of it.
“People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers. I don’t want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet. I don’t want to play stadium shows, I don’t want to be in the spotlight,” he explains. “I wrote the music I wrote because I was suffering with mental health and depression.
“There’s nothing special about me. I’m not a good musician, I’m not a very good person. I’ve spent the last 5 years struggling with mental health and using alcohol to drown it. I am sad to see the world in the state it’s in, with everyone fighting with each other. I have spent many nights feeling hopeless, that the greatest country on Earth is quickly fading away,”