Oliver Anthony Calls Debate Around His Viral Song "Lucu"

Oliver Anthony (YouTube screenshot)

JAKARTA - Oliver Anthony, the country's artist behind the viral song Rich Men North oftes, said it was very funny to see the debate and controversy about his song.

Anthony experienced viral fame for a month after the video he performed his song Rich Men North ofengah aired on August 8.

Since then, the song has reached Number One on iTunes Country Charts and is currently being watched 50 million times on YouTube and continues to grow.

It didn't stop there, the song also made the history of the charts by debuting at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making Anthony the first artist to do so without a previous chart history.

However, the song's viral success was not without controversy. Although some people interpret it as a working-class song, the song has been criticized by some for being 'phofobious', while others have dubbed it a 'right wing song'.

Anthony, a former factory worker and farmer, recently said that the left winger group misunderstood the words he made through the song.

And at the same time, he also criticized Republicans for "armeding up" the meaning behind the lyrics.

The singer has now appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to discuss the discourse surrounding the alleged political trend in the song.

"I've been the subject of the last few weeks," he said, quoted from NME, Friday.

People are just trying to find out who Oliver Anthony's man is, and where he works, and who he chooses, and what his family is like and so on," he continued.

"They want to build an image of anything that people behind the song, good or bad."

He continued that it was so funny to watch it, because obviously, I know what's right and what's not.

There are hundreds of hours of wasted time for people who might talk about small things that don't even exist. Someone died, put it on the internet. So, I just let it go. I think it's really good," he continued.

At least in the last few weeks, I think I've been able to entertain everyone and distract everyone from all the bad things that's happening in the world right now. At least everyone can laugh."