Oliver Anthony<\/a><\/strong> is back on social media, and for his 34th birthday, he decided to let fans know that new music is on the way.<\/p>\nLife has been a whirlwind for the Virginia native ever since he released his debut single, \u201cRich Men North of Richmond,\u201d back in 2023. The video of his in-the-woods performance was originally uploaded to YouTube and quickly went viral, racking up millions upon millions of views before Anthony was even able to release the song on streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
Now, a couple of years and over 300 million streams later, Oliver Anthony is still navigating his way through the music industry, proving wrong those that said he\u2019d have just 15 minutes of fame following his viral hit. That being said, he\u2019s not interested in being a mega-star. The success of \u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d has actually given the artist the flexibility to do as he wishes when it comes to his music, and he hasn\u2019t wished to do all that much as of late.<\/p>\n
He took a hiatus from social media for quite some time, and only returned a couple of month ago in May with a rant against algorithms, AI and politics. Oliver had also stepped away from music and performing for a bit, but he\u2019s since gotten back into the swing of things.<\/p>\n
And even has some new music coming this July.<\/p>\n
In a video posted to Facebook, a somewhat clean shaven (for his standards) Oliver Anthony first let everyone see how he was spending his 34th birthday, which took place on June 30. He expressed his thankfulness to make it to 34-years-old, and stated that he never thought he would have made it that far.<\/p>\n
Oliver Anthony then told his followers that he\u2019s doing well, and that he had just bought a church in West Virginia. Though there\u2019s still plenty of work to be done, he\u2019s planning on doing a church service there in October. He then went on to talk about some upcoming shows that he\u2019s doing at the end of August (Bluefield, West Virginia on August 29, and Farmville at Longwood on August 30).<\/p>\n
And at the very end of the video, Oliver Anthony shared that he\u2019s got new music coming very soon. Whether that\u2019s just one song, a couple of songs or an entire album remains to be seen, but there is some new stuff coming from Anthony in just a couple of weeks:<\/p>\n
\u201cI have new music coming out on July 21st. I love you all. I really appreciate you.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n