Country artist Oliver Anthony isn’t holding back.
In a recent YouTube video titled “What I’ve Learned from the Music Industry So Far…,” he trashed Beyoncé’s country album, calling it “complete trash.”
“In their own words, it was like, ‘We gotta figure out how to make you cool.’ And one of the guys I worked with, he wanted me to make some stupid fucking post about Beyoncé’s country album, about how it was good, even though it was complete trash. It makes me just want to throw up.”
Anthony, who almost signed with Gucci Mane last year, vented about the industry’s pressure to conform, especially when it came to promoting artists he didn’t believe in. He shared how one industry contact wanted him to praise Beyoncé’s version of Jolene, which he couldn’t even finish listening to.
“That’s just total cringe,” he said. “It represents how degenerative our society has become, that a song like a Beyoncé version of ‘Jolene’ can come out and anybody actually listen to it and think it’s not just complete fucking trash.”
Anthony was especially upset by the suggestion to post about the album in hopes of a collaboration, calling the industry more about profit than authenticity.
He ended his rant by condemning the music business for being driven by “theatrics” and “illusion,” claiming it’s all about keeping fans hooked, not about real music.
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