Tom MacDonald, John Rich Crush iTunes Chart with ‘End of the World’
Country-Rap hybrid leaps past Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus for top spot
Tom MacDonald is making it increasingly hard for music journalists to ignore him. But oh, do they try.
The indie rapper doesn’t have a label or corporate partners to push his music. Instead, he leans on state-of-the-art music videos and his growing fan base. It’s made his music go viral time and again on YouTube, with some tracks like “Fake Woke” garnering more than 34 million views on the platform.
He also scores big on iTunes’ download charts.
Yet most major entertainment outlets pretend his fame isn’t happening. Nothing to see here. Move along. They ignore his success at their own peril, credibility wise.
The “Snowflake” musician has defied the odds, yet again, by skyrocketing up the charts with his newest song, “End of the World.”
Except this time MacDonald had a sizable assist from country music royalty.
Congrats to @IAMTOMMACDONALD sitting at #1 this morning all genres on iTunes download chart! It was great to collaborate with him on #EndOfTheWorld 🤜🇺🇸🤛 You can download it here👇https://t.co/YF6BirLs1y pic.twitter.com/iEkNDWn4Vy
— John Rich🇺🇸 (@johnrich) March 20, 2023
John Rich of Big and Rich fame collaborated with MacDonald on the track, a pessimistic takedown of culture with a country twang as its hook. Rich, like MacDonald, doesn’t take kindly to Big Tech censorship or a music industry which treats right-leaning artists like second-class citizens.
That made them both unlikely bedfellows and natural collaborators.
The accompanying video is from MacDonald’s squeeze, the talented Nova Rockafeller who designs all her beau’s clips.
The core song is pure MacDonald, brimming with his edgy raps and propulsive beats. Rich enters as the hook, his sweet voice complementing the dystopian vibe.
A little country, a lot of rap and one big hit as the result.
Our billionaires are going to space, don’t blame them leaving
Birds are falling out the air, fish washing up on our beaches
This is end time, humans got a deadline
Children were the future till we ruined them with headlines
Should be past their bedtime but everyone’s woke
They told us “chase a dollar” then made everyone broke
I feel like cryptocurrency is probably our last financial hope
Rich has been at war with Country, Inc. for a while now, frustrated by the industry’s narrow vision when it comes to artists and their ideologies.
“The wave of wokeism that’s hit this country and especially the entertainment business—that made its way to Nashville. So, these artists are sitting there and they’re being told by their publicist, their managers, the heads of their record labels, ‘Hey, we know that you think these things about America, that you’re against kind of all this woke stuff that we do’—they don’t call themselves ‘woke,’ of course….
Is there freedom and art in Nashville, like total freedom? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. It’s sad.”
MacDonald is a perpetual thorn in the system’s side, able to circumvent gatekeepers to build a massive fan base and rack up iTunes hits on command.
Since the first time I heard Tom . Like always
I said . He is the real deal. He has never ever let me down. He is always one step ahead.
See tom on my site
Belsonrockstarproductions
On Facebook
Love this Collaboration & The message!! Tom’s a Legend #HOG #EndOfTheWorld
Sorry, just can’t do the country thing. Or the rap thing. Both make me want to cringe. I’m a rock and roll man through and through. Crank up the Amaranthe, baby!
Sorry, just can’t do the country thing. Or the rap thing. I’m a rock n’ roll man through and through. Crank up the Amaranthe!
Then you may like his songs Riot and No Good Bastards.
I don’t like rap, but this is really good. And it pisses off all the right people.
Hey, Tom me again, the one who said that you are actually waiting for the devil to be cast out of Heaven Revelation’s chapter 12 verse 9.In a previous song you say something like if I don’t make into heaven you’ll play the hand your givin. So you do have a spark of faith. So I would like to refer you to Revelation’s chapter 22 verses 18 and 19. Where it says to the effect that anyone who adds to the WORD the plagues of this book can be added into them, and continues to say if you take away from the WORD GOD shall take away his part out of the book of life. I really like that all of your songs are fact!!! Why change now? Nova with her talent could dub it easy, and you are at profile so no one can read your lips. So what could it hurt. Adding “for the devil to be cast out of Heaven”, after waiting? I never really gave rap a thought until I heard you spouting the truth. “Don’t change now” still a fan for life Bryan.