"PROGRESS," ARE RELEASED ARE
DIRECTLY TO TRUTH SOCIAL.
THE TUNE REACHING NUMBER ONE ON
iTunes.
EVEN -- JOINING ME NOW IS THE
SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY SINGER
HIMSELF, JOHN RICH, HE’S ALSO
HOST OF "THE PURSUIT WITH JOHN
RICH."
JOHN, IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU
WITH.
LISTEN, I LOVE YOUR SONG.
THIS IS AWESOME.
MY WIFE CAME HOME AFTER "FOX &
friends" AND SAID YOU’VE GOT
TO TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM
JOHN RICH AND PLAYED IT FOR ME.
THE IT WAS AN INSTANT HIT IN MY
HOUSE.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SIT
DOWN AND WRITE A SONG LIKE THAT?
>> THIS SONG CAME PRETTY QUICK
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF
INSPIRATION FOR THIS SONG
SITTING EVERYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, IT DAWN ON ME HOW
IRONIC IT WAS THAT ALL THE
NEGATIVE THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY ARE
BEING DONE UNDER BANNER OF WORD
PROGRESS OR GROGGIVE.
AND I -- PROGRESSIVE.
I LOOKED AT THAT AND WENT, THIS
IS ANYTHING BUT PROGRESS, THIS
IS ANYTHING BUT PROGRESSIVE.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
AND I SAW A POLL THAT CAME OUT
IN EARLY JULY THAT SAID 88% OF
AMERICANS AGREED THAT AMERICA
WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK.
AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT’S A
PRETTY BIG DEAL TO GET 88% OF
AMERICANS TO AGREE ON ANYTHING,
BUT I WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE 88%.
SO I PUT THE SONG OUT.
IT’S A STRAIGHT AHEAD LITTLE,
YOU KNOW, 3-MINUTE COUNTRY SONG,
IT KICKS OFF WITH A FIDDLE.
AND, YES, IT USED TRUTH SOCIAL
AND RUMBLE.
I DID NOT USE TWITTER, FACEBOOK
BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN OUR
VOICES, THOSE BIG PLATFORMS THAT
HAVE TURNED OFF SO MANY PEOPLE’S
VOICES OVER THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS.
AND IT REMAINS NUMBER ONE AT
VERY SECOND.
IT’S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
SEAN: I DON’T KNOWING INDUSTRY,
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY LIKE YOU DO.
IS IT ODD THAT YOU CAN GO AROUND
ALL OF THE EXECUTIVES AND
DISTRIBUTERS OF MUSIC THAT YOU
ALWAYS USED TO GET YOUR MUSIC
OUT AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE
PEOPLE AND MANY SIX HOURS HAVE A
NUMBER ONE HIT?
THAT SEEMS KIND OF ODD.
>> YEAH.
I CALL IT BEATING THE MACHINE.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT’S WHAT IT IS, YOU’RE UP
AGAINST A REALLY BIG, POWERFUL
MACHINE.
BUT IF YOU’VE GOT THE RIGHT
MUSIC, YOU’VE GOT THE RIGHT
CONTENT, YOU CAN GET DIRECTLY TO
THE PEOPLE.
THAT’S WHAT THIS SONG DID, AND
THEN PEOPLE JUST RAN WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, THE SONG’S NOT NUMBER
ONE BECAUSE I’M SINGING IT, THE
IT’S NUMBER ONE BECAUSE OF WHAT
IT SAYS.
AND IF I STILL HAD A BIG RECORD
DEAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU
WOULD HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS
SONG.
THEY WOULD NEVER ALLOW A SONG
LIKE THIS TO COME OUT.
SEAN: RIGHT.
>> SO I’M GLAD TO BE TOTALLY
INDEPENDENT.
IT’S THE FREEST I’VE EVER BEEN
AS A SINGER/SONG WRITER, AND
THING IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST
DOWNLOADED SONG IN ALL OF
AMERICA.
SEAN: THE THING THAT SO MANY OF
THESE LIBERALS WHETHER IT’S IN
NASHVILLE OR HOLLYWOOD, THEY
FORGET THAT HALF OF AMERICA IS
ABSOLUTELY IN DISAGREEMENT WITH
THEM.
AND IF THEY WOULD MAKE SOME
PRODUCTS THAT SOME OF US
ACTUALLY LIKED, MUSIC AND
MOVIES, THEY WOULD MAKE A TON OF
MONEY.
BUT THEY SEEM SO HELL BENT ON
THEIR PROGRESSIVE IDEOLOGY AND
FORCING IT DOWN OUR THROATS.
A GUY LIKE YOU COMING OUT AND
PUTS OUT A SONG THAT CHANNELS
OUR FRUSTRATION, AND PEOPLE BUY
IT.
WERE YOU SHOCKED THAT IT WAS
THIS SUCCESSFUL AND RESONATED
THIS MUCH MANY SUCH A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME?
>> ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY
SHOCKED.
YOU KNOW, WE SAW "TOP GUN," IT
CAME OUT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOVIES EVER, AND IT WAS SIMILAR.
IT WAS PRO-AMERICA CELEBRATING
OUR GREATNESS IN THIS COUNTRY
AND OUR MILITARY.
AND SO THIS SONG, I THINK, JUST
POINTS OUT IN A REALLY SIMPLE
WAY THINGS THAT WE DON’T LIKE,
THAT THAT 88% IN THAT POLL DON’T
LIKE THAT’S GOING ON IN THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND I THINKABLE LITTLE SONG,
"PROGRESS," GIVES EVERYBODY A
WAY TO HIT THE PLAY BUTTON AND
PLAY THAT IN THE CAR OR AT HOUSE
AND GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM,
AND I’M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THE
SONG’S DOING.
SEAN: IT REMINDS ME OF THE AARON
LEWIS SONG FROM THE LAST FOURTH
OF JULY, AM I THE ONLY ONE,
CHANNELING A LOT OF ANGER AND
FRUSTRATION.
I’M WATCHING THE VIDEO.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAD SOMEONE
FILMING YOU WITH A COUNTRY HAT
AND GUITAR.
HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE, TO PUT
A VIDEO TOGETHER TO MATCH THE
MUSIC?
DID YOU TURN THAT AROUND PRETTY
QUICK IN.
>> YEAH.
THIS WAS A REALLY SIMPLE
PROCESS.
VIDEO, YOU CAN GO FIND IT ON
RUMBLE, GO CHECK IT OUT.
I WANTED TO SHOW THEIR VERSION
OF PROGRESS THEN SHOW MY VERSION
OF PROGRESS AND PUT THOSE
PICTURES RIGHT NEXT TO EACH
OTHER AND SHOW THE DRASTIC
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.
LISTEN, THIS COUNTRY’S, IT’S IN
A BAD SPOT RIGHT NOW, BUT I
BELIEVE THAT THAT OUR COUNTRY
AND THE PRINCIPLES IT’S FOUNDED
ON AND ITS PEOPLE WILL OUTLIVE
THE NONSENSE THAT WE’RE LIVING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
WE’VE GOT A ROUGH RIDE AHEAD,
BUT I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT AT THE END OF DAY, AND
THAT’S WHAT THIS SONG
HIGHLIGHTS.
SEAN: IT SHOWS THE AMERICAN
HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AND
YOU’VE GOT VIDEO WITH AMERICAN
ROADS, FARM FIELDS AND MORE THAN
FLAGS, WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH
THAT?
JOHN RICH, YOU ARE A GREAT