Charlie Kirk’s Name Is Showing Up In The Most Unlikely Place, And I Really Don’t Think You’ll Be Able To Guess Where
“Music really is becoming the new battleground for cultural debates.”
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It’s been a little over one week since conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on a college campus in Utah.
Since his passing, many on the right have memorialized Kirk in various ways. Vice President J.D. Vance recently filled in as the host of the first posthumous episode of The Charlie Kirk Show…
Congressional Republicans advocated for a Charlie Kirk monument to be placed in the US Capitol…
And now, Kirk’s name is appearing on the music charts. The top 2 songs on the US iTunes Chart are Charlie Kirk-themed, beating out Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” — a song that won him Best New Artist at the 2025 Video Music Awards — and Taylor Swift’s “Dress.”
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The #1 song is called “How Dare They (For Charlie)” by the artist Diesel, and the #2 song is called “Charlie” by Tom MacDonald.
In response, one person wrote, “Never thought I’d see political songs dominating iTunes. Music really is becoming the new battleground for cultural debates.”
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