Brad Paisley's Ukraine Song Faces Online Backlash
Source: Rolling Stone · October 28, 2026
Brad Paisley recently shared his experience with online backlash against his song 'Same Here', which expresses solidarity with Ukraine after the Russian invasion.
According to Paisley, the initial response to the song was 98% positive, but it soon flipped to 90% negative after Russian bots and fake American accounts began attacking it online.
Paisley wrote 'Same Here' with Lee Thomas Miller and Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and it features a recording of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The song aims to celebrate similarities between people from different countries and cultures, and Paisley had met with Zelensky for a 45-minute Zoom conversation before adding a portion of the recording to the song.
Paisley's experience with the online backlash matters to listeners because it highlights the impact of misinformation and fake accounts on public discourse, even in the music industry.
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