{"id":59222,"date":"2026-03-02T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/dashas-oh-anna-at-the-opry-closes-book-on-her-viral-fame-era\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:30:42","slug":"dashas-oh-anna-at-the-opry-closes-book-on-her-viral-fame-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/dashas-oh-anna-at-the-opry-closes-book-on-her-viral-fame-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Dasha&#8217;s &#8216;Oh, Anna!&#8217; at the Opry Closes Book on Her Viral Fame Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tTwo years ago this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dasha\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dasha\" data-tag=\"dasha\">Dasha<\/a> went from country music obscurity to its A-list in a matter of weeks, buoyed by a social media frenzy and a viral line dance. Since then, her time has been split between embracing her increasing public profile and becoming ever more introspective despite the fame. \u201cI felt like I completely lost myself, and that was the scariest part about it all,\u201d Dasha says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen \u201cAustin (Boots Stop Workin\u2019)\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/dasha-austin-tiktok-dance-1235007441\/\">caught fire<\/a>, the flames were intense. The California native was 24 and, in retrospect, ill-prepared for the way the song upended her life. There was criticism, ranging from expected discourse about her viral rise to outright sexism or hate, and she found herself stereotyped and objectified as a dance-on-the-tables party girl. In the wake of that fast fame, she wrote \u201cOh, Anna!\u201d \u2014 the anchor of her EP <em>Anna<\/em>, released last October. Now, Dasha has released a live version of the song recorded onstage at the Grand Ole Opry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDasha \u2014 full name Anna Dasha Novotny \u2014\u00a0says she hopes the song puts a period on the viral portion of her life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe Opry version of \u2018Oh, Anna\u2019 really closes the chapter on this era of my music,\u201d she says. \u201cThe post- \u2018Austin\u2019 and post-craziness part. It was such a whirlwind in figuring out the sound and how we\u2019re doing this, and getting to share the vulnerable side of me, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dasha - Oh, Anna! (Live from the Grand Ole Opry)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUXetD90kCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBetween her Opry appearance and the release of <em>Anna<\/em>, she addressed the online hate on <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/dasha-country-singer-online-comments-podcast-1235427835\/\"><em>Nashville Now<\/em> podcast<\/a>, even sharing a scheme to make \u201cTrailer Swift\u201d merch after the moniker was thrown at her. She hoped the EP, and \u201cOh, Anna!\u201d in particular, would connect her audience with a deeper, more vulnerable side that she says had been overshadowed by \u201cAustin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cOh, Anna\u201d came from a writing appointment with Chris LaCorte, Emily Weisband, and Hillary Lindsey, and Dasha went into the session pondering her career. She couldn\u2019t escape the idea that she was living out the dreams of tens of millions of girls, and her cowriters struck the raw nerve that had been exposed by those expectations.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAfter about ten minutes, I just absolutely broke down,\u201d Dasha says. \u201cI was crying. I was like, \u2018Guys, I don\u2019t know how to do this. I don\u2019t know how to put on this face and act this part. I feel like I lost myself. I thought I\u2019d be one of those people who always knew themselves no matter what, and right now, I don\u2019t know what to do, and I\u2019m freaking out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDasha began comparing the life she was living with the one she herself dreamed about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cAs a kid, I was so unbelievably fearless,\u201d she says. \u201cJust remembering all those things and writing them in \u2018Oh, Anna!\u2019 was the most healing ten years of therapy in one session I could have honestly ever imagined. It was fucking amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDasha\u2019s Opry debut happened a few months after \u201cAustin\u201d dropped, and she has returned to its stage often since. She was a member of the 2025 Opry NextStage class along with artists like Kaitlin Butts, Avery Anna, and Tucker Wetmore.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHer choice to release the live version of \u201cOh, Anna!\u201d is as much a gesture of appreciation for the Opry as it is a second life for the song itself. \u201cThe Opry version is so special,\u201d she says, \u201cbecause getting their nod of approval, and getting to play there, was such a \u2018Welcome to our world of country music.\u2019 I felt so respected and honored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>Josh Crutchmer is a journalist and author whose book <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/backloungepublishing.com\/almostalmostfamous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>(Almost) Almost Famous<\/em><\/a><em> will be released April 1 via Back Lounge Publishing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/dasha-opry-oh-anna-song-1235523886\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago this month, Dasha went from country music obscurity to its A-list in a matter of weeks, buoyed by a social media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":59223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}