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Jason Aldean defends controversial single decried as a 'modern lynching song,' says backlash is 'not only meritless, but dangerous'
In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” country star Jason Aldean wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it — and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage — and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music — this one goes too far.”
Why are music fans protesting Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town”?
Aldean took to social media Tuesday to address the controversy surrounding the new video for his politically charged single, “Try That in a Small Town.” The country star — who witnessed the worst gun massacre in U. S. history at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas — had already caught flak for the song’s seemingly pro-gun lyrics, which celebrate “good ol’ boys raised right” who “take care of their own.” In a tweet, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America founder Shannon Watts pointed out the hypocrisy of an artist “who was onstage during the mass shooting… that killed 60 people and wounded over 400 more” recording a song “about how he and his friends will shoot you if you try to take their guns.” In another viral tweet, police reform activist Brittany Packnett Cunningham pointed out: “Uvalde? Small town. VA Tech? Small college town. Newtown? Small New England town. Parkland? Small town that had just been voted Florida's *safest* town. Most mass shootings occur in *small towns*. Your listeners are dying.”
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