Jason Aldean Denies Accusations His Controversial Song Is 'Pro-Lynching'
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING Country singer Jason Aldean is responding to backlash over the lyrics and music video for his track “Try That In A Small Town,” telling fans the politically charged song has nothing to do with race. Aldean defended himself against accusations he’d written a “pro-lynching song” on Twitter Tuesday, one day after his music video was pulled from CMT over its troubling imagery. Though “Try That In A Small Town” first came out in May, the song didn’t start catching heat until last Friday’s debut of the music video, where Aldean performs on the steps of a Tennessee courthouse that was the site of a historic lynching while news footage of violent protests flash in between. But the desire for it to — that’s what this song is about.” Aldean, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, explained why he became an outspoken conservative in a 2022 interview, telling the site Taste of Country, “When you got kids and you’re kind of seeing the future for them, like what it looks like, it’s pretty scary.” “So I think for me, just seeing that, and you know, just how everything has been the last couple of years has been pretty wild.
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