Jason said that the song "for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous." He continued, "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…" Seemingly addressing claims he's promoting gun violence, he recalled performing at the Route 91 Harvest music festival where a gunman murdered 60 people during a 2017 mass shooting, calling it a "heartbreaking tragedy" and adding, "NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart." Jason responded to the uproar in a lengthy message on social media on July 18, writing in part, "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.
The song's lyrics raised eyebrows with references to a small town "full of good ol' boys, raised up right" and "a gun that my granddad gave me" and warnings to "try that in a small town see how far ya make it down the road" because "around here, we take care of our own."
As reported by E! News, online commenters accused the country music star of celebrating "vigilante gun violence" with his "dog whistle song" full of references to "sundown towns and lynch mobs." The video for the track that critics called "pro-lynching" - which was filmed at a Tennessee courthouse where a Black man was lynched in the 1920s, Billboard reported - contains imagery of protests, criminal activity and violent acts and sparked enough controversy that CMT pulled it from rotation on July 17. We're taking a look at the biggest country music scandals and controversies…Īfter the video for Jason Aldean's May 2023 song "Try That In a Small Town" was released in July 2023, social media blew up with claims the singer was promoting racist messaging.
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