<p>Country star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-barbie-jason-aldean-shows-support-for-wife-brittany-as-her-transgender-post-inspires-fury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Aldean</a> responded to a backlash over his new music video for his song, &#8220;Try That In A Small Town,&#8221; in which he slams leftist policies like gun control, soft-on-crime governance, and more.</p>
<p>The 46-year-old country singer released the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">music video</a> for his new three-minute ballad on Friday, which deals with riots in the United States, as well as the random violence in some of the country&#8217;s biggest cities since 2020. The song takes a somber tone as Aldean opens the video standing in front of a government building with images from a news report of a carjacking displayed behind him. <a href="https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a44576067/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-lyrics-backlash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Headlines</a> then surfaced claiming the song was &#8220;pro-lynching,&#8221; &#8220;racist,&#8221; and more.</p>
<p>The country star posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_Aldean/status/1681382697875144717?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lengthy statement</a> on Twitter on Tuesday slamming these claims as &#8220;meritless&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; Aldean tweeted. &#8220;These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn&#8217;t a single video clip that isn&#8217;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,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;As so many pointed out, I was present at Route 91-where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy,&#8221; Aldean continued. &#8220;NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The country star wrote that this song is about the &#8220;feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences.&#8221;</p>
<p>He concluded his post by noting how his &#8220;political views&#8221; are well known, but this song is about something bigger.</p>
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<p>&#8220;&#8230;I know that a lot of us in this Country don&#8217;t agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night,&#8221; Aldean wrote. &#8220;But the desire for it to- that&#8217;s what this song is about.&#8221;</p>
<p>Throughout the new music video, clips of news reports show looters and rioters during the 2020 riots that took place in Aldean&#8217;s native home of Georgia, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jason-aldean-catches-heat-racist-215436753.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo.com</a> noted.</p>
<p>Lyrics read things like, &#8220;Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk/Carjack an old lady at a red light/Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store/Ya think it&#8217;s cool, well, act a fool if ya like&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>And, &#8220;Cuss out a cop, spit in his face/Stomp on the flag and light it up/Yeah, ya think you&#8217;re tough&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Another verse deals with gun rights, &#8220;Got a gun that my granddad gave me/They say one day they&#8217;re gonna round up/Well, that s*** might fly in the city, good luck&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>The song concludes with a reference to how the small town is &#8220;full of good ol&#8217; boys, raised up right/If you&#8217;re looking for a fight&#8230;&#8221;</p>

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