An American down home music star had his disputable music video pulled from a Television slot for supposedly being ‘expert’ and ‘hostile to People of color Matter’
Jason Aldean’s raving success “Attempt That in a Modest community” was delivered in late May 2023 and went generally inconspicuous at that point.
In any case, the arrival of its music video two months after the fact pulled in a spike in consideration and started a reaction, as left-wing campaigners reprimanded him and others. The right has come to his safeguard.
Now, Country Music Television, a major US station that showcases country music in America, has pulled Aldean’s video amid the controversy.
Jason Aldean ahead of the 54th Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in April 2019
Jason Aldean went bold with his music video for ‘Try That In A Small Town’, courting controversy
An American flag is seen burning in the video
The song’s lyrics open with descriptions of various violent acts, which critics say glorified violence and fueled racism.
‘Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk,’ ‘Cuss out a cop, spit in his face,’ and ‘Stomp on the flag and light it up,’ Aldean sings.
The country star then warns: ‘Think you’re tough? Well try that in a small town,’ and proceeds to remind listeners that he’s ‘got a gun that my granddad gave me.’
The video shows Aldean, guitar in hand, standing before a courthouse in a Tennessee town – site of the lynching of a black teen by a mob in 1927, and a municipality in which race riots occurred in 1946.
The on-scene footage is interspersed with scenes of violent street protests and other culture-war hot-button imagery.
Aldean says the lyrics have been poorly interpreted and insists his song refers to ‘the feeling of community,’ where ‘we take care of our own.’
The song, which was released in May, has surged to the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with over 19 million views on YouTube. It has since faced criticism over the lyrical content and for interlacing clips of a BLM protest.
Shannon Watts, an activist against US gun violence, replied that the lyrics harked back to darker days.
