![]() ![]() On Friday, July 21, while performing at Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center, Aldean addressed the audience with "Cancel culture is a thing. "Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they're gonna round up / Well, that (expletive) might fly in the city, good luck / Try that in a small town." "Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, ya think you're tough," Aldean sings on the track, written by Neil Thrasher, Kurt Allison, Tully Kennedy, and Kelley Lovelace. ![]() "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," Aldean wrote in a tweet posted Tuesday. It is the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old Black teenager named Henry Choate.Īldean's video received fervent criticism online, with some claiming the visual is a "dog whistle" and others labeling it " pro-lynching." In the visual, Aldean - who has been awarded country music artist of the decade by the Academy of Country Music - performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee. Prior to the music video release on July 14, the track accounted for 987,000 streams in the U.S.ĭigital song sales increased from 1,000 to 228,000, in those same weeks, respectively. The track experienced the biggest sales week for a country song in over 10 years.Īccording to Luminate, the song hit 11.7 million on-demand audio and video streams between July 14 and 20, marking a 1,000% increase from the previous week. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week just behind BTS's Jung Kook solo single "Seven," featuring Latto. "Try That in a Small Town," which was released in May, debuted at No. LOS ANGELES - Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" is experiencing exponential growth following controversy over its music video. While Aldean defends his song, some listeners thought the lyrics were puzzling given Aldean's tragic history with gun violence. Critics say the lyrics to "Try That in a Small Town" evoke vigilante violence and racism. ![]()
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