{"id":1977553,"date":"2023-07-19T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-music-video-removed-by-cmt-due-to-recent-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:58:16","slug":"jason-aldean-music-video-removed-by-cmt-due-to-recent-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-music-video-removed-by-cmt-due-to-recent-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT removes Jason Aldean music video over backlash."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjason-aldean-music-video-removed-by-cmt-due-to-recent-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\u200b size-full\"><figcaption\u200b class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jason Aldean performs on stage during day three\u200c of CMA Fest\u200c 2023. (Photo by\u2062 Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>  \u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>12:45 \u2064PM\u200b \u2013 Wednesday, July\u200c 19,\u2063 2023<\/h2>\n<p>    \u2063<\/p>\n<p>After initially \u2063broadcasting country musician Jason Aldean\u2019s\u2064 highly divisive \u200cmusic video for \u201cTry \u2064That in a Small Town,\u201d\u200d CMT has since removed the\u200b video from air on Monday. \u200d<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" \u200cstyle=\"min-width:\u2064 320px; \u200cmin-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function()\u200d { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \u200d\t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>  \u200d \u200b \u200b  <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062video, showing Aldean\u200b playing \u200din front\u2062 of \u2064a courtroom with an\u2063 American\u2064 flag hanging from \u2063an \u2063entryway\u2063 has\u2064 garnered more \u2064than\u200c 1.6\u2063 million views on\u2062 YouTube since it was uploaded\u2064 five days \u2062ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The music video also shows an American \u2064flag burning, demonstrators screaming and hitting\u200b police officers \u2063in various film \u2064shots, and citizens robbing a \u200bconvenience \u2062store.\u200b The scenes\u200c depicted are \u2063interlaced\u200b throughout the musical \u2064performance.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>In a separate scene, a recognizable Fox News \u2063banner reads, \u201cState of\u200b Emergency Declared in Georgia.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Towards the end \u200cof the \u2063video, a news anchor discusses how\u2063 farmers were\u2063 leaving their\u2062 crops for the\u200d day to aid their neighbors, \u200cwhile \u2064the chaotic and rowdy \u2064scenes are played \u2063in congruence \u2062with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-music-video-removed-by-cmt-due-to-recent-backlash\/\" title=\"CMT removes Jason Aldean music video over backlash.\">separate patriotic \u2063film shots\u200d showing<\/a> a young\u200d child playing hopscotch \u200cand the American flag\u200c being\u2064 raised.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b    <\/p>\n<p>Aldean himself\u2064 witnessed one of the worst mass\u2064 shootings in\u2064 American\u200b history \u200cat the Route 91 Festival in\u200c Las Vegas, \u200cNevada, on \u200cOctober 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later in\u2062 the \u2064music video, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-rising-country-star-sang-the-national-anthem-at-a-trump-event-then-something-terrible-happened\/\" title=\"Country star sings anthem at Trump event - tragedy strikes\">country star sings<\/a>\u2063 the harmonious line, \u201cGot a gun that my granddad gave me\/ They\u2063 say one\u200d day they\u2019re going to round up\/ Well, that sh*t\u200d might fly\u200b in the \u2064city\/ Good luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The country \u200dstar\u2062 responded\u200b to the song\u2019s influx of critics on social media on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure \u200bclass=\"wp-block-embed\u2064 is-type-rich \u200cis-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div\u2062 class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" \u2062data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\"\u2062 class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element \u2062twitter-tweet\"\u2062 data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\"\u200d dir=\"ltr\">In the\u200b past\u200d 24\u2064 hours I\u2063 have\u200b been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and\u200d was subject to \u200bthe comparison that I (direct quote) was not \u2063too pleased \u2064with the nationwide BLM protests. \u200cThese references are not only\u200d meritless, but dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\"\u200d async \u200bdata-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u2064 <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote\u200c class=\"wp-block-quote\">\u200d <\/p>\n<p>In his \u2064tweet, Aldean said, \u201cI was at\u200c Route 91 when so many people\u2063 lost\u200d their lives, \u2062and our community \u2063just recently\u200d experienced\u2063 another horrible tragedy. No ONE, INCLUDING \u200cME, wants\u2064 to keep reading about\u200c needless tragedies or seeing \u200dfamilies torn apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere is not a single \u200clyric in the song that references\u2063 race or points to\u200d it, and there is \u200bnot a single video clip that isn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean addresses criticism of music video criticizing leftist policies.\">real news footage<\/a>, and\u200c while I can try and respect others\u200d right to have their own interpretation of a song with music, this\u200b one goes too \u200cfar,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aldean maintained \u2062that the \u2064new song, \u201crefers to\u200b the feeling of a community that \u200cI \u200chad\u2062 growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063\u2064 <figure\u2063 class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\u200d wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \u2064<iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/complianz\/placeholders\/youtubeb1_RKu-ESCY-maxresdefault.webp\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-service=\"youtube\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element cmplz-iframe cmplz-iframe-styles cmplz-video\" data-cmplz-target=\"src\" data-src-cmplz=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b1_RKu-ESCY?feature=oembed\" \u200bdata-deferlazy=\"1\" title=\"Jason Aldean - Try \u2063That In A Small\u2062 Town (Official Music Video)\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/about:blank\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; \u200dclipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> \u200d  \u2064 \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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