{"id":1977770,"date":"2023-07-19T18:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T22:24:59","slug":"jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That In A Small Town&#8217; tops charts despite criticism."},"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\">24<\/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-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-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=1977770&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--><h2>Jason Aldean&#8217;s\u200d Controversial\u200b Music\u2064 Video\u2063 Tops iTunes\u2062 Chart<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p\u200d class=\"p1\">Jason\u200c Aldean&#8217;s new \u200c<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.\">music \u2063video<\/a>\u2063 for his song\u2062 &#8220;<a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try That\u200c In \u2063A\u2063 Small\u200d Town<\/a>,&#8221; \u200bwith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-yanks-jason-aldeans-anti-riot-music-video-from-airwaves-amid-claims-its-pro-lynching\/\" title=\"CMT removes Jason Aldean's controversial music video for being 'pro-lynching'.\">anti-riot \u2063lyrics<\/a> \u2064that slam\u2063 leftist policies, has\u200d skyrocketed \u200dto\u2064 the\u2064 number \u2062one spot \u2064on\u200d the\u2063 iTunes chart amid backlash against the\u200b singer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Backlash and\u2062 Response<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">46-year-old<\/a> \u2064country singer&#8217;s song hit\u200c the airwaves\u200d in May,\u200b but it\u2063 wasn&#8217;t \u200duntil\u200c he released a video for it\u2063 on July 14 that the song \u200dstarted\u200b generating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/entertainment\/a44576067\/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-lyrics-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">headlines<\/a> \u2064claiming \u2062it \u2063was\u200b &#8220;racist,&#8221; &#8220;pro-lynching,&#8221; and more. Following \u200bthe\u2062 backlash,\u2064 Country Music \u2064Television \u200d(CMT) \u200d<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cmt-yanks-jason-aldeans-anti-riot-music-video-from-airwaves-amid-claims-its-pro-lynching\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled<\/a> the singer&#8217;s music \u2062video and has yet\u200d to \u2064respond as to \u200cwhy. Aldean\u2064 has \u200bhit back\u2062 against the\u200b criticism, calling\u200d it\u2063 &#8220;meritless&#8221; \u2063and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Surging \u200dto \u2063the\u200b Top<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">After \u200bthe\u2063 song was pulled and Aldean&#8217;s\u2062 response, the ballad \u200cended up \u2063shooting \u200bto the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/2023\/07\/18\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-climbs-to-1-on-the-itunes-all-genre-chart-amid-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">top<\/a> of the all-genre chart,\u2062 knocking \u200cout current \u2062chart toppers like\u2062 Morgan Wallen&#8217;s\u2063 &#8220;Last Night&#8221; and Luke Combs&#8217; \u2063remake of Tracy \u2063Chapmans&#8217; &#8220;Fast Car,&#8221; Whiskey\u2062 Riff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiskeyriff.com\/2023\/07\/18\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-climbs-to-1-on-the-itunes-all-genre-chart-amid-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p \u200bclass=\"p1\">The \u2063song also jumped \u200cfrom the 11th spot \u2062to number\u200b one \u200cby\u200b Tuesday\u200c night \u200con \u2063the iTunes Country Top \u200c40 chart, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-video-pulled-cmt-1235373842\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Aldean&#8217;s Statement<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p \u200bclass=\"p1\">On Tuesday, \u200dthe country star hit back at\u200c the criticism and released \u2062a\u200b <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?s=20\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lengthy \u2062statement<\/a> on Twitter, \u200cslamming\u2062 the \u200bidea \u200dthe \u2062song is anything but \u2062a \u2064cry\u200d for Americans \u200dto \u200dcome \u200cback together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;In\u200b the past 24 \u200bhours I\u2063 have been \u2063accused of releasing\u2064 a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation\/\" title=\"CMT bows to pressure, removes Jason Aldean's latest music video.\">pro-lynching song<\/a> (a song that\u200c has been \u2064out\u200c since \u2063May) and was subject to the comparison \u2062that I\u200b (direct\u200c quote) was \u2064not\u200d too \u2062pleased \u200cwith the\u200b nationwide \u2063BLM protests,&#8221; \u2063Aldean tweeted. &#8220;These\u2063 references are\u2063 not only meritless, but dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;There is not \u200da \u2063single lyric in the \u200dsong \u200cthat \u200dreferences\u2064 race\u2063 or points\u2062 to it- \u200cand there isn&#8217;t a single video \u2064clip \u2063that isn&#8217;t\u200b real\u200d news \u200dfootage -and while I \u2062can \u2063try \u2062and\u2063 respect\u2064 others\u200b to have their\u200b own interpretation of \u200da \u2062song with music-\u200d this \u2063one goes\u2062 too far,&#8221; he \u200badded.<\/p>\n<p\u2064 class=\"p1\">The country \u200dstar\u2063 wrote that this song\u200d is about\u200d the &#8220;feeling of a \u2063community that\u200d I had growing \u2063up, where we\u200d took care of our \u2064neighbors, regardless of\u200c differences\u200b of background\u200d or belief. Because they\u200d were \u2063our neighbors, and \u200cthat\u200d was \u2063above any\u2064 differences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He\u200d concluded his post by \u2062noting\u2064 how \u200dhis \u200d&#8221;political\u2063 views&#8221; are\u200d well known, \u200dbut this\u2064 song is about \u200cthe \u2064&#8221;desire&#8221; to get\u200c back \u2063to some\u2062 &#8220;sense of normalcy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">At\u200b the time of this\u200c publication, the video\u200b is\u200d still \u2062playing \u200bon <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\" \u2062target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u200d and \u200dhas\u200b been \u200bviewed 2.1\u200b million times.\u200d Throughout the\u200d new music video, clips \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-backlash\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' tops charts despite criticism.\">news \u2064reports show \u200blooters<\/a>\u2063 and rioters \u200dduring the 2020 riots that \u200ctook place \u200bin\u2062 Aldean&#8217;s native home of\u200d Georgia,\u2064 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/jason-aldean-catches-heat-racist-215436753.html\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo.com<\/a>\u200c noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">Jason \u2062Aldean \u2062Responds \u2063To \u2064Backlash Over New\u2062 Music \u200cVideo That Slams \u200cLeftist Policies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Aldean&#8217;s controversial music video for &#8220;Try That In A Small Town&#8221; has surged to the top of the iTunes chart. The video, featuring anti-riot lyrics criticizing leftist policies, has faced criticism. Although the song was released in May, the video&#8217;s recent release has propelled it to number one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1977771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1977770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}