{"id":1985182,"date":"2023-07-28T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fellow-country-star-and-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-that-in-a-small-town-is-just-bad-songwriting\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T18:37:43","slug":"fellow-country-star-and-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-that-in-a-small-town-is-just-bad-songwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fellow-country-star-and-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-that-in-a-small-town-is-just-bad-songwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Country star and Jason Aldean&#8217;s friend criticizes &#8216;Try That in a Small Town&#8217; as &#8216;poorly written.&#8217;"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ffellow-country-star-and-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-that-in-a-small-town-is-just-bad-songwriting%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=1985182&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>Yet another country singer weighs in\u200d on Jason Aldean&#8217;s controversial song<\/h2>\n<p>In a series of tweets in July, Blanco Brown, a\u200c country singer signed\u200c to the same record\u200b label as \u2062Aldean, expressed his dislike for the song &#8220;Try That in \u2063a Small Town.&#8221;\u200c According to People, Brown called it &#8220;just\u2063 bad \u2062songwriting&#8221; and criticized the lyrics. However, he also defended Aldean against accusations of racism, stating \u200dthat \u2063Aldean had been supportive \u200dduring a difficult time \u2064for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I remove statements\u200b here \u200band there cause text don\u2019t have tone \u200cbut to be clear\u2026 \u200cI don\u2019t feel like\u200d Aldean is a\u2063 racist,I believe the\u200c timing and \u200dvisual\u200d don\u2019t align with positivity so they\u2019ll always\u200b be backlash! Let\u2019s ask the songwriters \u200bfor\u2062 clarity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 BlancoTheEar \u2063(@blancobrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blancobrown\/status\/1682196085371195393?\">July \u200d21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The song in question, &#8220;Try \u200cThat in a Small \u2063Town,&#8221; was written by Kelley\u200b Lovelace, Neil Thrasher, Tully \u200dKennedy,\u2062 and Kurt\u2064 Allison.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you agree \u2063with\u200c Blanco Brown?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree with Blanco Brown?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this \u2062poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You \u2063also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u200d(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: \u200b100% (4\u2062 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buzzfeed-employee-and-trump-hater-baked-alaska-who-endorsed-a-democrat-for-president-gets-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former Buzzfeed Employee And Trump-Hater \u2018Baked Alaska\u2019 \u2013 Who Endorsed A Democrat For President \u2013 Gets Arrested After Storming US Capitol\">music video<\/a> for &#8220;Try That \u200cin a Small Town&#8221; caused\u2064 controversy due to its depiction of urban rioters\u200c and accusations of\u2062 racism \u2064and pro-lynching. Country \u2064Music \u2064Television pulled the video from its lineup in response to the backlash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following\u200b video contains \u2062vulgar language \u2064that some viewers \u2063may find offensive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aldean has \u2064strongly \u2062denied the allegations, stating \u2062that the\u2063 song does \u200dnot\u2063 reference race and that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fellow-country-star-and-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-that-in-a-small-town-is-just-bad-songwriting\/\" title=\"Country star and Jason Aldean's friend criticizes 'Try That in a Small Town' as 'poorly written.'\">video \u2064features\u200d real news footage<\/a>. He called the accusations &#8220;meritless and \u2062dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the past \u200b24 hours \u2063I have\u2064 been \u2062accused of releasing a <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>\u2062 (a song\u200b that has been out since May)\u2063 and\u2063 was\u2064 subject to the comparison \u2064that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, \u200dbut\u2062 dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Aldean has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-off-track-heres-how-republicans-plan-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Off Track\u2019: Here\u2019s How Republicans Plan To Move The Needle On Climate Change\">received overwhelming support<\/a> from fans, and &#8220;Try \u200cThat\u2063 in a\u2063 Small Town&#8221; reached No. 1 on\u2063 the Billboard Country\u200b Chart. Fellow country artists such as Lee Greenwood,\u2063 Jake Owen, \u2063Cody \u200dJohnson, \u200dand Brantley \u200cGilbert have also defended Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fellow-country-star-jason-aldean-pal-says-try-small-town-just-bad-songwriting\/\">Fellow Country Star and Jason\u2062 Aldean \u2064Pal Says &#8216;Try That in \u2064a Small Town&#8217; Is Just &#8216;Bad Songwriting&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on \u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2063Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roof,\u201d Brown tweeted. He expressed his dislike for Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try That in a Small Town,&#8221; calling it poorly written. Brown&#8217;s comments were made on Twitter, now known as X, in July 20 posts. People reported that the country singer believes the song will negatively impact Aldean&#8217;s streaming numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":1985183,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1985182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1985182","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\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1985183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}