Facing backlash, country singer Jason Aldean responds to ‘pro-lynching' accusations in his song ‘Try That In a Small Town.' Have you heard it?
"In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song and was subject to the comparison that I was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests," the 46-year-old wrote on Twitter."These references are not only meritless, but dangerous."
In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song and was subject to the comparison that I was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.
Seemingly addressing claims that he's promoting gun violence, Aldean went on to recall his experience at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, where a gunman killed 60 people during a mass shooting in 2017. "I was present at Route 91—where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy," Aldean said."NO ONE, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped apart.""Try That In A Small Town, for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief," he said.
Aldean added,"My political views have never been something I've hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this Country don't agree on how we get back to a sense of normalcy where we go at least a day without a headline that keeps us up at night. But the desire for it to—that's what this song is about."
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