Jason Aldean is tackling his latest controversy with his wife, Brittany, by his side.<\/p>\n
Aldean\u2019s new single, \u201cTry That in a Small Town,\u201d has sparked backlash for its perceived racist content and had its music video pulled from Country Music Television (CMT).<\/p>\n
\u201cTry That in a Small Town\u201d was released in May, and the lyrics speak to small towns not putting up with riots and lawlessness many cities faced in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n
Some of the lyrics in the song included in Aldean\u2019s forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album include, \u201cGot a gun that my granddad gave me, They say one day they\u2019re gonna round up, Well, that s\u2013t might fly in the city, good luck, Try that in a small town, See how far ya make it down the road, You cross that line, it won\u2019t take long, For you to find out, I recommend you don\u2019t, Try that in a small town.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scenes from the music video were shot outside the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee, where an 18-year-old Black man named Henry Choate was lynched in 1927. The courthouse was also a pivotal site during the Columbia race riot in 1946.<\/p>\n
The video also includes footage of protesters vandalizing cities, flipping off police officers and burning flags, assumed to be from the wave of police brutality riots during the height of the pandemic in 2020.<\/p>\n