Critics can’t keep Aldean down.
According to a report from Independent Journal Review, Jason Aldean’s song Try That in a Small Town has skyrocketed to number one after attempts to cancel him failed.
The song is also trending on Twitter.
From IJR:
The video for the song was released on July 14, per Billboard, and began rotation on CMT on July 16. It was removed after backlash as some decried the video as “racist,” via the Western Journal.
Despite the controversy, fans are rallying around the song and have expressed support.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) posted a video expressing her thoughts on the situation.
She said, “I was so impressed with the song because it talked about the value of small towns and how we have our priorities right.”
“I am shocked by what I am seeing in this country with people trying to cancel the song and cancel Jason,” she added.
Rep. Lauren Boebart (R-Colo.) shared the news of the song’s success on iTunes and wrote, “Whenever they try and censor us, we only go stronger.”
Aldean shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding the song on Twitter.
In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.
As so many pointed out, I was present at Route 91-where so many lost their lives- and our community recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy. 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. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences. 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.