Jason Aldean Connects ‘Try That in a Small Town’ to Boston Marathon Bombing: ‘Not About Race’

Jason Aldean is still facing backlash for his "Try That in a Small Town" music video, but now he has a country music legend firmly in his corner. Randy Travis and his wife, Mary, spoke to Fox News Digital ahead of a "Heroes and Friends" tribute concert in his honor scheduled for Oct.

Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and quoted academics accusing it of spreading division and racism.Aldean became a national figure after he released a music video for his song, “Try That in a Small Town,” that included authentic news footage of rioters, looters, and violence in 2020 after the death of George Floyd. In the song, the country singer warned such activity would not be tolerated in rural America.

Brittany Aldean is celebrating husband Jason Aldean’s first-ever No. 1 hit after his song “Try That in a Small Town” ignited a debate within the industry.

Jason Aldean’s wife is gloating over his success.

Jason Aldean's wife, Brittany, is clapping back at critics after Jason's controversial track, «Try That in a Small Town» hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Songs chart.The moment is monumental, not only for Jason but for country music as a whole with country songs Jason at No.

Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The 46-year-old country star's tune, which released in May and debuted at No. 2 last month, soared to the No.

While performing in Massachusetts this weekend, Jason Aldean took a moment to reflect on the backlash surrounding his song "Try That In A Small Town." "We thought it was a really cool song.The message that we wanted to get out there has completely gotten overshadowed by all the bulls---," Aldean told the crowd in a Boston suburb. "I was laying in bed last night and I'm thinking to myself, you guys did this better than anybody, right? Because I remember a time, I think it was April of 2013, when the Boston Marathon bombings happened. You guys remember this, right? What I saw when that happened was a whole, not a small town – a big-a-- town – come together.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In the firestorm over Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” video, some attention has been trained on the different sources for the supposed U.S. news footage of protests that was incorporated into the video, some of which has been reported to have come from foreign countries. In the meantime, though, one clip that definitely did come from the U.S.

As Jason Aldean‘s “Try That in a Small Town” continues to rise on the charts — and spark backlash — its controversial music video was subtly altered.

Jason Aldean’s track “Try That in a Small Town” is doing well despite the controversy surrounding it.

Jason Aldean is speaking out about the backlash over the music video for his song «Try That in a Small Town.»Addressing concertgoers during the Cincinnati leg of his  Friday, Aldean maintained that despite the dialogue surrounding the song and the labels affixed to him amid the controversy, what he is, is a proud American.«It's been a long week and I've seen a lot of stuff suggesting I'm this, suggesting I'm that,» The country crooner said in the fan-captured video. «Here's one thing I feel. I feel like everybody's entitled to their opinion.

Jason Aldean is speaking out about the backlash over the music video for his song “Try That in a Small Town.”

Musicians Jason Isbell and Jake Owen went head-to-head on social media over Jason Aldean’s recent song controversy.

“The View” hosts are the latest to speak out about Jason Aldean’s controversial song “Try That in a Small Town”.

a pithy parody of country superstar Jason Aldean’s divisive ditty “Try That in A Small Town” — a song that has come under fire for so-called “pro-lynching” lyrics.The 35-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee, musician, whose real name is Adeem Maria, titled his takedown “Sundown Town.” He annihilates Aldean’s anthem with cutting lines such as: “We got no protests or civil unrest/Never took no goddamn COVID test and we can all read but we don’t do it/Driving trucks valued higher than a new Corvette/Yeah, we all wear boots and we love to shoot and we move for the cops to stop people like you.” Aldean’s original has taken a brutal beating from online critics for allegedly promoting racism and violence.The troublesome tune was released in May, but was thrust into the spotlight after the recent release of its music video. The “Small Town” video features footage from BLM demonstrations and other protests, and depicts Aldean posing in front of an American flag draped over the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee.

Nearly one year after Cassadee Pope called out Brittany Aldean for her transphobic comments, she’s taking aim at her husband, Jason Aldean.

The View’s hosts aren’t holding back as they join in on the discourse about Jason Aldean’s new controversial song, “Try That in a Small Town.”

Aldean denied the song “Try That in a Small Town” has any racist intentions or undertones. The tune describes how rural America will not accept the same riotous behavior and criminality that has besieged many urban areas since 2020.“These references are not only meritless but dangerous,” Aldean said, after criticism of his use of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn., as a backdrop. A white mob hanged Henry Choate there in 1927, according to one media critic of the music video, Ashton Pittman of the Mississippi Free Press.Aldean notably stood firm when he was harshly criticized from the left after his wife posted photos of their children in anti-President Biden attire in 2021.On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Boone said country music has fallen in stature as of late.“I can’t believe it’s country music,” he said.

“racist” and “pro-lynching.”Aldean, an outspoken conservative, performed the set on June 10 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium in honor of the Country Music Association’s 50th anniversary. Hosted by Dierks Bentley, Elle King, and Lainey Wilson, Wednesday’s CMA Fest broadcast also featured performances by Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Eric Church, and Luke Combs.But none was more divisive than Aldean’s concert, which aired one day after he called the accusations that he “released a pro-lynching song … not only meritless, but dangerous.”“Oh no CMA fest gonna get cancelled for playing this Jason aldean song,” one person tweeted Wednesday.“Honestly CMA fest allowing disgusting @Jason_Aldean to still perform is g r o s s,” another wrote.