Jason Aldean’s Controversial ‘Try That In A Small Town’ Video Reedited To Remove ‘Black Lives Matter’ Images
26.07.2023 - 13:26
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Jason Aldean‘s new music video appears to have received a subtle reedit. In the wake of controversy surrounding the country star’s “Try That in a Small Town” visual, select imagery of Black Lives Matter protests has been removed.
The Washington Post reports that the video is now six seconds shorter than when it was first uploaded to YouTube on July 14, and no longer includes news clips from Fox 5 Atlanta that depicted violence during the 2020 demonstrations. The outlet notes that it is unclear when exactly the video was changed, but that additional edits also appear to have been made.
As ET previously reported, Country Music Television pulled the music video from broadcast earlier this month after the imagery was found to be offensive.
A portion of the lyrics in the track includes, “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that s**t 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’t take long / For you to find out, I recommend you don’t / Try that in a small town.”
The music video was filmed in front of the massive American flag displayed on the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee — the site of the 1927 lynching of Henry Choate. It is interlaced with clips of protestors vandalizing cities in the wake of police brutality and racial unrest during the height of the pandemic — most of which remains in the video’s current version.
Aldean, 46, also sings that “good ol’ boys, raised up right,” taking matters into their own hands by “taking care of our own.” In a statement responding to backlash over the song, Aldean said that the lyrics reference “the feeling of a community that I had growing