Amid the storm of criticism over Jason Aldean’s music “Attempt That in a Small City,” it seems the music video to the controversial monitor has been quietly edited to take away a number of the racially incendiary imagery.
On Tuesday, the Washington Put up reported that the video for “Attempt That in a Small City” at the moment featured on YouTube was now six seconds shorter than the model uploaded on July 14. The Put up stories {that a} information clip from Fox 5 Atlanta in regards to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 has been eliminated, though it’s unclear when the adjustments had been made.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Aldean’s reps for touch upon the edits to the music video.
Aldean has confronted widespread condemnation for each the lyrics to “Attempt That in a Small City” and the accompanying music video, with critics lambasting the music for selling gun violence and taking direct intention on the Black Lives Matter motion with some commentators suggesting that the music and video had been pro-lynching with its coded references.
Notably within the video Aldean and his band carry out in entrance of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee which was the positioning of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old Black teenager named Henry Choate.
On July 18, following a barrage of criticism on social media, Nation Music Tv pulled Aldean’s music from its rotation. The next day, the singer responded on Twitter, denying the music had racial parts to it, coded or in any other case. “Previously 24 hours I’ve been accused of releasing a pro-lynching music … and was topic to the comparability that I (direct quote) was not too happy with the nationwide BLM protests. These references aren’t solely meritless, however harmful,” he wrote.
Aldean added, “There may be not a single lyric within the music that references race or factors to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t actual information footage — and whereas I can try to respect others to have their very own interpretation of a music with music — this one goes too far.”
The controversy has been a boon for the music, with each gross sales and streams for “Attempt That in a Small City” experiencing an enormous spike. Music information firm Luminate says the music’s on-demand audio and video streams have elevated by 999 % — from 987,000 to 11.7 million — within the week after the controversy in regards to the music exploded on-line. Gross sales for the music are up as properly: For the week earlier than the controversy, the monitor solely bought 1,000 items; final week it bought 228,000 items, in line with Luminate.
