Mr. Aldean defended himself on Twitter, asserting that he had been accused of “releasing a pro-lynching music” and being “not too happy” with the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
“These references aren’t solely meritless, however harmful,” he mentioned. “There’s 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 attempt to respect others to have their very own interpretation of a music with music — this one goes too far.”
Mr. Aldean then made reference to his efficiency in 2017 at an outside music competition in Las Vegas, the place a gunman opened fireplace from a resort room, killing 58 folks.
“NO ONE, together with me, desires to proceed to see mindless headlines or households ripped aside,” Mr. Aldean mentioned. The music, he added, referred to the “feeling of a group” he skilled rising up, the place neighbors took care of each other, no matter variations in background or perception.
“My political beliefs have by no means been one thing I’ve hidden from, and I do know that a whole lot of us on this Nation don’t agree on how we get again to a way of normalcy the place we go at the very least a day with out a headline that retains us up at evening. However the want for it to- that’s what this music is about,” Mr. Aldean mentioned.