Never one to stay tight-lipped on her political views, Jason Aldean’s wife Brittany has been vocal about her support of “Try That in a Small Town” from the start â and now she’s celebrating the controversial song’s status as Aldean’s first-ever Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit.
“Well, yesterday was a monumental day for [Jason Aldean],” Brittany wrote on Instagram, alongside a string of photos and video from what appears to be a small gathering to celebrate the song’s success. “#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart!! …A career first.”
In her celebration post, Brittany also did a little bit of gloating at the expense of the song’s critics.
“That sure did backfire, didn’t it??” she continued. “The best fans EVERRRR.”
The Aldeans’ two young children, Memphis and Navy, were both there for the party, according to the photos Brittany posted. In one shot, both kids are hanging out in their country star dad’s lap; another video shows Aldean holding Memphis as “Try That in a Small Town” plays in the background.
Soon after the melody’s delivery, the tune confronted huge analysis however many audience members deciphered its message as bigoted canine whistling and glorification of weapon based vigilante equity. Those remarks warmed up after Aldean delivered the tune’s music video, which showed him performing it before the Maury Region town hall of Columbia, Tenn., where the body of a person of color was hanged. . neck subsequent to being lynched and đđžđđed by a horde in 1927.
Aldean issued a statement in the response to the controversy, denouncing those who accused him of releasing a “pro-lynching song” and calling accusations of racism against him “not only meritless, but dangerous.”
Around the same time, Brittany blamed the “media” for the controversy in an Instagram story slide, saying that the message of Aldean’s song had been “twist[ed]” to fit a “repulsive narrative” and suggesting that the mainstream news cycle should instead be focusing on “real” stories “such as CHILD TRAFFICKING.”
