Nonetheless shot from the music video
Whereas it declined to quote a purpose, CMT has confirmed to BILLBOARD that’s has taken the music video for JASON ALDEAN’s “Attempt That In A Small City” out of rotation. The SHAUN SILVA-directed clip premiered final FRIDAY (7/14) on PARAMOUNT’s CMT and PARAMOUNT’s TIMES SQUARE billboard in NEW YORK. It at the moment has 383,000 views on YOUTUBE. A behind-the-scenes video, launched on the identical time, has 12,000 views.
The tune, written by KURT ALLISON, TULLY KENNEDY, KELLEY LOVELACE and NEIL THRASHER, paints an image of the perceived distinction between large metropolis life, and small-town residing, significantly relating to crime. At Nation radio, the tune kicked off with premiere programming on MAY nineteenth throughout iHEARTMEDIA, SUMMITMEDIA and TOWNSQUARE Nation stations, leading to a #38 debut on the MEDIABASE chart. It has since climbed to #27.
BILLBOARD experiences that the tune was in rotation at CMT by way of SUNDAY, “taking part in within the morning music video hours. It’s unclear what number of occasions CMT performed the video earlier than pulling it on MONDAY. Apart from confirming the outlet had yanked the video, CMT declined to touch upon the choice to stop taking part in the clip.” ALDEAN’s consultant didn’t instantly reply to the publication’s request for remark, however the artist himself addressed the controversy in a tweet TODAY. Learn his assertion beneath, which describes his ideas in regards to the tune, however doesn’t particularly touch upon the video.
