Maren Morris Seemingly Throws SHADE at Jason Aldean's Small Town _ E! News

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00:00 Maren Morris isn't holding back while seemingly throwing some shade at Jason Aldean.

00:06 In a September 7th teaser for new music, the 33-year-old seemingly comments on Jason Aldean

00:12 and his controversial song "Try That in a Small Town", which has been accused of

00:17 promoting violence and having racist undertones.

00:21 After an image of herself looking up and off camera, Maren includes a video that pans towards

00:27 a sign that says "Welcome to our perfect small town, from sunrise to sundown."

00:34 She captions her post, "I'm done filling a cup with the hole in the bottom."

00:40 Maren's apparent dig at her fellow country superstar comes over a year after her feud

00:46 with Jason and his wife, Brittany Aldean, on social media over the latter's comments

00:51 criticizing gender expression.

00:54 Jason's song, which contains lyrics such as "Full of good ol' boys, raised up right,

01:01 if you're looking for a fight, try that in a small town," also came under fire for

01:06 the music video too.

01:08 Specifically the filming location, which took place in front of the Maury County Courthouse

01:13 in Columbia, Tennessee, a site known for the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old black

01:20 man, Henry Cho, and its usage of violent news footage including clips of protests.

01:27 Jason was performing on stage at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas

01:33 in 2017, when a gunman fired down on the crowd and killed 59 people, in what marked the deadliest

01:41 mass shooting in modern US history.

01:45 Jason did eventually go on to address critics at large, writing on Twitter on July 18th

01:50 QUOTE "In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song, a song that

01:57 has been out since May, and was subject to the comparison that I" DIRECT QUOTE "was

02:03 not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests.

02:07 These references are not only meritless but dangerous."

02:11 He continued "I was present at Route 91, where so many lost their lives, and our community

02:18 recently suffered another heartbreaking tragedy.

02:22 No one, including me, wants to continue to see senseless headlines or families ripped

02:27 apart.

02:28 "Try that in a small town for me" refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing

02:33 up where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief, because

02:40 they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences."

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