Country Music’s Adeem the Artist Satirizes Jason Aldean’s ‘Small Town’ With a Biting Parody Song, ‘Sundown Town’

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Chris Willman
July 20, 2023
Variety
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Reading between the lines of country superstar Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” has mostly been up to media commentators and social media participants so far, but one country/Americana singer has taken up the duty of writing a satirical number that spells out some of what Aldean’s critics believe are undertones implicit highly contentious hit.

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