Is this the death of country music?

This year at the Country Music Television Awards, we saw a disturbing breakdown in our culture… and a direct assault on Christians.

Here are 8 things you should know about the Politicization and potential death of Country Music…

#1. A shocking drag queen tribute to the targeted Christians murdered by a radicalized transgender killer

It was shocking.

Before country music’s most watched famous country music award event, the show started off with politics and an insult to Christians.

Country music singer Kelsea Ballerini started the CMT show by reading the names of the 6 people murdered in the tragic Nashville Christian school shooting.

She personalized her speech by relating a story about witnessing a friend “lose his life to a gun.”

She went on to advocate gun control.

5.43 million viewers tuned in and were then shocked to see several drag queens dancing around the stage as Ballerini sang her hit song, If You Go Down, I’m Going Down Too.

The performance was like a slap in the face to the Christians who were murdered in a horrific Christian hate crime by a trans-woman.

It was also an attack on the new Tennessee law prohibiting drag queen performances in front of underaged kids…

The performance was purposeful and political.

After the show, Ballerini tweeted a shoutout to the drag queen performers with a photo from the show, writing, “if you go down, i’m going down too,” followed by a pride flag emoji.

“Thank you to these iconic queens and @manilaluzon @kennedyddoftx @janjanjan @TheOliviaLux and @CMT for celebrating love, self-expression, and performance.”

#2. Kelsea Ballerini’s politicization of the CMT—What she said…

Ballerini not only performed at the CMTs but also hosted the event and opened the show “honoring” the Nashville Christian school targeted by the shooter.

“On March 27, 2023, three nine-year-olds Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, and Hallie Scruggs along with Dr. Katherine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, Mike Hill walked into the Covenant school and didn’t walk out,” she said.

“The community of sorrow over this and the 130 mass shootings in the US this year alone stretches from coast to coast,” she continued.  “I wanted to personally stand up here and share this moment because on August 21, 2008, I watched Ryan McDonald, my 15-year-old classmate at Central High School, lose his life to a gun in our cafeteria. This broadcast is dedicated to the ever-growing list of families, friends, survivors, witnesses, and responders whose lives continue to forever be changed by gun violence. I pray deeply that the closeness and the community that we feel through the next few hours of music can soon turn into action… like real action, that moves us forward together to create change for the safety of our kids and our loved ones.”

#3. Kelsea’s weird song lyrics she chose

The song is like an ode to the Sopranos— In fact, it could be the “official” theme song for the Mafia.

Sadly, the song perpetuates the stereotype that Italians are criminals, and in the Mafia—it’s even more insulting coming from an Italian American like Ballerini.

The “official” music video for her song, contains stabbings, someone getting bludgeoned by a shovel, burying a body in the backyard, and the cover-up of a murder… All formed around a seemingly innocent country-style melody.

According to Kelsea Ballerini, her song, If You Go Down, I’m Going Down Too, is about “a supportive friendship.”

However, if you really examine the lyrics, without the catchy melody, the “supportive” lyrics give the listener a wink and a nod, suggesting that a friend promises to her best pal that whatever trouble she gets into, she’ll stick by her, no matter what– even murder.

Here are the lyrics:

I’ve known you since Brad and Angelina
We go back like Pontiac seats
If I got an aisle with a mess I gotta clean up
I know you’ll be showin’ up with bleach

All those names that we don’t ever speak of
Got a couple nights that have slipped my mind
Proof and photographs have been deleted
If you ever needed an alibi

‘Cause dirt on you is dirt on me
And we both know our hands ain’t clean
If it all blows up and we end up on the news
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too

It’s a good thing we’re each other’s kinda crazy
Ain’t no judgment or keepin’ score
If you rob a bank, I’m your getaway Mercedes
God knows that’s what friends are for

‘Cause dirt on you is dirt on me
And we both know our hands ain’t clean
If it all blows up and we end up on the news
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too, yeah

I keep all your secrets by the dozen
You know where my skeletons sleep
Hypothetically, if you ever kill your husband
Hand on the Bible, I’d be lyin’ through my teeth

‘Cause dirt on you is dirt on me
And we both know our hands ain’t clean
If it all blows up and we end up on the news
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too

Our bodies are buried and they’re in the same ditch
So even if I wanted to, I can’t snitch
Thirty to life would go quicker with you, yeah
So, if you go down, I’m goin’ down too
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too
If you go down, I’m goin’ down too

#4. CMT fans reacted negatively

CMT fans reacted during the show, taking to Twitter and objecting to the politicization of the show.

For example,

One face tweeted:

“What happened to the CMT Awards? We got a political statement at the beginning, non-country songs and performers, people with tattoos all over their bodies and faces and @KelseaBallerini performing with drag queens. No thank you. Turned it off.”

Another fan tweeted:

“Deleting her [Ballerini] from my playlists because I can. Drag queens + country music = NO THANK YOU!! Just one hour away from f***ing politics!! Is that too much to ask???”

Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren tweeted:

“Y’all just don’t stop do you? Does everything have to be a platform to shove the rainbow mafia down our throats? Can you ever just do…idk…country freakin music?!!!! Some of y’all blindly think this trans movement is about individuality and expression, no. It’s a manipulative and sneaky way for big Pharma to have a lock on these people for the rest of their lives. Wake up.”

#5. Not family-friendly, not country music friendly

Traditional country music was usually heartfelt music that talked about family, love, broken heart, and patriotism. Many songs are about God, Jesus, and church. Most country songs are uplifting, positive, and celebrated living in the United States.

Some country singers like Johnny Cash or Hank Williams Jr. would sing about love, addiction, divorce, and other sensitive topics, but they never crossed the line or alienated their audience.

However, some of today’s country music talent has been about embracing radical left-wing narratives—the total opposite of their core audiences, who are hardworking, traditional, and conservative.

#6. The death of the country music audience

Statistics for the average country fan show that the average age is 45 years old. A recent survey shows that 42% of the population are country music fans, which breaks down to 95 million country music fans in the United States. 48% are male, and 52% are female.

Country music fans are passionate about their family—90% spend time with them, and 81% have dinner with them every night, compared to a national average of 43%.

They are fiercely protective of their kids and are not inclined to want their kids indoctrinated by radical socialists who want to push transgenderism or drag queens on their kids.

#7. Will country music singers speak up?

More and more country music singers are on the wrong side of our kids and country.

So far, Nashville stars Allison Russell, Brittany Howard, Maren Morris, Hayley Williams, Reba McEntire, Kelsea Ballerini, Yola, Sheryl Crow, and Jason Isbell, have all come out supporting drag queens and against Tennessee’s new drag queen laws.

Singer John Rich, Travis Tritt, and Kid Rock are the only ones, so far, to have gone on record in support of Tennessee’s new law. They have also been vocal against Bud Light’s new spokesperson, trans-activist Dylan Mulvaney.

#8. Will you watch it next year?

Fox News contributor Rob Smith summed up what most fans felt after this year’s CMT broadcast:

“I’m not exactly a country fan, but I know this ain’t it. If you are the target audience: these network executives hate you, do not represent you, and do not respect you. Stop consuming it, #STOPWOKE, and they’ll get the message.”

Do you agree with him?

Will you tune in to CMT next year?

Let us know what you think in the comments below.

If you’ve missed the performance, click HERE to see Kelsea Ballerini’s CTM performance.

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