Blake Shelton just released the new song âHell Right,â a collaboration with Trace Adkins, and itâs already causing a little bit of controversy. It seems plenty of folks think the song has Blake throwing a little shade at Lil Nas X and his megahit âOld Town Road,â which features Billy Ray Cyrus.Â
The track features a line where Blake sings, âThen the girl from the small town took off the 'Old Town,' put on a little Hank Jr.," with Adkins noting, "Thank God,â but reps for Blake insist it isnât a diss.
"It's absolutely not throwing any kind of shade at Lil Nas X at all," a spokesperson Blake shares. "Blake says this literally has nothing to do with anything at all except how much the song is played. It could have been 'Achy Breaky Heart' or any other (overplayed) song." The spokesperson also notes, âBlake talked to Billy Ray and he thought it was funny."
Meanwhile, Lil Nas X reportedly chimed inon the controversy. He re-tweeted the âVarietyâ article, and shared, "It don't slap like old town road tho,â although he later deleted the tweet.