Chris said recent protests against systemic racism and police brutality have made him realize that the America he thought he was living in is a ”myth”. The singer spoke with ”VBS This Morning” to discuss his recently completed album ”Starting Over”.
During the interview, he was asked about the controversial and widespread protests that have been happening throughout the nation following the May death of George Floyd while in police custody. Chris told host Anthony Mason that the current moment has given him a ”broad awakening” about what is really going on in the country.
Chris admitted that he has not been looking at the United States the same way since all this began. When asked if he supports the Black Lives Matter movement, the country singer did not mince words in his response.
Chris’s latest album also touches upon another sad moment in recent American memory, the 2017 mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead. The track ”Watch You Burn” features lyrics like, “Only a coward would pick up a gun, and shoot up a crowd trying to have fun.”
