After Jason Aldean’s wife Brittany received backlash for posting photos of her kids wearing anti-President Biden T-shirts, the country star took to Instagram to defend his family and his beliefs.

“I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country,” Aldean wrote Thursday alongside a photo of his silhouette in front of an American flag. “This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way. #unapologetic #phoenixwasfire”

The singer’s statement comes after Brittany Aldean posted a photo wearing a shirt that reads “Anti Biden Social Club,” while another picture showed the couple’s children, 4-year-old son Memphis and 2-year-old daughter Navy, wearing black shirts emblazoned with the message “Hidin’ From Biden.” Though Aldean himself was not pictured wearing anti-Biden clothing in the photos, he did comment on a photo of his son wearing one of the shirts, writing, “My boy!”

When one Instagram user accused Brittany of using the couple’s children as “political props,” Aldean also defended his family. According to The Washington Post, Aldean commented, saying, “Watch ur mouth lady! We will teach our kids what we think is right and what we think is best for their future. If you think what is happening right now is ‘great’ for the future of our kids and grandkids, u are delusional!” When a commenter stated, “If you thought Trump’s path for America was any better, you’re delusional!,” to which Aldean responded, “Definitely better than what we got now! Please tell me one thing that the current administration has done that is positive? Just 1!!!”

Previously, Aldean has kept his political beliefs close to the vest so as not to alienate a portion of his fanbase, like many other country artists. In 2016, Aldean told Rolling Stone he did not vote in the presidential election, as he had recently moved and was not registered to vote in the correct county. When asked if he would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, Aldean said, “I don’t know if I’m going to cross that road with you. That’s one subject I do stay away from. Politics is a no-win.”

However, in August, during his first weekend back on tour in 17 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aldean did tell a concert audience, “The coolest thing right now is I’m looking out seeing all you guys, and I don’t see one f—ing mask. I’ve had just about enough of that sh–.”

Brittany Aldean has been open about her political beliefs, saying in an Instagram Story video in August, “I personally don’t give a damn if people don’t agree with me. I think it’s important now more than ever to stand for what you believe, even if it goes against the grain. Do your research, and form your own opinion — speak out if you wish. But most importantly, don’t bully people who feel differently than you.”

Aldean’s current single, “If I Didn’t Love You,” a duet with Carrie Underwood, currently sits inside the top five on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. Next year, he is set to release the 30-song double album Macon, Georgia.

This week, Martin Solveig reached the top of Dance/Electronic Songs with his Dragonettes collab “Hello.” Over in Amsterdam, ADE announced that all of the musical programming for the ADE Festival would shift to daylight hours to abide by recently instated Dutch protocols for nightclubs. Back in the States, LCD Soundsystem announced a whopping 20-show run starting in November at New York’s Brooklyn Steel.

Meanwhile techno legend Adam Beyer answered 20 questions about collaborating with Kevin Saunderson and loving Billie Eilish, UK-based ticketing and streaming platform Dice announced its acquisition of beloved livestream series Boiler Room, and Burning Man launched a a fundraising auction with Sotheby’s as it tries to recoup losses incurred during the pandemic.

Beyond all that, we’ve got the week’s best new dance music. Let’s dig in.

Maya Jane Coles, “True Loves to the Grave”

Maya Jane Coles and vocalist Claudia Kane demonstrate the thin line between love and hate in the video for Coles’ latest, “True Love to the Grave.” In the sort of Kill Bill meets Mortal Combat clip — a sequel to September’s equally noir-ish video for “Run to You” — Skin, lead vocalist of the legendary British rock band Skunk Anansie, barks orders over a cell phone before Kane, in striking black pleather, punches and stabs her way down a hallway to the beat of Coles’ sinewy, slightly sinister beats and then engages in a fight to the death with the masked producer. Who wins? Watch and see. — KATIE BAIN

Arca, “Incendio”

After remixing the Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande collaboration “Rain on Me” last month (for Gaga’s chart-topping Dawn of Chromatica remix album), Arca conjures hellish fire on her latest original, “Incendio.” The new single (co-produced by Omar) features Arca singing and rapping in Spanish at lightning speed; images of blood and ash-marked foreheads unfold over maximalist club production designed to throttle you to the core, from the engulfing bass and lethal synth stabs to the chaotic percussion that sticks to the ears like stubborn sweat. Arca’s vocals at times become distorted, multiplying and transforming into disembodied beings shrieking from the shadows. Mildly terrifying, but oh, so good. — KRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ

Blastoyz, Dimibo, Jason Ross, Kill the Noise, Seven Lions, Trivecta & Wooli, “Pantheon”

This track is as wild as you’d expect from the (long) list of artists who contributed to it. A frenetic dash through hard-hitting styles including psytrance, riddim and melodic dubstep, “Pantheon” took a year to produce and is the 100th release from Seven Lions’ Ophelia Records. It features seven of the label’s biggest acts — Blastoyz, Dimibo, Jason Ross, Kill The Noise, Trivecta & Wooli and Seven Lions himself, along with a whopping six drops. The song also shares a name with the label’s first official tour, which launched Thursday in Michigan and extends across the United States through late November. — K.B.

Rush Davis & Kingdom, “Element”

Have you ever experienced a love so easy that being with the person felt as natural as breathing? It’s a sensation in which L.A. producers Rush Davis and Kingdom indulge on “Element,” the latest single from their forthcoming collaborative album Transmission. This bedroom electronic-R&B blend, according to a press release, pulls inspiration from Kenny Dope and Janet Jackson, delivering wall-vibrating bass and robust production glistening with a cherry flush. “A fish out of water, long nights without you,” Davis sings in a sugary falsetto. “Our love’s not a talker, you know what to do.”

Davis writes on Instagram: “This one is for love. This one is about soul ties. Bound together beyond the mind. The time we spent. The laughs. The tears. The f–ks. The makeups breakups & breakdowns that transform people into legacy.” Transmission is out on November 12 via Tokimonsta’s Young Art Records. — K.R.

Billie Eilish is bringing her love of cartoons to a live stage this Halloween. The “Happier Than Ever” singer is set to join producer and singer-songwriter Danny Elfman for Disney’s live-to-film concert experience of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas for two nights at LA’s Banc of California Stadium on Oct. 29 and Oct. 31.

Eilish will perform “Sally’s Song” at the event, which will contain a full orchestra led by acclaimed conductor John Mauceri to perform the film’s score and songs live. The singer will be accompanied by Elfman, who will be reprising his role of Jack Skellington, King of the Pumpkin Patch, for both nights of the concert. Other guests include “Weird Al” Yankovic  and Ken Page singing the roles of Lock and Oogie Boogie, respectively. “I’m absolutely thrilled to have Billie joining up with the nightmare crew!” Elfman said in a statement. “This will be a real treat (not a trick)!”

The 19-year-old has yet to comment on performing as Sally for the live show, but she is a longtime fan of Burton’s. The two posed together for a photo at the Universal Music Group’s Grammys afterparty in January 2020, and the director also appeared in Eilish’s video with Vogue in which famous fans asked her questions about her life or her music.

Tickets for the event are currently on sale via Ticketmaster and range from $39.50 to $179.50. Attendees are encouraged to dress up — and follow COVID-19 safety guidelines — as trick-o-treating and a fan-voted costume contest will take place at the venue.

See the official poster for the event below.

Gloria Estefan revealed during Thursday’s (Sept. 30) episode of Red Table Talk: The Estefans, titled “Betrayed By Trusted Adults,” that she was sexually abused as a child.

Seated next to her daughter Emily Estefan and niece Lili Estefan, the music icon began, “93 percent of abused children know and trust their abusers, and I know this because I was one of them.”

Her niece said as the three ladies held hands, “You’ve waited for this moment a long time.”

Gloria replied, “I have,” and continued: “He was family, but not close family. He was in a position of power because my mother had put me in his music school and he immediately started telling her how talented I was and how I needed special attention, and she felt lucky that he was focusing this kind of attention on me.”

She added that abuse “starts little by little and then it goes fast.”

“I told him, ‘This cannot happen, you cannot do this.’ He goes, ‘Your father’s in Vietnam, your mother’s alone and I will kill her if you tell her,’” Estefan recalled. The singer said she knew she was not responsible for her abuser’s actions, but she worried he would hurt her mother. She feigned sickness to get out of going to music classes.

Emily asked if Gloria’s mother was aware of the abuse. “No, mama, because first of all, that was not talked about at all in her lifetime,” she responded. “And then my dad was in Vietnam. I remember sending him tapes saying, ‘Dad, I really don’t — I’d rather sing songs and I don’t want to do classical music.’”

The show played audio recordings from cassette tapes of Gloria speaking with her father about her music lessons.

Gloria remembered the early morning when she revealed the abuse to her mother. “Then the police came, and she said, ‘This is what’s happening,’” Gloria explained. “And they told my mother not to press charges because they said I was going to go through worse trauma having to get on a stand.”

She continued, “And that’s the one thing that I feel bad about knowing that there must’ve been other victims.” Her abuser, who she says was considered a “respected member of the community,” wrote to a paper years later criticizing her music after her first hit, “Conga.”

“At that moment, I was so angry that I was about to blow the lid off of everything. And then I thought, my whole success is gonna turn into him,” she explained. “It’s that manipulation and control. But that’s what they do. They take your power.”

Gloria said she had previously only opened up about the abuse to her family and that even the show’s producers were not aware she planned to share this story.

The Estefans then introduced the first Latina Bachelorette, Clare Crawley. In July, Crawley shared a post on Instagram and in the caption she said she is “a child of sexual abuse.”

After reading the entire caption to the Estefans, Crawley provided more details about her abuse: “I believe I was right around 5 or 6 years old. I was in first grade. And one of the biggest things in going to school for me was that I was just painfully shy.

“I grew up going to a Catholic school, and I was a victim of a predator,” Crawley said, with Gloria adding that the man was a priest. “My parents looked at Catholic priests as — they held them on a pedestal.”

The former Bachelorette added, “The Catholic school treated him as a counselor. My parents did the best they could and reached out for the resources they could at the time and sent me to this priest, and I don’t think there was any counseling that was done — it was one-on-one time to be a predator.”

In telling her story, Crawley added that she is “not a victim, but a survivor.”

Watch the full episode here.

This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.