{"id":523351,"date":"2026-06-29T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523351\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:15:12","slug":"aaron-lewis-unreleased-album-cover-found-shredded-in-taylor-swift-merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523351\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Lewis’ unreleased album cover found shredded in Taylor Swift merch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Aaron Lewis’ upcoming album cover was seemingly used as shredded packaging paper in a Taylor Swift<\/a> merchandise box.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Staind frontman took to social media<\/a> to respond to a fan’s unboxing video, which showed the young woman piecing together shredding paper of the cover of Lewis\u2019 unreleased record “Give Me Back My Country.”<\/p>\n

“Oh look, there\u2019s my new album, that hasn\u2019t even been released yet, shredded as packaging paper in Taylor Swift merch,” he wrote on X<\/a>. “Ain\u2019t that some s—.”<\/p>\n

\"Aaron <\/p>\n

Aaron Lewis claims he has no idea how a photo of his unreleased album was shredded in a Taylor Swift mech box.\u00a0 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The upcoming album is set for release on July 17 through Big Machine Label Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lewis said he wasn’t aware of the mix-up until his team notified him.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t have any social media. I didn\u2019t have it when I was younger. It\u2019s never felt important to me,” he told USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I never even had a MySpace. So I don\u2019t see anything of that type of stuff. And when this was brought to me, I was just like, \u2018What is going on? This is just weird.'”<\/p>\n

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“That\u2019s the cover to my brand new record that hasn\u2019t even been put out yet,” he said. “As artists, we put our trust in the distribution companies to get our material way up front and trust that they\u2019ll be responsible with what it is that we give them.”<\/p>\n

\"Aaron <\/p>\n

Lewis’ album is set for release on July 17.\u00a0 (\u00a0Rick Diamond\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Lewis said he’s unsure how this happened.<\/p>\n

“I hate to think it\u2019s malicious, but at the same time, I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s not,” he said. “I haven\u2019t even put the record out yet. It\u2019s not like its old stuff that was just sitting around that they decided to make packing material out of. It\u2019s my new record. I just don\u2019t understand how something like that can happen.”<\/p>\n

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Despite the circumstances, Lewis has no ill will towards Swift.<\/p>\n

\"Taylor <\/p>\n

Taylor Swift’s merchandise box was distrusted by Universal Music Group.\u00a0 (Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n

“We live in two very, very different worlds. And she\u2019s such a huge star that her world doesn\u2019t intertwine with anyone\u2019s worlds,” he said. “I certainly wouldn\u2019t be trying to bring her into this or blame her for anything. It just so happens that it was my record cover in her gift box for her fans.”<\/p>\n

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“I don\u2019t want people to think that this was an opportunity to promote my new record,” Lewis said. “I don\u2019t understand how a shredded-up copy of my new record\u2019s art ended up in a Taylor Swift gift box<\/a> for her fans.”<\/p>\n

Representatives for Big Machine Label Group and Universal Music Group, who reportedly handled overseeing product management and merchandising, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Christina Dugan Ramirez is an entertainment journalist with more than 15 years of experience, including a decade at PEOPLE writing high-profile cover stories, covering Hollywood’s biggest events, and interviewing many of the industry’s most influential stars before joining Fox News Digital in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Aaron Lewis’ upcoming album cover was seemingly used as shredded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,278,6543],"class_list":["post-523351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-taylor-swift"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}