{"id":733104,"date":"2026-06-29T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733104\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:49:08","slug":"aaron-lewis-new-album-used-as-packing-material-for-taylor-swift-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733104\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Lewis’ New Album Used as Packing Material for Taylor Swift Single"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staind<\/a> singer Aaron Lewis<\/a>\u2019 new album, Give My Country Back, hasn\u2019t even been released yet, but it\u2019s already in the hands of Taylor Swift<\/a> fans, at least in shredded form. It turns out that the CD booklet has been used as packing material for the pop superstar\u2019s new Toy Story 5 single \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Lewis himself discovered the awkward situation when his social media team alerted him to videos of Swifties opening up their packages and discovering his shredded CD booklet being used to protect Swift\u2019s single.<\/p>\n

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Along with sharing one of the videos, Lewis wrote on X\/Twitter, \u201cOh look, there\u2019s my new album, that hasn\u2019t even been released yet, shredded as packaging paper in Taylor Swift merch. Ain\u2019t that some shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lewis told USA Today<\/a>, \u201cI don\u2019t have any social media. I didn\u2019t have it when I was younger. It\u2019s never felt important to me. 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.’\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThat\u2019s the cover to my brand new record that hasn\u2019t even been put out yet,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cAs 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Staind frontman went on to say, \u201cI don\u2019t know how this happened. I hate to think it\u2019s malicious, but at the same time, I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s not\u2026 I haven\u2019t even put the record out yet. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

That all said, Lewis doesn\u2019t harbor any resentment toward Swift, noting, \u201cWe live in two very, very different worlds. And she\u2019s such a huge star that her world doesn\u2019t intertwine with anyone\u2019s worlds. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the right-wing country-rocker and the pop superstar don\u2019t run in the same circles, they have met. And they bonded over their shared love of the number 13, with Lewis\u2019 birthday on April 13th and Swift\u2019s birthday on December 13th.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was some block party thing that was happening downtown and I played a set during it and she was there and we got pictures,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWe were cordial and friendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swift is rumored to be getting married to Travis Kelce this weekend at Madison Square Garden, while Lewis is hitting the road with Staind for the band\u2019s Break the Cycle 25th anniversary tour<\/a> beginning in September (pick up tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Check out Aaron Lewis\u2019 reaction to a Swiftie discovering his shredded album in the packaging for Taylor Swift\u2019s new single below.<\/p>\n

Oh look, there\u2019s my new album, that hasn\u2019t even been released yet, shredded as packaging paper in Taylor Swift merch. Ain\u2019t that some shit. pic.twitter.com\/77KhZ1ziI2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Lewis (@Aaronlewismusic) June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n