Aaron Lewis' upcoming album cover was seemingly used as shredded packaging paper in a Taylor Swift merchandise box.On Thursday, the Staind frontman took to social media to respond to a fan's unboxing video, which showed the young woman piecing together shredding paper of the cover of Lewis’ unreleased record "Give Me Back My Country.""Oh look, there’s my new album, that hasn’t even been released yet, shredded as packaging paper in Taylor Swift merch," he wrote on X."Ain’t that some s---."Aaron Lewis claims he has no idea how a photo of his unreleased album was shredded in a Taylor Swift mech box. (Getty Images)The upcoming album is set for release on July 17 through Big Machine Label Group.TAYLOR SWIFT TURNS HEADS IN SIZZLING BODYSUIT FOR SPECIAL EDITION ALBUM IMAGERY AHEAD OF NEW MUSICLewis said he wasn't aware of the mix-up until his team notified him."I don’t have any social media.
I didn’t have it when I was younger.It’s never felt important to me," he told USA Today."I never even had a MySpace.
So I don’t see anything of that type of stuff.And when this was brought to me, I was just like, ‘What is going on? This is just weird.'"KESHA CHANGES COVER ART FOR 'DELUSIONAL' SINGLE AFTER FAN BACKLASH OVER AI IMAGE"That’s the cover to my brand new record that hasn’t 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’ll be responsible with what it is that we give them."Lewis' album is set for release on July 17. ( Rick Diamond/Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERLewis said he's unsure how this happened."I hate to think it’s malicious, but at the same time, I don’t know that it’s not," he said."I haven’t even put the record out yet.
It’s not like its old stuff that was just sitting around that they decided to make packing material out of.It’s my new record.
I just don’t understand how something like ...