Aaron Lewis’ upcoming album booklet used as Taylor Swift’s packaging material; he wonders, ‘What is going on?’ |

Aaron Lewis’ upcoming album booklet becomes a part of scrap paper for Taylor Swift’s merch

Taylor Swift fans have been receiving their copies of her single from ‘Toy Story 5’ with a little surprise in the packaging. Many fans, according to various social media posts, revealed that they received what seemed to be lyrics written on scrap paper along with their copy of ‘I Knew It, I Knew You.’ While many wondered if this was an easter egg, singer Aaron Lewis was quick to provide them all with a surprising clarification.

Aaron Lewis’ upcoming album material became a part of Taylor Swift’s merch packaging

When fans and netizens alike shared on platforms like X and Instagram that they had received mysterious lyrics with the ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ CD inside the scrap paper used for cushioning, Aaron Lewis was left completely surprised.He later shared that the scrap paper, which many fans thought was from the ‘Opalite’ singer, is in fact a part of his upcoming album, ‘Give Me Back My Country,’ slated for worldwide release on July 17. Taking to his X account, the singer had posted a video of a fan unboxing their CD and revealing mysterious photos and lyrics in the packaging material.He shared the video along with the caption, “Oh look, there’s my new album, that hasn’t even been released yet, shredded as packaging paper in Taylor Swift merch. Ain’t that some s****.” Parts of his lyric book and other printed material intended for his album were stuck along with the package material.

Aaron Lewis opens up about the incident

While talking to USA Today, Aaron opened up about how surprising the incident was, since his album has not even been released yet. He shared that he first got to know of the incident after he came across fans of the singer doing unboxing videos, trying to decipher his lyrics and wondering whether they were from Swift.He added, “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.’ That’s the cover to my brand new record that hasn’t even been put out yet. It’s not like it’s 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 that can happen.”He also clarified that he is not blaming Swift or her team for the issue, as he himself does not know what exactly happened. At the time of writing, no statements have been made from the ‘Blank Space’ singer’s side.