Why Jason Aldean Wants Nothing to Do With Social Media

Jason Aldean isn’t a fan of what social media has become, and if he had his way, he’d eliminate it altogether… even though his wife, Brittany, is a social media influencer.

The multi-platinum singer was asked what he would get rid of in country music, but his answer went beyond the genre.

“Social media, across the board — get rid of it,” he says. “That’s going to be a very unpopular answer.”

Aldean does say that social media can have its benefits when it’s used properly, but he believes people have taken it far beyond what it was originally intended to be.

He’s right in that sense: Social media was originally invented to help college students friend one another and keep in touch and up to date on their lives — a far cry from what it has indeed become.

Aldean says, “I just think social media, when used in the right way, is great, but like anything, people take advantage of stuff, and they turn it into something that it wasn’t intended to be.”

This kind of sounds like a dad from the ’90s screaming “This is why we can’t have nice things!”

What is Jason Aldean’s Issue With Social Media?

For Aldean, his biggest problem is how much time people spend staring at their phones and how social media can contribute to negativity and division — something we witness almost daily at this point, across all platforms of social media.

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The “Dirt Road Anthem” singer elaborates, “You see people — they can’t get out of their phones now, and they’re so oblivious to what’s going on in the outside world. It drives me crazy.”

That frustration also helps explain why fans don’t see Aldean posting constantly. He’s been involved in his share of social media controversy over the years, but he says he has little interest in living on the platforms.

“Get rid of it,” he says. “It drives me crazy.”