Joan Jett talks about the social media

This week Jett released Unvarnished, the Blackhearts’ 10th studio album, which finds the band attacking phony people, defending outcasts and, as always, pounding out a riff-heavy classic rock sound. Rolling Stone recently spoke with Jett about the perils of social media.

On Unvarnished, you have the song “T.M.I.,” which seems to comment on modern musicians who post about their private life all over social media.

“Well, I’m trying to not judge it. I’m just trying to comment on it, really. I’ve always been someone that has had boundaries. I realized very early in the Runaways – the writers would always ask us questions that didn’t pertain to music. They would always ask us all kind of questions about sexuality, just stupid things that didn’t pertain to music. I realized that if I started talking about that stuff instead of the music, that’s all they would ask us. I’m not judging people per se, but I’m just saying, “You better watch it.” It’s great to talk about things when you’re happy and you want to share good fortune with the masses, but once you open that door, that door is open. So, if something bad happens to you, they’re gonna know about that, too, and you can’t close that door.”

Source: Rolling Stone