Country Star Riley Green Reveals Why He Doesn’t Use Internet at Home

Disconnecting from it all is a top priority for country music star Riley Green.

The “There Was This Girl” singer, 37, appeared on the This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von podcast on Wednesday, July 15, where he was asked if it was true that he didn’t have a computer.

“I certainly didn’t. They got me one during COVID to do Zooms and stuff,” Green admitted.

“I remember my managers had me set up on this Zoom with a radio station. They were asking me to go to speed.com and see what my bandwidth was, and I didn’t have internet at my house, and they couldn’t believe that,” he continued.

As for why he likes to go off the grid, the AMA-nominated country crooner said that when he’s at home, he likes getting a break from all the craziness he’s experienced since becoming a public figure following the success of his debut album, Different ‘Round Here, in 2019.

He does plug back in on occasion, however, telling host Theo Von that he uses the internet when he’s working from his Alabama farm.

“When I go home, it’s a disconnect from it. Except when I do photo shoots or interviews down there. It’s nice,” Green told Von, 46. “I started steering people that way because every time I did a shoot, we’d rent an old truck, we go out to some farm somewhere and stand in front of a bunch of cows.”

“I’m like, man, I got all that in Alabama. Let’s just do it down there,” he concluded.

Green also applies that grounded approach to his songwriting, with the “Jesus Saves” singer telling Billboard back in May that his music is rooted in his day-to-day life and experiences.

“Traveling the world and playing shows and people chanting your name is not reality. I’m writing songs that are about real things,” Green explained in his digital cover story for the outlet. “That’s what keeps my focus and sanity in a crazy, social media-driven world… I think that the biggest songs I’ve written are ones where I’m emotionally tied to the topic in some way.”

“What’s got me here is a relatability in my lyrics and how I present them in a song that the fans expect,” he added. “I think that the only mistake I could make in music is turning my back on that.”