Billie Joe Armstrong sang, “I’m not on the MAGA agenda.”
December 31, 2023 | 10:50 PM ET
Green Day made a point of avoiding making political music, especially these days, saying that writing songs in that vein “takes a special, inspired moment.” The band apparently felt they could make national television appearances. New Year’s Rockin’ Eve It was at that moment that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong altered the lyrics of “American Idiot” to sing, “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda.”
“[With] “Political songs, it takes a lot of heart to do them, and I think if you keep doing them because you’re angry, you’re going to lose your heart,” Armstrong explained in a recent interview. . Use 102.1 The Edge. “Then it becomes part of what everyone is complaining about.”
But Armstrong says conditions are ripe for Green Day’s next album. savior, contains political songs. There is also a lead single, “The American Dream is killing me.”
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong altered the lyrics of “American Idiot” to say “I’m on the MAGA agenda” during the band’s performance on Ryan Seacrest’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. “I’m not a part of it,” he sang. pic.twitter.com/eclNR7D83s
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