Green Day has criticised the use of algorithms to discover new music, as the trio believe this is “lazy” and that listeners can miss out on discovering a broader spectrum of sounds if they rely on social media. Bassist Mike Dirnt told The Sun that “all I can say is just clear your search history to find new [stuff].” Meanwhile, Billie Joe Armstrong added that he didn’t have the patience for TikTok, with the singer worried about the algorithms used to fuel the spread of misinformation online.
While Armstrong does write about politics in his music, he avoids expressing these opinions on social media as he doesn’t want to “contribute to insane people who are just arguing and taking sides”. Green Day’s new album, ‘Saviors’, was recently released on January 19th, and is described in a four-star review by NME as forming an “act of defiance met with a shrug; a band saying, ‘We’re still here and we’re still f*****”.
To celebrate the release of their new album, Green Day played an intimate show in New York City, where they played ‘One-Eyed Bastard’ live for the first time. The band will embark on a huge world tour this year in support of the album, with Nothing But Thieves, The Hives, Donots, The Interrupters, Maid Of Ace, The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas set to join as support across select dates.
The band’s latest move comes as they recently shared the video for their latest single, ‘Bobby Sox’. Armstrong said in a press release that the song is “the ’90s song that we never wrote”. Initially, the song started out being written for Armstrong’s wife, but as ” it materialized, I wanted to switch it up and added, ‘Do you wanna be my boyfriend?’ on top of ‘Do you wanna be girlfriend’”
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