Final month throughout Inexperienced Day’s present in Johannesburg, South America (Elon Musk’s residence nation), frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took a swipe on the world’s richest man. Whereas performing “American Fool,” Armstrong modified the lyrics to “I’m not a part of an Elon agenda.”
Now, whereas talking with Billboard on the 2025 Grammys pink carpet on Sunday (February 2nd), Armstrong was requested concerning the incident and the way Inexperienced Day makes use of their music to be “representations of what lots of people really feel.”
“I believe ‘American Fool’ is like… It simply type of takes on a lifetime of its personal. And, so, anytime that there’s like, I imply after a protest tune, anytime there’s some hassle on this planet and instances of uncertainty, I believe lots of people connect with that tune,” Armstrong replied.
“You recognize, you possibly can change a lyric right here, or change it there, after which abruptly it simply turns into present once more,” he added.
The band was then requested what recommendation they might give to those that really feel pissed off by Musk and the issues they see him doing after they scroll by X (formally generally known as Twitter) – which Musk owns.
“Take a break. Keep off of social media for some time. I believe one of many worst issues on this planet is the nervousness, particularly that all of us really feel collectively, and I believe it has rather a lot to do with social media freaking us out much more,” Armstrong mentioned. “After which abruptly, you simply notice, you go and also you hang around with a pal and also you simply make these connections that you simply’re presupposed to make. That’s what human beings are presupposed to do… Go to the document retailer, that all the time makes me really feel good.”
Inexperienced Day altering the lyrics to “American Fool” is nothing new, with the band beforehand altering the unique lyrics “I’m not part of a redneck agenda” to “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda” on a number of events in the previous couple of years in protest of Donald Trump.
