THERE WAS A BIG MAGA MELTDOWN ON NEW YEARS EVE OVER GREEN DAY SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT DEAR LEADER TRUMP!

[Billie Joe Armstrong]

MAGA Crowd Has A Breakdown After Green Day Swipes Them on Live TV
“DO THE PROPAGANDA”

The pop-punk band changed the lyrics of their song “American Idiot” to
fire at the “MAGA agenda,” causing an instantaneous social media meltdown.
Coleman Spilde


The dawn of a new year might be a cause for hope and a time for new
beginnings, but for many Americans, the first day of 2024 is the first of
ten months of election anxiety. Though the contentious 2020 race is in the
rearview mirror, it’s hard to forget the weeks of post-election chaos that
followed. After all, we’re just five days away from the third anniversary
of the January 6 insurrection.

It seems as though Green Day took the stage of Dick Clark’s New Year’s
Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest with all of that in mind. The punk-pop
group—who are as famous for their decades of political activism as they
are for their music—used their slot in the ABC network special to insert
some extra advocacy, taking advantage of the opportunity to turn their
performance of “American Idiot” into 2024’s first major bit of mainstream
political activism.

During the song—which was originally released in 2004 and written about
the media’s depiction of the Iraq war—the group’s frontman, Billie Joe
Armstrong, swapped out the lyrics of the first verse to knock Donald
Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan and supporters. Armstrong
changed the lyric from, “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to, “I’m not
a part of a MAGA agenda.” The crowd in the audience seemed noticeably
riled up, cheering loud enough to briefly drown out the sound of
Armstrong’s electric guitar.

While some were quick to praise the lyrical switch, it drew ire from
others just as fast. The blue check crowd on X jumped in to disparage
Armstrong and the group, saying, “Green Day is a woke joke,” and asserting
that the band “hadn’t been relevant for decades.” One would think that a
major slot to perform in one of the most well-known, primetime American
television specials would be a sufficient argument otherwise, but that
didn’t stop tech billionaire Elon Musk from adding to the conversation.

“Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging
for it,” Musk said, using a made-up word followed by two cry-laughing
emojis. Other users on X echoed Musk's sentiments, calling to boycott
Seacrest entirely—a lofty task, considering Seacrest’s ever-growing share
of the American media empire.

Still, it seems as though Green Day got exactly the reaction that they
were hoping for, igniting the first of many public conversations to come
ahead of the 2024 election. Judging by the ensuing response, it’s going to
be a long, argumentative road to November.