In an interview to promote Saviors, Green Day’s next album, Billie Joe Armstrong analyzed the return of emo’s popularity in recent years
With the return of music festivals and solo shows by artists and bands after the weakening of the covid-19 pandemic, the emo movement has once again gained a lot of strength around the world. Iconic vocalist of green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong analyzed this return – and even took the opportunity to make fun of My Chemical Romanceformed by Gerard Way (vocal), Ray Toro (lead guitar), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar) and Mikey Way (low).
During an interview with The Guardian beside Mike Dirnt It is Tre Coolthe other two members of the green Daythe vocalist was asked about their opinion regarding the current rock revival of the 1990s and 2000s. It is worth remembering how the band also spoke about the next studio album, titled Saviorswhich has already had three singles released: “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” “Look Ma, No Brains!” It is “Dilemma.”
“Emo was dead – then just five years later we were having emo club nights,” stated the Armstrong. “Like, shouldn’t you wait another five years for this? My Chemical Romance he finished! I think streaming and the way things go viral now [alimenta isso].”
“There’s a band, the walters, who split four years ago and suddenly they have a song that is everywhere. The same with Deftones – suddenly their music appears in all these videos TikTok,” he continued. “There is a new algorithmic way to discover new things. It’s really prevalent in rock and shows how people pay less attention to the radio [e outras plataformas tradicionais].”
Source: Rollingstone
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