Watch Green Day debut new song ‘1981’
nme.comGreen Day have debuted a new song titled ‘1981’ during their set at the festival d’été de Québec in Canada.The new track comes after Green Day – comprised of frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Durnt and drummer Tré Cool – parted ways with their label, Reprise Records after their contract expired.Fans quickly realised that the song was featured in one of the 1972 teasers posted by Armstrong back in 2022.
The band have been hinting at new music for the past three years.In December 2021, they shared a clip of themselves recording music at London’s RAK Studios, set to what could be a new song.
In the short video, the numbers “1972” flash on screen, leaving fans wondering if it could be the name of a new song or an entire new album.A month later, the band released a new teaser clip which saw Armstrong strumming an acoustic riff as black and white archive footage played backwards.
The numbers ‘1972’ appeared again.They then shared another video that featured all three bandmates discussing a melody and rehearsing as a track that was reminiscent of ‘The Static Age’ from 2009’s ‘21st Century Breakdown‘ played over the top of the video.
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