Global rock superstars Green Day returned with a fiery call to action on The American Dream Is Killing Me, the first single and opening track from the group’s 14th studio album Saviors, releasing January 19, 2024 via Reprise/Warner Records.
The global superstars aren’t holding back on their latest single, Dilemma, taken from the album along with the singles The American Dream Is Killing Me and Look Ma, No Brains!.
The accompanying black-and-white music video finds Billie Joe Armstrong passed out on the ground as he slurs out the brutally honest lyrics, “I was sober now I’m drunk again / I’m in trouble and in love again / I don’t want to be a dead man walking / I don’t want to be a dead man walking.” The visual follows the band through a classic night of performing hard and partying even harder. As the track winds down, memories start to gain some color as Billie gets hit with the cold hard sober truth: Drunk Billie made a mess of everything.
“‘Dilemma’ was one of those songs that was kind of easy to write because it was so personal to me,” Billie Joe Armstrong explains. “We’ve seen so many of our peers struggle with addiction and mental illness. This song is all about the pain that comes from those experiences.”
