Green Day Reworks Famous Lyrics During NYE Performance To Trash “MAGA Agenda”

The famous punk band Green Day changed the lyrics to their favorite song, “American Idiot,” to bash President Trump and his supporters.

Initially, the lyrics read, “I’m not a part of the redneck agenda.”

Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer, changed the lyrics to say, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.”

This change has left many MAGA supporters upset.

Read more from the folks over at Fox News:

During a New Year’s Eve performance of their hit song “American Idiot,” legendary punk band Green Day changed its lyrics to take a shot at former President Trump and his followers.

Playing the 2004 hit for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC Sunday night, the band changed the lyrics of the second verse for the MAGA take down.

Though lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong appeared to garble the lyrics, multiple outlets reported that he sang, “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda,” instead of the original, “I’m not a part of the redneck agenda.”

Either way, the words “MAGA agenda” could be clearly made out during the performance, which appeared to elicit cheers from the audience.

The song was written as a protest of American culture in the post-9/11 era, with verses summing up the band’s discontent with the country. The original lyrics of the second verse state, “Well, maybe I’m the f——, America. I’m not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody, do the propaganda. And sing along to the age of paranoia.”

Their New Year’s Eve performance wasn’t the first time the band’s members have performed the song with these anti-Trump lyrics. During the 2019 iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas, Green Day sang the same “MAGA Agenda” lyrics.

Watch the clip here:

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day changed the words from ‘American Idiot’ to “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”

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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 1, 2024

Some have pointed out that Green Day is alienating part of their audience with this change:

Green day successfully alienates a huge portion of their audience. Well done morons. https://t.co/N58YqFMzHH

— Derek Broes (@WillingWitness) January 1, 2024

The Guardian shares more on the story:

This isn’t the first time the band has targeted Trump. The rock band previously scorned the former president at the American Music Awards in 2016, and responded to Trump’s indictment in August with limited edition merchandise featuring his mugshot.

The band’s musical jab at Trump comes after a US House committee investigated the former US president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack promoted by his supporters. Many critics are raising the flag over a possible second Trump administration, signaling that the second time around could be much worse.

Let’s not kid ourselves with this change in lyrics.

Green Day has never been in support of American conservatism.

It seems a little ridiculous to get upset at this now.

Let me know what you think.