Green Day Went Full Anti Trump With An ‘American Idiot’ Lyric Change For Their ‘New Year’s Rockin Eve’ Performance

Today (January 1) is the first day of 2024, which means that was last night. were a number of artists, including , , and Green Day. The latter used their time on stage to make a statement about their feelings on Donald Trump. The opening lines of the song’s second verse originally go, “Well, maybe I’m the f*****, America / I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.” (The censored word is an LGBTQ+ slur; Armstrong has long identified as bisexual.) For , though, he changed the second line to, “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.” Just now on ABC’s New Years Bash with — sings “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”, changing the lyrics of ‘American Idiot’. — The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) So basically, Armstrong had pretty much the exact opposite NYE as . This actually isn’t the first time Armstrong has made this specific lyric change, as he sang the song this same way . This New Year’s Eve special on network television is probably the biggest stage on which it has been showcased, though. Around that time, that Trump hadn’t been an inspiration behind the band’s politically charged music, saying, “I mean, I draw no inspiration from the President of the United States, because he’s just… there’s nothing. Trump gives me diarrhea [laughs], you know? I don’t want to write a song about it!”