# @latimes_entertainment on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrIFllyI1s
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68726775-latimes-entertainment-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-05T21:42:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** L.A. Times Entertainment (@latimes_entertainment) — https://gondola.cc/latimes_entertainment

## Caption

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong explains that even though the band came from the outspoken punk scene, the band stayed away from politics in its songs.

“ ‘American Idiot’ just kind of came up out of nowhere. It was done with heart and done from a total kind of confusion about why the world is changing and sort of this dark and ugly place. I think that that kind of rings true, especially right now.”

However, he does think that one thing has boosted America’s profile: the World Cup.

Armstrong and fellow greenday members mikedirnt and trecool talked to The Times about the band and nimrodsmovie. 

Click the link in latimes_entertainment’s bio to read more about #Nimrods.

Editor’s note: This video replaces a previous version with an incorrect spelling of Armstrong’s name.

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