Green Day's Father Of All… Video Is About "Dancing, Anxiety, Tribalism, Joy, And Straight-Up Violence"

To coincide with the release of their explosive new video for Father Of All…, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has explained the clip's meaning – and what he wants fans to take away from it.

While the punk rock titans told Kerrang! about their new single and album's sound and how they "want to fuck with people", Billie Joe says of the video that it's about "dancing, anxiety, tribalism, joy, and straight-up violence".

"It’s the history of us – meaning all of us," the frontman continues. "None of this is choreographed… (except the hotties in red) we don’t need to be choreographed… just lose your shit… scream like no-one is listening… dance like your hair is on fire. punk soul rockers! Crawl on the dance floor… spit in the air… get weird."

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And Father Of All… – which is due out in February next year – is set to see Green Day embrace this mischievous side even further.

“There’s a very fine line threading the needle for us, because we do want to try new things, but we always want to make sure it’s absolute Green Day, you know?” Billie Joe tells Kerrang!. “It’s a very fine line – clever and stupid (laughs). But Green Day’s credo is mischief, no matter what. We’re always down for mischief and we want to fuck with people… to the point of it being abusive!”

“Do you want to go back and do the same old thing?” drummer Tré Cool continues. “We don’t want to do what everyone would expect us to do, so it was just kinda mischief and making it fun. That was the bottom line of it.”

Watch Father Of All… below.

And check out the lyrics as well, so you can "scream like no-one is listening" as per Billie Joe's request:

I woke up to a message of love
choking up on the smoke from above
I’m obsessed with the poison and us
what a mess because there’s no-one to trust

Huh uh Come on honey
huh uh count your money
huh uh what’s so funny?
there’s a riot living inside of us

I got paranoia baby
and it’s so hysterical
cracking up under the pressure
looking for a miracle

Huh uh come on honey
lying in a bed of blood and money
Huh uh what’s so funny?
We are rivals in the riot inside us

I’m impressed with the presence of none
I’m possessed by the heat of the sun
Hurry up cause I’m making a fuss
Fingers up
Cause there’s no-one to trust

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The Hella Mega Tour 2020

June

13 Paris, France, La Defense Arena,
14 Groningen, Netherlands, Stadspark
17 Antwerp, Belgium, Sportspaleis
21 Vienna, Austria, Ernst Happel Stadium
24 Glasgow, UK, Bellahouston Park
26 London, UK, London Stadium
27 Huddersfield, UK, The John Smith’s Stadium
29 Dublin, Ireland, RDS Arena

July

17 Seattle, WA, T-Mobile Park
21 San Francisco, CA, Oracle Park
24 San Diego, CA, Petco Park
25 Los Angeles, CA, Dodger Stadium
28 Commerce City, CO, DICK’s Sporting Goods Park
31 Arlington, TX, Globe Life Field

August

01 Houston, TX Minute Maid Park
05 Miami, FL Hard Rock Stadium
06 Jacksonville, FL TIAA Bank Field
08 Atlanta, GA SunTrust Park
11 Minneapolis, MN Target Field
13 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
15 Pittsburgh, PA PNC Park
16 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
19 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
21 Washington, DC Nationals Park
22 New York, NY Citi Field
24 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
27 Boston, MA Fenway Park
29 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park