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This so much! The whole FOAM promo just felt so freaking wrong 😕 This article also has a little bit of talking about Dilemma: https://themusic.com.au/news/green-day-australia-2025/_CpC7hEQExI/12-12-23 The exciting news comes following the release of Dilemma, with Armstrong explaining that the track resonated with him deeply due to his previous struggles with addiction. “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,” he sings on the track, which was inspired by the singer’s addiction issues. “I’ve struggled with addiction ever since I was a teenager, and I got sober for like five years … I started drinking again and it really started taking a physical and mental toll on me where I just felt like I couldn’t stop, I was a glutton, it became an obsession,” Armstrong said of the personal track (as per Daily Telegraph). “It started affecting the people around me that I love the most. And so that’s what I wrote about. And I haven’t had a drink in like 16 months.”

In my day treatment for rehab we had to write down the first song that came to our minds so I wrote Dilemma cause I’ve been obsessed and then we all listened to the songs we picked and talked about how it relates to recovery. Glad I could force everyone to listen to this absolute banger and watch the video. Lots of “yup that was me”.

Wow, it makes me emotional to hear him talk about this so frankly — I don’t think he’s ever spoken about his issues in a way that just felt so completely honest. And the stuff he was saying during the FOAM promo was just so alarming and I worried we’d never make it back to a good spot again. I know it must be really really hard — for anyone, but especially someone who is in a band — and I’m so happy for him that he seems to be doing so well. I want him here on Earth with us alive and rocking for as long as humanly possible! 🥰

It makes my heart happy to hear he's in a good place right now. Also I like how open and honest he's being about the whole thing. A far cry from his hell yeah let's party and get shit faced vibe on FOAM.

I lost count after four...😂

I preordered the vinyl and the CD/t-shirt bundle, even though I no longer have a CD player. 😂 I have all their CDs, I’m not gonna stop now and I want the little booklet lol.

Same. I only stream their songs on Apple Music but with buying the CD and vinyl I want to give some extra support and having all the studio albums has a certain value to me

I really don’t think this album was ever intended to be an EP, I just think it went from being potentially called 1972 to officially being called Saviors.

The song is now up to ~ 1,500.000 streams on Spotify a week after its release. TADIKM had slightly more streams (~1,7000.000) but I think that’s normal because it was the lead single. It looks like the fans haven’t lost interest after the first two singles, which is a good sign.

It does ease my mind that they are calling it The Saviors tour. You don’t do that and only play one or two new songs

New Post from Green Day (photos from the video shoot) https://www.instagram.com/p/C04vmeDJa5b/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

New Post from Green Day https://www.instagram.com/p/C04vmeDJa5b/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Here's a bit from the Visions magazine interview (translated from German) that's about Dilemma: Q: Songs like Dilemma sound more personal. Are you still processing your withdrawal from this? BJA: Yes, because abstinence is like a big wave on the sea that you sometimes have to fight through. I'm not perfect, and I don't want to act like I joined a cult, but it's a special time in my life when it's good that I can take care of myself and not make myself sick. Q: You're somewhat questioning the concept of complete abstinence, aren't you? BJA: I don't know. The song is ambiguous. For many people, abstinence is the number one priority because if you relapse you can literally die. I'll put it this way: sometimes I take it seriously, and there are times when I kind of fall off and then try to find my way back - but usually I manage.

A smart thing Spotify does is put all the singles together in one playlist each time a single drops instead of as separate singles. So instead of just going on there and playing Dilemma by itself, it’s grouped with TADIKM and LMNB so you just play them all (and if you’re like me, you play them on repeat)

Got Vinyl, CD and Cassette… and then the Assai vinyl as well

I really hope this album features prominently in the band's next set list, I didn't want a hella mega 2.0 with everything we've always heard from Dookie and Idiot and little attention in the new era

If you go here: https://beacons.ai/greendayinc?fbclid=PAAabpi_mXPV7G5JNsF1DNoUQDmUh6mdRaqJdJiOi2ypfJhgj7IdlQAHqIMUc_aem_Ac38DGH9jMYQmkCOh-r8aTvvhngpVb4gBQFoRLrjosWldHuHWBT5R-5zqRZhqTdEoH0 and click on discord you can see scans of the full interview!

I REALLY wanted the pink galaxy vinyl and it sold out (I ended up getting the black and pink), but I just realized Barnes & Noble has a pink version and I’m like hmm, I might need that lol.

Just two: Pink/Green vinyl and the CD. But I may go ahead and pick up the 180 deluxe vinyl with the poster and the gatefold later on.

I just hope it hits 1. FOAM only got to 4.

Agreed. For the casuals it gives a taste of the album. I am seeing so many positive responses online across several different channels. This has started off to be a great cycle for the band and I expect to see better numbers come January vs the release of Foam and Rev Rad. Am I pushing too hard expecting 100k units in the first week? We should atleast see 80k no?

Pretty sure the 21stcb leak was intentionnal

I have a theory, we know the tour was delayed because of Covid, but maybe they decided not to do FOAM songs because the screaming and high falsettos every night would’ve destroyed Billie’s voice!!

The Daily Telegraph article that this is excerpted from is behind a paywall. Is there anyone that has access to it that can share it here? It sounds like another new interview.

So maybe they really did present 1972 to Rob just as an EP

Would love to know how many copies of the album everyone has preordered. I’ve got 3 (Vinyl, CD, & Cassette). Am I crazy over the top? Or am I slacking as a Green Day fan?

Agreed. Would love to see them have one more #1 album. I’ve got 3 copies preordered (Vinyl, CD, & Cassette). Anyone got that beat???

the snippet sounds fun. reminds me of The Cars or other 80s power pop

Pretty sure the album will be leaked by 1st week of January. Seems like it's the norm these days

Smash Mouth and NSYNC...say no more. I'm hooked!

Market saturation & changing cultural tastes. People ARE interested in new music, it's just that it's is easier than ever to listen to and there's infinitely more of it than there ever has been. It's harder to cut through. When was the last time a rock band really broke through to become a huge global success? There's a reason all of the biggest bands in the world have been around for 20+ years. 1. What used to be called "alternative" music just isn't as popular amongst younger people as it once was, and 2. The younger people that are into these genres are able to find much more niche artists. I'd guess that major rock artists' listens (and by extension, popularity) are for the most part propped up by people who are 30+.

Ok somebody help me out.......what is DJD?

100k or even 80k is very unlikely imo. RevRad got 95k units (90k from album sales) but that was 7 years ago. Since that time, album sales have only got less over time. I'm honestly not expecting the album to do that much better than FOAMF in terms of first week sales (which got 48k units including 42k sales). Like I think 65k is probably the max I would be expecting tbh. Blink got 125k units but that's very rare for a rock band nowadays and really only happened because of the return of Tom and the success of those first 2 singles from the album, Edging and One More Time (whose success can also be attributed to the return of Tom). Paramore's most recent album got 64k units first week and Paramore is a band who's been more commercially successful than Green Day in recent times. After Laughter was a commercially successful album for them, not their biggest album ever but still successful. The lead single This Is Why reached no. 8 ln the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and a decent amount of spotify streams (75 million), as does the whole album (with every track at least above 11 million). Fall Out Boy's recent album also got 64k first week units with their first true rock album since before their hiatus. Foo Fighters' most recent album only got 62k album units and that seems to be a pretty acclaimed album by fans and critics. The only rock band still around that can still consistently get good first week numbers is Metallica and that's because they release 1 album like every 8 years. 72 seasons got 146k units first week I think it's going to end up being listened to more than TADIKM. Still Breathing wasn't the lead single and ended up being the more streamed track and I don't see TADIKM being a fan favourite track in the band's discography in the future tbh, at least not as much as Dilemma

Huh? How do you know how it sounds?

Had a dream that Billie was this huge 40ft zombie and dressed as Santa. He was stomping through the city with people running away and then his arms fell off

The band actually chooses to do this, and it’s very smart!

Maybe the album was ready but Billie wasn’t.

Hey, I finally hear the Whatshername comparison.

welcome back from coma, glad you make it through