1972 project speculation thread

[dreamykatie]

21 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdGhUmkk/
 

Still at RAK?

But they were just at Ocean Way…🤔

Might be older. But i'm confused as well... maybe the social media person forgot to post it and decided to post it now? It's strange that we'd get 2 tiktoks within the hour. 

And yeah, tiktok is kinda everywhere. Get at least an ad on YT a day from it. An older friend of mine has it, and my male room mate browses and watches videos on there for hours on end. (Which is not healthy imo) 

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

I'm also wondering why these are only being uploaded to TikTok. I'm not a fan

[legendary]

They want to increase followers numbers in TikTok, I guess

I'm not a fan of these videos that says nothing new btw

[GDFan2019]

Now I’m convinced they read our forums!!!

Here’s another teaser date recap!

12/19

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3/20

3/27

5/6

5/10

5/13

5/16

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42:02 (Album Length)

7/6 (1st Single) 

10/13 (Album Release Date)

16 Tracks

13 minutes ago, dreamykatie said:

Might be older. But i'm confused as well... maybe the social media person forgot to post it and decided to post it now? It's strange that we'd get 2 tiktoks within the hour. 

And yeah, tiktok is kinda everywhere. Get at least an ad on YT a day from it. An older friend of mine has it, and my male room mate browses and watches videos on there for hours on end. (Which is not healthy imo) 

Even on sports broadcasts, like the Yankees!!

”Here’s today’s lineup sponsored by TikTok, “It starts on TikTok!”

[Billie Joes Eyelids]

At least TikTok isn't owned by Zuckerberg. It's definitely huge right now and it seems like the GD promo team has chosen to focus on it for better visibility and to appeal to "the youth". Please God, no GD TikTok dances. 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

16 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said:

42:02 (Album Length)

7/6 (1st Single) 

10/13 (Album Release Date)

16 Tracks

If you're right please give him the admin status.

16 tracks 42 min album lenght is not possible I think

[GDFan2019]

8 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

If you're right please give him the admin status.

16 tracks 42 min album lenght is not possible I think

FOAM was 10 tracks and 26 minutes long. So if you add 3 songs that are 2 minutes long each, 2 songs that are 3 minutes long each, and a 4 minute song, that makes 16 tracks totaling 42 minutes

[Zebahar]

26 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said:

42:02 (Album Length)

7/6 (1st Single) 

10/13 (Album Release Date)

16 Tracks

The GDFan2019 Theorem 

[GDFan2019]

16 minutes ago, Billie Joes Eyelids said:

At least TikTok isn't owned by Zuckerberg. It's definitely huge right now and it seems like the GD promo team has chosen to focus on it for better visibility and to appeal to "the youth". Please God, no GD TikTok dances. 

Watch their next music video feature TikTok star Charli D’Amelio😆

[DookieLukie]

Definitely some AI link. We will see.

[pacejunkie punk]

I hope it’s just a “we think this is American Idiot- level great” and not “this is part two” or connected in some thematic way.  They said they’d never really do that and I wouldn’t want them to.  

[GDFan2019]

6 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

Definitely some AI link. We will see.

Maybe it could be the story of St. Jimmy and Whatsername’s childhoods? 

 

[Redundantuserjinxboy]

1 hour ago, GDFan2019 said:

Maybe it could be the story of St. Jimmy and Whatsername’s childhoods? 

 

NO. 

[Cali89]

I don't think it's a continuation of AI in any way, I think that chapter is closed. Hopefully this new album will be close to the same level as greatness as AI though 

[Sanity Loan]

A thematic prequel or sequel to AI would actually be super interesting.

But in reality, I think the usage of Homecoming and Whatsername are simply for nostalgia due to being in Ocean Way (whatever it’s called now) and back with Rob.

[GDFan2019]

40 minutes ago, Sanity Loan said:

A thematic prequel or sequel to AI would actually be super interesting.

But in reality, I think the usage of Homecoming and Whatsername are simply for nostalgia due to being in Ocean Way (whatever it’s called now) and back with Rob.

If this album is an homage to AI, you have to wonder why they chose the artwork for FOAM, which is basically the arm of the hand holding the heart grenade.

[cav9mm]

So what was the concept of the FOAM cover art again ?

[MillenniumFan]

The American idiot songs in the background are surprising me a little. I wouldn't say that what we've heard so far from the teasers sounds hugely like AI, so I'm presuming it must just be general nostalgia. Also, because of this, I don't even think the songs are there to indicate "AI greatness" or whatever (though I'm not excluding that possibility), but perhaps to underline the fact that this will be a bit of a nostalgic album in various ways, as I speculated a few months ago. I have to say, it's interesting that they've been providing us with video teasers, but very little new audio from the album. Personally, I'd quite like to hear another snippet from a song or something. That said, any teasers are better than radio silence, so I'm still grateful for that. 

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

9 hours ago, GDFan2019 said:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdGhUmkk/
 

Still at RAK?

But they were just at Ocean Way…🤔

European tour is starting soon. Maybe they moved back to the Uk to finish the recording and be closer to the first tour date. Maybe it’s old footage. Who knows. 

[AnonymWarnerGermany]

3 hours ago, cav9mm said:

So what was the concept of the FOAM cover art again ?

"Whats the most stupid cover art we could make"?

[GuitarPunk94]

it would be super sweet to hear 1 new song at the european tour leg

[pacejunkie punk]

4 hours ago, cav9mm said:

So what was the concept of the FOAM cover art again ?

To subvert peoples expectations and shit on their own legacy. But now they seem to be doing the exact opposite of that so go figure.

6 hours ago, GDFan2019 said:

If this album is an homage to AI, you have to wonder why they chose the artwork for FOAM, which is basically the arm of the hand holding the heart grenade.

Like I said above, they chose it (and scribbled over it) for FOAM to tell you that AI was exactly not what you were going to hear. They wanted you to forget it. And now they’re all “Hey guys, remember AI? Wasn’t it great?” 🤪

[Little Boy Named Booze]

7 hours ago, Sanity Loan said:

A thematic prequel or sequel to AI would actually be super interesting.

But in reality, I think the usage of Homecoming and Whatsername are simply for nostalgia due to being in Ocean Way (whatever it’s called now) and back with Rob.

I hope it's not a prequel or a sequel. American Idiot was an amazing album with an incredible story but it's in the past. 
If it's a concept album I hope it's gonna be a complete different story.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

46 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

To subvert peoples expectations and shit on their own legacy. But now they seem to be doing the exact opposite of that so go figure.

Like I said above, they chose it (and scribbled over it) for FOAM to tell you that AI was exactly not what you were going to hear. They wanted you to forget it. And now they’re all “Hey guys, remember AI? Wasn’t it great?” 🤪

I think the band often had the tendency to produce follow up records having a marked contrast with the predecessor. Maybe with the exception of Insomniac and 21CB. In general I think they understandably like to go against expectations, so I would not see a record with a marked different approach  from FOAM as something weird. After RevRad fans wanted/expected something in that direction, we got the opposite and the cover simbolize that.
Now the whole thing might be upside down.

Then echoing AI in the teasing also makes commercial sense of course, but I think going back to Rob, that studio, equipment etc. does hint to a overall very different vibe for the record. 

[localinsomniac]

Butch Walker must be crestfallen by this series of events