Go Behind The Scenes On Green Day’s Video For Oh Yeah!

Green Day have released a behind-the-scenes look at their recent Oh Yeah! video.

There’s a week to go now until the release of Green Day’s new album Father Of All… on February 7, and in anticipation for album number 13 the punk rock titans have revealed a look into the making of the video for their latest single, Oh Yeah!.

The original clip sees frontman Billie Joe Armstrong getting hit by a car (sure), as well as drummer Tré Cool channeling his inner Ron Burgundy, and bassist Mike Dirnt being pretty much the worst security guard ever. And now fans can go inside the Malia James-directed video – not just taking a look at how it was made, but also the inspiration behind it.

In an interview with Kerrang! last year, Billie Joe explained that Oh Yeah! was “about being freaked out around the polarisation that we live in right now,” he said. “Whether it’s kids getting shot in schools, or the closest thing that America has ever seen to fascism. Light stuff…”

Similarly this ties in with the themes of Father Of All… as a whole, too, with the singer and guitarist explaining how he was inspired lyrically this time around: “It’s coming from a place of feeling like you’re out of control, and you’re not in charge of your own body anymore. It paints pictures or vignettes of what life is like for me and for other people that, I feel like, are desperate. And I mean that in an empathetic way, where people in America have become very desperate with their situations. There’s factories being shut down, gentrification…”

Watch the making of Oh Yeah! below:

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Pick up this week’s issue of Kerrang! to read our review of Green Day’s new album Father Of All…, as well as a Q&A with the one and only Tré Cool about the record.

Catch Green Day live this summer with Fall Out Boy, Weezer and The Interrupters (U.S. only) on the Hella Mega Tour. Tickets are on sale now.

June

13 Paris, France, La Defense Arena,
14 Groningen, Netherlands, Stadspark
17 Antwerp, Belgium, Sportspaleis
21 Vienna, Austria, Ernst Happel Stadium
24 Glasgow, UK, Glasgow Green
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

1 Houston, TX Minute Maid Park
5 Miami, FL Hard Rock Stadium
6 Jacksonville, FL TIAA Bank Field
8 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

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