Saviors (album)

Saviors was recorded in London, England, and Los Angeles, California, and sees the band collaborating with producer Rob Cavallo for the first time since 2012.[3] Early reports stated that their forthcoming record would be titled 1972, signifying the year all three members were born.[4] Prior to the album's release, the band played a song titled "1981" off the upcoming album during their live performance at Festival d'été de Québec on July 16, 2023.[5] The band announced the album with the title Saviors on October 24, 2023, and released the song "The American Dream Is Killing Me" with a zombie-themed music video along with it.[6] Written and recorded as one of the last tracks for the album, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that they immediately decided to release the song as the lead single after recording it.[3] The band first performed the single and another song titled "Look Ma, No Brains!"[7] live in Las Vegas, Nevada, when they were in Vegas for When We Were Young.[8] The track constitutes "a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn't work for a lot of people" but hurts them instead.[9] Green Day is set to embark on a stadium tour through North America along with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and the Linda Lindas in 2024.[10] On the same day, the track list was leaked on Banquet Records, a UK record store,[11] [12] before later being confirmed by Warner Music's site.[13] "Look Ma, No Brains!" is scheduled to come out on November 2, 2023.[14][15]

The album cover is an edited version of a photo from the Troubles, depicting a youth holding a stone shrugging, in front of a moving car with a burning garbage pile on the background; however, the face has been altered to show a more smiling look. [16]

Green Day

• Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitars
• Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Tré Cool – drums, percussion

Production

• Rob Cavallo – producer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing[17]