Saviors
Studio album by
Green Day
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)
Recorded2020–2023
StudioRAK, London, England[1]
Length45:55
LabelReprise[2]
Producer
Green Day chronology
BBC Sessions
(2021)		 Saviors
(2024)
Singles from Saviors
  1. "The American Dream Is Killing Me"
    Released: October 24, 2023
  2. "Look Ma, No Brains!"
    Released: November 2, 2023
  3. "Dilemma"
    Released: December 7, 2023
  4. "One Eyed Bastard"
    Released: January 5, 2024

Saviors (stylized as 'SAVIORS') is the upcoming fourteenth studio album by the American rock band Green Day. It is set to be released on January 19, 2024, through Reprise Records.

Background

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's ¡Tré!.[3] Early reports claimed that their forthcoming record would be titled 1972, signifying the year all three members were born.[4]

In May 2023, the demo of "One Eyed Bastard" was leaked. Prior to the album's release, the band played "1981" during their live performance at Festival d'été de Québec on July 16, 2023.[5] The band announced the album on October 24, 2023, and released its lead single "The American Dream Is Killing Me" alongside its music video.[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 track constitutes "a look at the way the traditional American Dream doesn't work for a lot of people" but hurts them instead.[7] The band first performed the single and another song titled "Look Ma, No Brains!"[8] at the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas, Nevada.[9] On November 4, 2023, the band played "1981" again during a live show at the Bataclan in Paris, France.

On the same day, the track list was leaked on Banquet Records, a UK record store,[10] before later being confirmed by Warner Music's site.[11] The length of the songs on the tracklist was leaked by a French music store called Qobuz.[12] The second single, "Look Ma, No Brains!", was released on November 2, 2023.[13] On December 4, the band announced "Dilemma", the album's third single. It came out on December 7, 2023, along with a music video.[14] The album's fourth single, "One Eyed Bastard", was released on January 5, 2024, along with a music video.[15]

Green Day is set to embark on a stadium tour through North America and Europe, along with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, the Linda Lindas, Nothing but Thieves, The Hives, The Interrupters, Donots and Maid of Ace starting in May 2024.[16]

Cover art

The album cover is an edited version of a photo from the Troubles, depicting a youth named Paul Kennedy holding a stone shrugging on the Falls Road, Belfast, 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.[17][18]

Track listing

Saviors track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The American Dream Is Killing Me"3:06
2."Look Ma, No Brains!"2:03
3."Bobby Sox"3:44
4."One Eyed Bastard"2:52
5."Dilemma"3:18
6."1981"2:09
7."Goodnight Adeline"2:56
8."Coma City"3:28
9."Corvette Summer"3:02
10."Suzie Chapstick"3:16
11."Strange Days Are Here to Stay"3:05
12."Living in the '20s"2:06
13."Father to a Son"3:54
14."Saviors"2:55
15."Fancy Sauce"4:01
Total length:45:55
Japanese bonus track[19]
No.TitleLength
16."Fever" 

Personnel

Green Day

Production

References

  1. ↑ "RAK Studios London". December 19, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2023 – via Instagram.
  2. ↑ "Saviors - Album by Green Day". Apple Music. January 19, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Carter, Daisy (October 24, 2023). "Green Day announce new album, Saviors". DIY. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ Breihan, Tom (October 24, 2023). "Green Day – "The American Dream Is Killing Me"". Stereogum. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ Duran, Anagricel (July 20, 2023). "Watch Green Day Debut New Song "1981"". NME. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ Cocoran, Nina (October 24, 2023). "Green Day Announce Album, Share Video for New Song "The American Dream Is Killing Me": Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ Reilly, Nick (October 24, 2023). "Green Day announce new album Saviors and share new single". Rolling Stone UK. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Kelly, Tyler Damara (October 24, 2023). "Green Day announce their fourteenth studio album, Saviours". Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ Dunworth, Liberty (October 24, 2023). "Green Day announce album Saviors and share new single". NME. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Saviors [Indies Pink & Black Vinyl]". Tower Records Dublin Ireland. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Green Day: Green Day kündigen neues Album "Saviors" an". Warner Music Germany (in German). October 24, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Green Day". Qobuz. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  13. ↑ Alderslade, Merlin (November 2, 2023). ""Let's thrash!" Green Day announce massive 2024 world tour celebrating 30 years of Dookie and 20 years of American Idiot, release new video Look Ma, No Brains!". Louder Sound. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  14. ↑ Carter, Emily (December 5, 2023). "Green Day to release new single Dilemma this Thursday". Kerrang!. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  15. ↑ Breihan, Tom (January 5, 2024). "Green Day Share New Song "One Eyed Bastard," Anger Right-Wingers With 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' Performance". Stereogum. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  16. ↑ Bloom, Madison; Monroe, Jazz (October 20, 2023). "Green Day Announce Tour With the Smashing Pumpkins". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  17. ↑ Campbell, Niamh (October 24, 2023). "Green Day: US band's new album artwork features photoshopped image of Troubles child in Belfast". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  18. ↑ Corscadden, Jane (October 30, 2023). "Meet the Belfast man featuring on Green Day's new album cover". Belfast Live. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
  19. ↑ "セーヴィアーズ (特典なし): ミュージック". Amazon (in Japanese). January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Saviors Cassette". store.warnermusic.com.au. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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