While Green Day has confirmed that they are working on a new album following their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognition, the punk rock band clarifies that they are not rushing.
It's understandable that avid fans of Green Day are excited to hear new songs from the band, however Billie Joe Armstrong explained to Billboard that he wants to make sure that they are not riding on the whole Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "victory lap."
"Yeah, I mean, we're going to take our time," Armstrong explained of the process of their new album.
"We're not going to try and pull off some, like, victory lap over this because I definitely want the music to come from a real place and be inspired, not just because we got honored or anything like that, but because we're honoring music. We want to work on them, and we want to make a great album."
The Green Day frontman however assured fans that everything is well planned out and that they have been working on the new album even before thay knew about the recognition.
"There's definitely a great spirit going on," Armstrong explained of Green Day's new album. "We've always been pretty charged up. Before we found any of this out, I had already written a few songs and everybody was really excited by them. And then we heard about the Hall of Fame, and we were just blown away."
And in line with their new album, Green Day is also working on a series of tours for their fans.
Furthermore, Armstrong wanted to recognize the band members' strong relationship that helped them reach the top.
"Well, even people that would be our contemporaries, a lot of these guys would be in their fifties already. But we started young. This is my high school band, and we just kept going. So there's been a lot of life within the time period that we've been around. We're really fortunate in that way."
