Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong stars in the band's new video for "Back in the USA" as a character in a black-and-white sitcom inspired by John Carpenter's They Live. Like Roddy Piper's character in the 1988 film, Armstrong has glasses he puts on to see what the world is really trying to convey.
In this video's case, that means that Armstrong purchasing a intriguing new pair of glasses from a solicitor that comes to his family's door. As soon as he puts them on, he can see in color. More poignantly, messages on the television morph into "President to lie to nation tomorrow night!" and car posters on the wall to "Consume" and "Conform."
Watch the video here:
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