“I kind of avoided writing about him for many years and then finally having a breakthrough. I think about him every day,” Armstrong continued.
In the interview, Stern asked Armstrong if he ever thinks about his father when performing or hearing “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” When things happen like that when you’re that young, it’s almost like life starts at year zero, or something like that.” “I think it’s something that just stayed with me the month of September being that anniversary that always is just, I don’t know, kind of a bummer,” he said “But it’s weird. Armstrong recently told Howard Stern that the song title comes directly from the words he, then a young kid, told his mother when his father died. Read more: BMTH and YUNGBLUD’s collab “Obey” is arriving sooner than you thinkįor those that don’t know, “Wake Me Up When September Ends” is about the death of Armstrong’s father. However, fans are reminding everyone about why the memes aren’t actually funny. Now, since September 2020 is here, Green Day began trending on Twitterbecause of the September memes. Wake Me Up When September Ends // Green Day /773VX5e6Yi How you know it’s september every year, even when you’re not a green day fan ? /x3B6N2ndtM He told the Portuguese language BBC site that he reckons Momo is a means for criminals to obtain data and extort victims who’ve become entangled in the game.Green Day be like: /tG4HuG3vjUĭon’t tweet the Green Day lyrics…. According to Rodrigo Nejm, who works for Safernet, a Brazilian not-for-profit hotline to which concerned citizens can report dodgy dealings on the internet, there most likely is. Are there any other explanations as to what the hell this is all about?Īs Scully would say in The X Files: there has to be a logical explanation for all this. The suggestion is that the girl filmed the video before she took her own life. They allegedly unlocked the girl’s phone and discovered footage in which she claimed she would die for the purposes of the game. Last year police in Argentina investigated the death of 12-year-old girl, which, according to reports, they believe may be associated with the Momo ‘game’. The monster messenger has yet to sweep the UK, though there’s a good chance it’ll come your way (unless you’re on the same network as me, in which case the signal probably isn’t good enough). READ MORE: Who is Slenderman? The Viral Bogeyman Behind HBO’s True Crime Documentary Explained Which countries have become victims of Momo?Īccording to reports, Mexico, Argentina, United States, France and Germany have been subjected to its reign of terror. There’s crap bants on Tinder, and then there’s this. You text the Momo number and it sends you bizarre, manipulative messages that set escalating challenges, which result in your suicide. Anyway, the story is that someone calling themselves Momo sets up a Whatsapp account with Midori Harashi’s terrifying image at its avatar. My ancestors are absolutely fucked, let me tell you. Why do people think Momo is dangerous?Ī lot of this is based on online hearsay and rumour mills, the contemporary equivalent of those chain emails that claimed a curse would be placed upon your entire bloodline if you didn’t forward them to at least seven people. Similarly, artist Eric Knudsen created Slenderman for a bit of fun, and has since widely distanced himself from the murderous implications of the meme. The image was originally created by the Japanese artist Midori Hayashi, who has nothing to do with its terrifying reputation. It was shared by another, and another, until the photo eventually went viral. A reddit user posted the above image – a woman with enormous eyes and a giant, beak-like mouth – on the website. Like many an internet phenomenon, Momo was born on Reddit – specifically, on the ‘creepy’ sub-reddit.