Fall Out Boy’s updated “We Didn’t Start The Fire” is for the emo fan that loves a 9/11 reference
thefader.comFall Out Boy have released a cover of the Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” – updated to namecheck newsworthy items from 1989-2023.
In the original, Joel lists significant events and figures from 1949 (his year of birth) to 1989. In the updated version, Fall Out Boy cherry pick from the past 34 years of history, landing on names such as Elon Musk and Michael Jordan as well as September 11 and the Columbine mass shooting.
There's a lot going on for what is supposedly a little ironic karaoke. Check it out below. Other events referenced by Fall Out Boy in their refreshed lyrics are the Arab Spring, the rise of deep fake technology, The Oklahoma City bombing, and the war in Afghanistan.
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