Clickbait has been around for a long time. But the most recent annoying thing is a bunch of posts and articles with the headline "BAD NEWS FOR GREEN DAY FANS" and they taking quotes from Green Day out of context, dramatizing the fact that they are taking a break. They are doing it with Disturbed as well. Green Day and Disturbed are wrapping up their album and touring cycles. Yes, they are tired. Yes, they want to go home and sit on the couch and eat a sandwich or whatever. But all these articles are making it seem like the bands are over, kaput, disbanded, defeated, destroyed, dead, burning down in the flames, dead. But it's the normal cycle of things. Band promoted an album, goes on tour, takes 2 or 3 years and then does it all over again. There's nothing else going on.
And the fact is, we don't see all the behind the scenes stuff. We don't really know what bands are doing that we don't see or hear. They might be planning ahead, having business meetings, signing contracts and deals, merchandise stuff. deciding what hairstyles or outfits will be next. What books or movies have inspired them. Not just farting on the couch with a dog in their lap or swimming in a pool made of diamonds with Mistress Simone putting a belt sander on them or whatever.