 The accompanying music video for " Kill the DJ " was directed by Green Day 's longtime collaborator Samuel Bayer , who previously directed the clip for the band 's previous single , " Oh Love " , and all the videos for their album American Idiot ( 2004 ) . The band announced the release of the clip with a teaser video which was uploaded to their YouTube channel on August 29 , 2012 . The teaser video featured several scenes from the video and a brief sample of the ending of the track . The full video premiered on September 4 , 2012 . The video starts with a black @-@ and @-@ white clip of the band riding motorcycles through a desert and finding their way into a nightclub . The band members walk through the club while others dance . As they perform in the club , two young women fight and some bottles are broken . Near the end , both women have a " bloodbath " ; they are depicted with blood on their faces and clothes while they continue to dance . 
