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| Last single = "[[The Last Days of Summer]]"<br> (2016) | | Last single = "[[The Last Days of Summer]]"<br> (2016) | ||
| This single = "Feels Like Summer"<br> (2017) | | This single = "Feels Like Summer"<br> (2017) | ||
| Next single = "[[ | | Next single = "[[Happy Hour]]"<br> (2017) | ||
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | | Misc = {{Extra album cover 2 | ||
| Upper caption = Acoustic cover | | Upper caption = Acoustic cover | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
On [[March 13]], 2017, a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO5lpxLh7UY short clip] of the song was posted to the band's Youtube page along with a release date. The full song leaked on [[March 14]] on the Russian social network VKontakte. A video was released at midnight on March 16th to coincide with the single's release. Along with the release of the single was the announcement of a new album that was to be released in the summer. The song ended up on [[Pacific Daydream]], the band's next album. | On [[March 13]], 2017, a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO5lpxLh7UY short clip] of the song was posted to the band's Youtube page along with a release date. The full song leaked on [[March 14]] on the Russian social network VKontakte. A video was released at midnight on March 16th to coincide with the single's release. Along with the release of the single was the announcement of a new album that was to be released in the summer. The song ended up on ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'', the band's next album. The track was intended to be released on the planned followup to ''[[The White Album]]'', the Black Album, but when that album was delayed, it was put on ''Pacific Daydream''. | ||
On [[June 29]], 2017, an acoustic version of the single was released. On [[July 27]], 2017, an alternate video for the song was released, parodying the video for Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" | On [[June 29]], 2017, an acoustic version of the single was released. On [[July 27]], 2017, an alternate video for the song was released, parodying the video for Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City." | ||
The line "let me see the smile" used in the outro is one that holds relevance to Rivers and his childhood. As he told [[Alternative Press interview with Weezer - January 1997|Alternative Press in 1997]], "I know I was a very somber child. I would never smile. In the second grade my teacher asked my mother what was wrong with me because I never looked happy. So my mother advised her to say, ‘Let me see the smile,’ and then I would smile. So she did that –in front of the whole class. She got the whole class to turn around, look at me and say, ‘Let me see the smile.‘" | The line "let me see the smile" used in the outro is one that holds relevance to Rivers and his childhood. As he told [[Alternative Press interview with Weezer - January 1997|Alternative Press in 1997]], "I know I was a very somber child. I would never smile. In the second grade my teacher asked my mother what was wrong with me because I never looked happy. So my mother advised her to say, ‘Let me see the smile,’ and then I would smile. So she did that –in front of the whole class. She got the whole class to turn around, look at me and say, ‘Let me see the smile.‘" | ||