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In an October 2017 NPR interview Rivers said that the verse lyrics were written using "free-association." He knew that the chorus was going to be about wanting a "happy hour" and that the verses were to depict the narrator's bleak life. The "20-ton weight" was described by Rivers as the "ultimate buzzkill" that first came to mind when writing the verse lyrics. | In an October 2017 NPR interview Rivers said that the verse lyrics were written using "free-association." He knew that the chorus was going to be about wanting a "happy hour" and that the verses were to depict the narrator's bleak life. The "20-ton weight" was described by Rivers as the "ultimate buzzkill" that first came to mind when writing the verse lyrics. | ||
The official YouTube video for | The official YouTube video for Happy Hour features art by Spanish artist [http://laprisamata.es/ LAPRISAMATA], whose art also appears in the videos for "[[Beach Boys]]" and "[[Weekend Woman]]". A different music video, starring Pete Wentz of the band Fall Out Boy, was originally filmed for the song, but was scrapped. The footage was later repurposed for the single "[[Midnight]]", before the song was scrapped. The footage was repurposed again and was finally used as the music video for the ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|Black Album]]'' track "[[Can't Knock The Hustle]]" [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8500614/weezer-rivers-cuomo-data-driven-approach-interview?utm_source=twitter]. | ||
In a [[2019]] episode of ''Making Records with Eric Valentine'', producer Butch Walker stated the opening lyrics referring to Stevie Ray Vaughan originally made explicit reference to Vaughan being high on cocaine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGVMrcjSpA], but were later changed. | In a [[2019]] episode of ''Making Records with Eric Valentine'', producer Butch Walker stated the opening lyrics referring to Stevie Ray Vaughan originally made explicit reference to Vaughan being high on cocaine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGVMrcjSpA], but were later changed. | ||