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On [[April 10]], Rivers [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|stated on the video conferencing platform Zoom]] that, at the time, the album was 75% complete. He followed this up by saying the album would likely not be released in [[2020]]. On [[April 17]], he explained the premise to a fan as "very much a day in the life of [himself], but from a very private place." In a Zoom conference on [[May 9]], Cuomo opened by performing a cover of "Heart-Shaped Box" by [[Nirvana]]. Afterwards, Cuomo recalled being struck by the song's use of "tar pits" in its lyrics as he had, one day prior, recorded tracks for an ''OK Human'' song titled "[[La Brea Tar Pits]]". On [[May 14]], Cuomo shared a photo via Snapchat of a studio, with visible sheet music titled "[[Dead Roses]]". On [[May 15]], Cuomo confirmed in an interview with Mike Jones of the radio station DC101 that the string section was the first to be recorded for the album and that, at the time of the interview, only his piano parts were yet to be completed. | On [[April 10]], Rivers [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|stated on the video conferencing platform Zoom]] that, at the time, the album was 75% complete. He followed this up by saying the album would likely not be released in [[2020]]. On [[April 17]], he explained the premise to a fan as "very much a day in the life of [himself], but from a very private place." In a Zoom conference on [[May 9]], Cuomo opened by performing a cover of "Heart-Shaped Box" by [[Nirvana]]. Afterwards, Cuomo recalled being struck by the song's use of "tar pits" in its lyrics as he had, one day prior, recorded tracks for an ''OK Human'' song titled "[[La Brea Tar Pits]]". On [[May 14]], Cuomo shared a photo via Snapchat of a studio, with visible sheet music titled "[[Dead Roses]]". On [[May 15]], Cuomo confirmed in an interview with Mike Jones of the radio station DC101 that the string section was the first to be recorded for the album and that, at the time of the interview, only his piano parts were yet to be completed. | ||
On [[August 13]], Weezer announced that their currently planned release [[Van Weezer]] was being delayed further into May 2021.[https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1294123815954534400] They also hinted that songs from OK Human would release in the meantime, possibly signaling the release order of the two albums had been switched.[https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1294124031612989442] | On [[August 13]], Weezer announced that their currently planned release [[Van Weezer]] was being delayed further into May 2021.[https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1294123815954534400] They also hinted that songs from ''OK Human'' would release in the meantime, possibly signaling the release order of the two albums had been switched.[https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1294124031612989442] | ||
On [[August 20]], a Riverchat user asked Cuomo about ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four 1984]'' by George Orwell, Cuomo revealed that there was a song on the album that referenced the novel. Rivers went on to quote lyrics from said song that referenced both ''1984'' and Herman Melville's ''Moby Dick'' in addition to Virginia Woolf's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_Dalloway Mrs Dalloway]''. | |||
On [[August 26]], Rivers edited the album's [[Riverpedia]] page to include the song's title, "[[Rock My Audible]]". On [[October 1]] through the streaming platform ''TikTok'', Cuomo revealed that the band had a photo shoot earlier that day, later confirming it to be "for the OK Human artwork and the whole album cycle". On [[October 23]], Cuomo replaced the song title "[[Rock My Audible]]" with the title "[[Grapes of Wrath]]" on the ''OK Human'' [[Riverpedia_archive_-_10/22/2020|Riverpedia entry]], implying that the track was renamed. | |||
==Known Track Titles== | ==Known Track Titles== | ||
*"[[La Brea Tar Pits]]" | *"[[La Brea Tar Pits]]" | ||