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[[Rivers Cuomo]] is alleged to have first mentioned the song's title via [[Riverchat]] in August [[2020]]. The song was added to the list of known songs in [[Riverpedia_archive_-_09/06/2020#Song_Titles|the Riverpedia entry for ''OK Human'']], and was thereafter presumed confirmed due to all edits being approved by Cuomo. The song's existence was further confirmed when demos of the song were [[List_of_files_listed_on_riverscuomo.com|listed]] on the [[riverscuomo.com]] [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]]. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] is alleged to have first mentioned the song's title via [[Riverchat]] in August [[2020]]. The song was added to the list of known songs in [[Riverpedia_archive_-_09/06/2020#Song_Titles|the Riverpedia entry for ''OK Human'']], and was thereafter presumed confirmed due to all edits being approved by Cuomo. The song's existence was further confirmed when demos of the song were [[List_of_files_listed_on_riverscuomo.com|listed]] on the [[riverscuomo.com]] [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]]. | ||
During an | During an interview with ''The Los Angeles Times''<ref>Wood, Mikael. "It’s not ‘Pinkerton.’ But Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo gets pretty emo on ‘OK Human’ " ''Los Angeles Times'', 26 January 2021, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-01-26/weezer-rivers-cuomo-ok-human</ref>, Rivers revealed that the song was originally written for his friend, controversial author, philosopher, and podcast host [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris Sam Harris]. | ||
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''I felt like I have more experience dealing with the internet and trolls because all that arose right when we were making our most controversial records.''<br> | ''"I felt like I have more experience dealing with the internet and trolls because all that arose right when we were making our most controversial records.''<br> | ||
''I wanted to explain to Sam how to not get sucked into it.'' | ''I wanted to explain to Sam how to not get sucked into it."'' | ||
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Cuomo also revealed the chorus originally featured the line: ''"Don't go on Reddit"''. A song with the title "Reddit" from [[2018]] was previously [[List of files listed on riverscuomo.com|listed as dummy data]] on the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] in [[2020]]. | |||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on OK Human]][[Category:Weezer songs produced by Jake Sinclair]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on OK Human]][[Category:Weezer songs produced by Jake Sinclair]] | ||