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==Writing== | ==Writing== | ||
Much of the album's lyrics come from | Much of the album's lyrics come from Cuomo's stream of consciousness diary as well as his experiences living in California. He also used tinder to meet up with people and then wrote about his experiences. | ||
Cuomo annotated the lyrics of "[[Thank God for Girls]]," "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]," and "[[King of the World]]" on the site genius.com. He was featured on the [https://soundcloud.com/hrishihirway/song-exploder-weezer SongExploder podcast], where he detailed the writing and development of "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]". "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" was written about Cuomo's girlfriend in 2000, the same subject as "[[O Girl]]" and "[[O Girlfriend]]." It shares a similar name with COR#351 (October 2001, "D'ya Wanna Get High?"), but on Facebook Cuomo said the music was written from 2014-2015. "[[King of the World]]," which is about Cuomo's wife [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo]], was annotated by both of them together. "[[Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori]]" is about two mothers Cuomo met at his daughter's school. | |||
Fans on [[allthingsweezer.com]] have matched up some White album lyrics (particularly sections of "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[Prom Night]]") with stream of consciousness writings on | Fans on [[allthingsweezer.com]] have matched up some White album lyrics (particularly sections of "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[Prom Night]]") with stream of consciousness writings on Cuomo' now-defunct [http://www.rcuomo.tumblr.com tumblr page]. | ||
Bandmate [[Brian Bell]] cowrote "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[L.A. Girlz]]" . | Bandmate [[Brian Bell]] cowrote "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[L.A. Girlz]]" . | ||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||
On October 20, 2015, "[[Thank God for Girls]]" was played live at a [[Weezer_concert:_10/20/2015_-_Burbank,_CA|small iHeart Radio show]] in Burbank, California. This was followed by an official single release on October 26th. A week later, on November 2nd, the song "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music. The song was officially released the following day. In interviews, | On October 20, 2015, "[[Thank God for Girls]]" was played live at a [[Weezer_concert:_10/20/2015_-_Burbank,_CA|small iHeart Radio show]] in Burbank, California. This was followed by an official single release on October 26th. A week later, on November 2nd, the song "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]" debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show on Apple Music. The song was officially released the following day. In interviews, Cuomo insisted that these songs were not part of a new album and that they were just two songs. In January of 2016, [[weezer.com]] became a blank white screen and the band's Facebook and Twitter pages posted blank white pictures. A video was posted to the band's youtube channel that was a white screen with static in the background. On the morning of January 14, the album was announced as ''The White Album'' with a release date of April 1 in addition to a new song and video for "[[King of the World]]". | ||
Producer [[Jake Sinclair]] revealed himself on [[allthingsweezer.com]] as user "wannabeezer" and began to share insight on the new album. As a weezer fan himself, his goal was to make a weezer album that would change the third album on people's rankings. Two more songs were released before the album: "[[L.A. Girlz]]" on February 16th, and "[[California Kids]]" which leaked on Apple Music for a short amount of time. The latter was a remake of the 2014 [[Scott & Rivers]] song "[[California]]." The song was officially released on March 9. | Producer [[Jake Sinclair]] revealed himself on [[allthingsweezer.com]] as user "wannabeezer" and began to share insight on the new album. As a weezer fan himself, his goal was to make a weezer album that would change the third album on people's rankings. Two more songs were released before the album: "[[L.A. Girlz]]" on February 16th, and "[[California Kids]]" which leaked on Apple Music for a short amount of time. The latter was a remake of the 2014 [[Scott & Rivers]] song "[[California]]." The song was officially released on March 9. | ||