Tell Me What You Want: Difference between revisions

==Overview==

The song's bridge is a re-appropriation of the ''[[Maladroit]]''-era demo "[[Zep Jamb]]," written in [[2001]]. Its pre-verse riff is also from a demo of that era called "chunky riff". On [[May 3]], [[2021]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] mentioned to [[Riverchat]] users that the verses for "Tell Me What You Want" were originally written from the perspective of the character [[Sebastian]] from ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''.<ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. 3 May 2021. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Rivers-TellMeWhatYouWant.png</ref> Cuomo first unveiled the song during a video chat with fans [[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood 2.0|on his mobile app]] on [[April 30]], [[2021]]. When asked why the song was not included on the album, Cuomo stated that "[[1 More Hit]]" was "kind of like the same genre, but better." [[Brian Bell]] uploaded a video of himself playing guitar over the song to his Instagram account on [[May 3]], 2021 <ref>trelationship ''Instagram'' 3 May 2021, https://www.instagram.com/tv/COboutBp1OKgIC-02fHIg1BL3ORNXvky6M6Jzk0/</ref><ref>granola granola "Brian Bell practicing Tell Me What You Want? (Unreleased Weezer song)" ''YouTube'' 3 May 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBnvNoM1Vgo</ref>. Weezer performed the song to accompany the unveiling of the video game ''Wave Break'' at the video game industry event Summer Game Fest on [[June 10]], [[2021]]. The song's [[June 11]] release date was also announced alongside a 7"-vinyl single published by [https://www.iam8bit.com iam8bit] and slated for release in the fourth quarter of 2021 (later delayed to [[2022]]).

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==Personnel==

*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals