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| Recorded = January [[2019]] - November [[2020]] | | Recorded = January [[2019]] - November [[2020]] | ||
| Format = Digital, CD, LP | | Format = Digital, CD, LP | ||
| Genre = Chamber pop, pop rock | | Genre = Chamber pop, pop rock, classic | ||
| Length = 30:27 | | Length = 30:27 | ||
| Label = Crush Music/Atlantic Records | | Label = Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||
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It was released on [[January 29]], [[2021]]. Physical copies were initially exclusive to the official web store and would see wide release on [[February 12]]. | It was released on [[January 29]], [[2021]]. Physical copies were initially exclusive to the official web store and would see wide release on [[February 12]]. | ||
==Production and composition== | ==Production and composition== | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] has credited producer [[Jake Sinclair]] with planting "the seed of an idea" for ''OK Human'' in [[2017]]. "Just you and a piano, and an orchestra, and it's gonna be super-personal, quirky songs that only you could write, not worrying about commercial potential at all,<ref>Apple Music. "Weezer: ‘OK Human’ and Complexity of ‘Pinkerton’ | Apple Music" ''YouTube''. 28 January 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsTtPSv-yw</ref> adding that Sinclair suggested he listen to the 1970 album ''[[Wikipedia:Nilsson_Sings_Newman|Nilsson Sings Newman]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Harry_Nilsson|Harry Nilsson]]. Cuomo had previously covered the Nilsson tune "[[Without You]]," originally written by members of the '70s band [[Wikipedia:Badfinger|Badfinger]]. Cuomo said that he was excited from day one of the creative process for ''OK Human'', and that the songs came quickly thereafter, with the album being "about 90% done" before he was made aware of the forthcoming [[Hella Mega Tour]]. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] has credited producer [[Jake Sinclair]] with planting "the seed of an idea" for ''OK Human'' in [[2017]]. "Just you and a piano, and an orchestra, and it's gonna be super-personal, quirky songs that only you could write, not worrying about commercial potential at all,<ref>Apple Music. "Weezer: ‘OK Human’ and Complexity of ‘Pinkerton’ | Apple Music" ''YouTube''. 28 January 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsTtPSv-yw</ref> adding that Sinclair suggested he listen to the 1970 album ''[[Wikipedia:Nilsson_Sings_Newman|Nilsson Sings Newman]]'' by [[Wikipedia:Harry_Nilsson|Harry Nilsson]]. Cuomo had previously covered the Nilsson tune "[[Without You]]," originally written by members of the '70s band [[Wikipedia:Badfinger|Badfinger]]. Cuomo said that he was excited from day one of the creative process for ''OK Human'', and that the songs came quickly thereafter, with the album being "about 90% done" before he was made aware of the forthcoming [[Hella Mega Tour]]. | ||