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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 | 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 the dating app Tinder to meet up with people and then wrote about his experiences. | |||
New songwriting techniques are also employed, notably the concept of cutting up lyrics and adding them on a spreadsheet, so they can be selected and utilized on songs. | |||
Fans on [[allthingsweezer.com]] have matched up some of the album's lyrics (particularly sections of "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[Prom Night]]") with streams of consciousness writings on Cuomo' now-defunct [http://www.rcuomo.tumblr.com tumblr page]. | |||
Cuomo annotated the lyrics of "[[Thank God for Girls]]," "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]," and "[[King of the World]]" on the website [https://genius.com/ Genius.com]. He was featured on the [https://soundcloud.com/hrishihirway/song-exploder-weezer SongExploder podcast], where he details 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]]." The song shares a similar name with COR#351 (October 2001, "D'ya Wanna Get High?"), however when asked about it on Facebook, | Cuomo annotated the lyrics of "[[Thank God for Girls]]," "[[Do You Wanna Get High?]]," and "[[King of the World]]" on the website [https://genius.com/ Genius.com]. He was featured on the [https://soundcloud.com/hrishihirway/song-exploder-weezer SongExploder podcast], where he details 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]]." The song shares a similar name with COR#351 (October 2001, "D'ya Wanna Get High?"), however when asked about it on Facebook, | ||
Cuomo said the song 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. | Cuomo said the song 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. | ||
Bandmate [[Brian Bell]] cowrote "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[L.A. Girlz]]" . | Bandmate [[Brian Bell]] cowrote "[[Endless Bummer]]" and "[[L.A. Girlz]]" . | ||