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| Artist = Weezer | | Artist = Weezer | ||
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| Recorded = [[2018]] | | Recorded = [[2017]]-[[2018]] | ||
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According to an e-mail sent out on [[October 14]], [[2018]] to members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]], the music video starring Pete Wentz for "[[Can't Knock The Hustle]]" was originally intended for "Midnight" (and Cuomo later confirmed in an interview that it had been intended for the [[2017]] ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'' song "[[Happy Hour]]" before that).<ref name="billboard" /> The e-mail stated that "Midnight" was planned to be the debut single for the band's then-upcoming ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|Black Album]]'', before the unexpected success of "[[Rosanna]]" and "[[Africa]]" caused the single's release to be delayed, with the song (as well as the version of ''The Black Album'' it was set to promote) eventually being scrapped entirely. | According to an e-mail sent out on [[October 14]], [[2018]] to members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]], the music video starring Pete Wentz for "[[Can't Knock The Hustle]]" was originally intended for "Midnight" (and Cuomo later confirmed in an interview that it had been intended for the [[2017]] ''[[Pacific Daydream]]'' song "[[Happy Hour]]" before that).<ref name="billboard" /> The e-mail stated that "Midnight" was planned to be the debut single for the band's then-upcoming ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|Black Album]]'', before the unexpected success of "[[Rosanna]]" and "[[Africa]]" caused the single's release to be delayed, with the song (as well as the version of ''The Black Album'' it was set to promote) eventually being scrapped entirely. | ||
"Midnight" was first premiered live acoustically by [[Rivers Cuomo]] at a [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/09/2018|solo show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco]] on [[May 9]], | The exact date of recording is unknown, yet as of the release of ''Pacific Daydream'', this version of ''The Black Album'' was "almost done" and expected to release in May of [[2018]].<ref name=dazed>Eloise, Marianne. "Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific". Dazed. 27 October 2017. https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37880/1/rivers-cuomo-on-dark-thoughts-post-malone-being-prolific</ref> | ||
"Midnight" was first premiered live acoustically by [[Rivers Cuomo]] at a [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/09/2018|solo show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco]] on [[May 9]], 2018. Cuomo performed the song one additional time at [[Rivers Cuomo concert: 05/30/2018|another concert]] on [[May 30]]. | |||
On [[April 13]], [[2020]], a 24-second clip of the full song was uploaded by a user named Alek to the leak-sharing internet forum [https://leakth.is LEAKTHIS]. On [[April 13]], Alek is understood to have sold the song to an unknown buyer. The song was uploaded and shared on various Weezer fan outlets shortly thereafter. | On [[April 13]], [[2020]], a 24-second clip of the full song was uploaded by a user named Alek to the leak-sharing internet forum [https://leakth.is LEAKTHIS]. On [[April 13]], Alek is understood to have sold the song to an unknown buyer. The song was uploaded and shared on various Weezer fan outlets shortly thereafter. | ||