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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
On [[September 7]], [[2023]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] joked about the existence of a Christmas album in passing on his [[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]] Discord server: | On [[September 7]], [[2023]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] joked about the existence of a Christmas album in passing on his [[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]] Discord server: | ||
"JD said [the ''SZNZ'' box set will] be out for christmas. but the Christmas album is on hold till next year."<ref>Rivers Cuomo (September 7, 2023). [[:File:MRN090723.png|"JD said it'll be out for christmas. but the Christmas album is on hold till next year."]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref> Later, on [[June 3]], [[2024]], Cuomo posted a pun comparing prospective [[Weezer's twentieth album| | "JD said [the ''SZNZ'' box set will] be out for christmas. but the Christmas album is on hold till next year."<ref>Rivers Cuomo (September 7, 2023). [[:File:MRN090723.png|"JD said it'll be out for christmas. but the Christmas album is on hold till next year."]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref> Later, on [[June 3]], [[2024]], Cuomo posted a pun comparing prospective [[Weezer's twentieth album|album 20]] producer {{PN|Klas Åhlund}} name to {{Wikipedia|Sinterklaas}}: "we liked working with Klas. He was a real saint."<ref>Rivers Cuomo (June 3, 2024). [[:File:MRN060324.png|"I just came on to make the same joke. ' we liked working with Klas. He was a real saint.'"]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]].</ref> Fans have taken both messages to mean that there is, in fact, a Christmas album currently in production.<ref>MrClouding (December 17, 2024). [https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/1hgjt2c/reminder_there_is_a_christmas_album_on_the_way/ "reminder: there is a Christmas album on the way SOON!"] Reddit. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241221014611/https://old.reddit.com/r/weezer/comments/1hgjt2c/reminder_there_is_a_christmas_album_on_the_way/ Archived] from the original.</ref> | ||
Dissimilar to | Dissimilar to album 20 and other modern Weezer projects, very few songs have been publicly floated as potential inclusions for the album. On [[May 15]], [[2024]], Discord user taylorlee (an assistant of Cuomo's) requested an MP3 copy of the song "{{Wikipedia|Merry Christmas Everyone}}" for Cuomo's use<!--<ref>taylorlee (May 15, 2024). [[:File:MRN051524.png|"Haha sorry can you help me get this song as an mp3?"]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref>--><ref>taylorlee (May 15, 2024). [https://discord.com/channels/890210072381247548/1240380923686682765/1240385543028871198 "Haha sorry can you help me get this song as an mp3?"] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref> — it is believed that the song may have been recorded for the album. Additionally, the song "[[I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday]]" was recorded by the band sometime in [[2024]] and debuted in the Hallmark film ''Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story'' on [[November 30]]. | ||
Cuomo posted an in-studio photo with the caption "Guitar-tracking, Klas style" to Discord on [[May 25]], [[2024]]<ref>Rivers Cuomo (May 25, 2024). [[:File:MRN052524.png|"Guitar-tracking, Klas style."]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]].</ref> and later revealed the band was in the studio with Åhlund for nine days working on a project unrelated to | Cuomo posted an in-studio photo with the caption "Guitar-tracking, Klas style" to Discord on [[May 25]], [[2024]]<ref>Rivers Cuomo (May 25, 2024). [[:File:MRN052524.png|"Guitar-tracking, Klas style."]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]].</ref> and later revealed the band was in the studio with Åhlund for nine days working on a project unrelated to album 20.<!--<ref>Rivers Cuomo (May 15, 2024). [[:File:MRN060324a.png|"it was 9 days. Long days."]] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref>--><ref>Rivers Cuomo (May 15, 2024). [https://discord.com/channels/890210072381247548/1023732441648746496/1247202091643179019 "it was 9 days. Long days."] Discord message sent to ''[[Mister Rivers' Neighborhood]]''.</ref> He teased Discord users speculating about the project's contents, musing "how has no one figured it out yet", then later noting that it is "not a secret" and that he had "been very forthcoming" about it. Members of the server eventually reached the consensus that he was referring to the Christmas album.<!--<ref>Various Discord users (June 2024). [[:File:MRN_curated_chat_messages_from_June_3,_2024.png|Discussion held on June 3, 2024 in the "Album 20 (music discussion)" forum of the ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood'' Discord server]]. Multiple screenshots curated into a single image.</ref>-->{{Citation needed}} | ||
No Christmas album has yet been released. When asked about it in January of 2025, Cuomo responded "xmas covers ep is done." When further probed about a potential release date, Cuomo said "no idea. there's a real art to release timing and that's more crush's department."{{Citation needed}} | No Christmas album has yet been released. When asked about it in January of 2025, Cuomo responded "xmas covers ep is done." When further probed about a potential release date, Cuomo said "no idea. there's a real art to release timing and that's more crush's department."{{Citation needed}} | ||