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"'''Byzantine'''" is the ninth track from ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|The Black Album]]''. | "'''Byzantine'''" is the ninth track from ''[[Weezer (The Black Album)|The Black Album]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Image:Rivers tweet laura.png|right|thumb|256px|Laura Jane Grace's reply to Rivers Cuomo's tweet from [[May 13]], [[2018]] requesting help with lyrics]] | |||
Most of the lyrics were written by musician [[Laura Jane Grace]] (of the band Against Me!) via text message. Said Cuomo, "She did most of the lyrics, and she sent them to me as text messages, and I turned it into a song." [https://ew.com/music/2019/02/27/rivers-cuomo-weezer-black-album-interview/] Grace commented on the collaboration in a Rolling Stone article in December of 2019 [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-decade-recap-925222/]: | Most of the lyrics were written by musician [[Laura Jane Grace]] (of the band Against Me!) via text message. Said Cuomo, "She did most of the lyrics, and she sent them to me as text messages, and I turned it into a song." [https://ew.com/music/2019/02/27/rivers-cuomo-weezer-black-album-interview/] Grace commented on the collaboration in a Rolling Stone article in December of 2019 [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/laura-jane-grace-decade-recap-925222/]: | ||
<blockquote>''Rivers one day tweeted, “Will someone write lyrics for me?” And I responded, “OK, I will.” And then he DM’d me. It was so fucking wild and such a cool experience. I will forever be in Rivers’ debt. It was a song called “Byzantine” off of the Black Album. I find his songwriting process really interesting and to be let into that in a scientific way was really cool to see from the inside.''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''Rivers one day tweeted, “Will someone write lyrics for me?” And I responded, “OK, I will.” And then he DM’d me. It was so fucking wild and such a cool experience. I will forever be in Rivers’ debt. It was a song called “Byzantine” off of the Black Album. I find his songwriting process really interesting and to be let into that in a scientific way was really cool to see from the inside.''</blockquote> | ||