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"'''Hero'''" is the third track from Weezer’s fourteenth studio album'' [[Van Weezer]]''. | "'''Hero'''" is the third track from Weezer’s fourteenth studio album'' [[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Hero" was first hinted at in the promotional game ''[[The_End_of_the_Game#.22The_End_of_the_Game.22_Game|"The End of the Game" Game]]'', released on [[March 26]], [[2020]]. Upon clicking the text "Contest Rules", players were linked to an [https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/hero online dictionary entry] for "Hero". | |||
On [[April 15]], the song was listed as the third track on the Google Play listing for ''Van Weezer''. When asked about the song during [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|a Zoom webinar with fans]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] confirmed that | On [[April 15]], the song was listed as the third track on the Google Play listing for ''Van Weezer''. When asked about the song during [[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|a Zoom webinar with fans]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] confirmed that "Hero" was the next single after [[The End of the Game]] and stated it was coming "very soon". Cuomo publicly debuted the song by performing it on piano during another webinar on [[May 2]]. | ||
On [[May 4]], Weezer's official social media accounts confirmed that the date of [[May 6]] [https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1256319393010798593 previously teased] on [[May 1]] was indeed for the release of "Hero" [https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1257354314802237449]. | On [[May 4]], Weezer's official social media accounts confirmed that the date of [[May 6]] [https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1256319393010798593 previously teased] on [[May 1]] was indeed for the release of "Hero" [https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1257354314802237449]. | ||
==Music video== | ==Music video== | ||
The music video for "Hero" was directed by Brendan Walter and Jasper Graham and released alongside the single on [[May 6]]. On [[April 9]], [[Karl Koch]] put out a request on the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group for video footage from hospital workers. Said Koch, "We are looking to create a video as tribute to the doctors and nurses on the front lines of COVID-19. If you or a family member or anyone you know has footage of them that could be useful as a tribute we would love to use it. Anything works, them getting ready, with their families, at work, wearing their PPE, etc. Anything will help. Thanks!" On [[April 24]], however, Koch created a new post, clarifying that the plans for the video had changed, and requested that fans simply submit a video of themselves passing a piece of folded paper from the left side of the video to the right.<br> | The music video for "Hero" was directed by Brendan Walter and Jasper Graham and released alongside the single on [[May 6]]. On [[April 9]], [[Karl Koch]] put out a request on the [[Weezer Fan Club]] Facebook group for video footage from hospital workers. Said Koch, "We are looking to create a video as tribute to the doctors and nurses on the front lines of COVID-19. If you or a family member or anyone you know has footage of them that could be useful as a tribute we would love to use it. Anything works, them getting ready, with their families, at work, wearing their PPE, etc. Anything will help. Thanks!" On [[April 24]], however, Koch created a new post, clarifying that the plans for the video had changed, and requested that fans simply submit a video of themselves passing a piece of folded paper from the left side of the video to the right.<br> | ||