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"'''The End of the Game'''" is the lead single from Weezer’s forthcoming studio album'' [[Van Weezer]]''. | "'''The End of the Game'''" is the lead single from Weezer’s forthcoming studio album'' [[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
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The song was unveiled with its accompanying music video alongside the official announcement of the [[Hella Mega Tour]] on [[September 10]]. | The song was unveiled with its accompanying music video alongside the official announcement of the [[Hella Mega Tour]] on [[September 10]]. | ||
During a [[List of Rivers Cuomo video streams #Island in the Zoom|Zoom call]] on 5/2/2020, it was revealed that Rivers and Suzy Shinn went through many iterations of names for the love interest. They even considered [[Say It Ain't So|Jimmy]], but felt that it would be one too many Weezer references for the song. | |||
==''"The End of the Game" Game''== | ==''"The End of the Game" Game''== | ||
On [[March 26]], a browser-based video game titled ''"The End of the Game" Game'' was released on the website [http://theendofthegamegame.com/ theendofthegamegame.com]. The game is a side-scrolling arcade-style shooter game in which the player controls one of four members of Weezer in attempt to defeat the alien from the song's music video. After defeating the alien, the player must navigate a screen filled with invisible traps in order to claim the "prize". Upon reaching the goal, the browser links to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 YouTube video] of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" (an example of the "Rickrolling" prank that became popular on the internet around [[2007]]). The game claims on startup that there are 778 prizes left. Upon clicking the text "Contest Rules", they are linked to an [https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/hero online dictionary entry] for "[[Hero]]". | On [[March 26]], a browser-based video game titled ''"The End of the Game" Game'' was released on the website [http://theendofthegamegame.com/ theendofthegamegame.com]. The game is a side-scrolling arcade-style shooter game in which the player controls one of four members of Weezer in attempt to defeat the alien from the song's music video. After defeating the alien, the player must navigate a screen filled with invisible traps in order to claim the "prize". Upon reaching the goal, the browser links to a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 YouTube video] of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" (an example of the "Rickrolling" prank that became popular on the internet around [[2007]]). The game claims on startup that there are 778 prizes left. Upon clicking the text "Contest Rules", they are linked to an [https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/hero online dictionary entry] for "[[Hero]]". | ||