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The song's existence first became known to fans in [[2019]] when its title appeared in [[Notes on EWBAITE-era demos by anonymous A&R assistant|a list of notes written by an A&R assistant]] about various songs demoed in contention for the album that would eventually become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | The song's existence first became known to fans in [[2019]] when its title appeared in [[Notes on EWBAITE-era demos by anonymous A&R assistant|a list of notes written by an A&R assistant]] about various songs demoed in contention for the album that would eventually become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | ||
On [[May 22]], [[2020]], Cuomo hosted an ''[[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|Island in the Zoom]]'' | On [[May 22]], [[2020]], Cuomo hosted an ''[[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|Island in the Zoom]]'' video conference with screenwriter [[Yalun Tu]] as the special guest, wherein Tu explained that he and Cuomo were working on a pitch for a TV series in which Cuomo plays a fictionalized version of himself, who performs with [[Weezer]] and lives as a family man while also secretly being an alien from outer space [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1VYsjmsjRI]. On [[October 23]] of that year, while simultaneously streaming to Instagram and TikTok, Cuomo recorded his segment of the pitch, which included a performance of "Simple to Me", featuring lyrics alluding to being a martian. | ||
Several demos of "Simple to Me" were added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 22]], [[2020]], though some of these (specifically the ones based around the "martian" conceit) were removed by Cuomo shortly thereafter. | Several demos of "Simple to Me" were added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 22]], [[2020]], though some of these (specifically the ones based around the "martian" conceit) were removed by Cuomo shortly thereafter. | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
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