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On [[January 10]], a preorder page for the vinyl pressing of the album was discovered on the website for the UK record store chain HMV, with a given release date of [[January 29]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210110160200/https://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/ok-human]. The page was removed hours after it was discovered. On the same day, a post reviewing the album was found on a Hungarian blog [http://elmenyem.hu/zene/januar-vegen-erkezik-a-meglepetes-weezer-album/] which reinforced the January 29 release date and implied that the album would have 12 tracks. | On [[January 10]], a preorder page for the vinyl pressing of the album was discovered on the website for the UK record store chain HMV, with a given release date of [[January 29]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210110160200/https://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/ok-human]. The page was removed hours after it was discovered. On the same day, a post reviewing the album was found on a Hungarian blog [http://elmenyem.hu/zene/januar-vegen-erkezik-a-meglepetes-weezer-album/] which reinforced the January 29 release date and implied that the album would have 12 tracks. | ||
[[Image:Masterpiece-floppy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|The 3½-inch floppy disk mailed to a Fan Club member]]On [[January 12]], several members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]] reported receiving 3½-inch floppy disks, mailed | [[Image:Masterpiece-floppy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|The 3½-inch floppy disk mailed to a Fan Club member]]On [[January 12]], several members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]] reported receiving 3½-inch floppy disks, mailed from a Los Angeles shipping center. The disks were labeled "Masterpiece" with the additional text: "Hi Human, open ReadMe.txt". The disks contained a photo of Rivers Cuomo's face superimposed over that of Bill Gates, as well as ASCII art by Joan G. Stark[https://www.asciiart.eu/computers/smileys] and a website URL: http://everythingthatfeelssogoodisbadbadbad.com/ The URL led to a Spotify playlist including a track titled "ReadMe.txt" and attributed to "=m=asterpiece" consisting of a female synthesized voice reading a message (likely an allusion to the track "Fitter Happier" from Radiohead's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer OK Computer]''): | ||
<blockquote><poem>''All my favorite songs are slow and sad'' | <blockquote><poem>''All my favorite songs are slow and sad'' | ||
''All my favorite people make me mad'' | ''All my favorite people make me mad'' | ||