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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
[[Rivers Cuomo]] has credited producer [[Jake Sinclair]] with planting "the seed of an idea" for ''OK Human'' in [[2017]]. "Just you and a piano, and an orchestra, and it's gonna be super-personal, quirky songs that only you could write, not worrying about commercial potential at all, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsTtPSv-yw] adding that Sinclair suggested he listen to the 1970 album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilsson_Sings_Newman Nilsson Sings Newman]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson Harry Nilsson]. Cuomo had previously covered the Nilsson tune "[[Without You]]," originally written by members of the '70s band Badfinger. Cuomo said that he was excited from day one, and that the songs came quickly thereafter, with the album being "about 90% done" before he was made aware of the forthcoming [[Hella Mega Tour]]. | [[Rivers Cuomo]] has credited producer [[Jake Sinclair]] with planting "the seed of an idea" for ''OK Human'' in [[2017]]. "Just you and a piano, and an orchestra, and it's gonna be super-personal, quirky songs that only you could write, not worrying about commercial potential at all, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsTtPSv-yw] adding that Sinclair suggested he listen to the 1970 album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilsson_Sings_Newman Nilsson Sings Newman]'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson Harry Nilsson]. Cuomo had previously covered the Nilsson tune "[[Without You]]," originally written by members of the '70s band Badfinger. Cuomo said that he was excited from day one of the creative process for ''OK Human'', and that the songs came quickly thereafter, with the album being "about 90% done" before he was made aware of the forthcoming [[Hella Mega Tour]]. | ||
===Early promotion=== | ===Early promotion=== | ||
Cuomo first confirmed the album's existence to Zane Lowe in January of 2019. Said Cuomo: "Our next album is not on the grid, we’ve just recorded the basic tracks there’s no click, no grid. We don’t have a real title, but the key word we have to inspire us at the moment is ‘masterpiece’. It’s produced by Jake Sinclair who did [[the White Album]]." Cuomo first mentioned the album's working title "''OK Human''" in [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html an interview with Los Angeles Times] published on [[February 22]], [[2019]], about a week before the release of ''[[The Black Album]]''. Cuomo described the album as "piano-based, very eccentric, with strings already recorded at Abbey Road." Cuomo mentioned that his influences for the album were George Gershwin and Harry Nilsson (specifically, the album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilsson_Sings_Newman Nilsson Sings Newman]''). Cuomo also confirmed the existence of another project tentatively titled ''[[Van Weezer]]''. | Cuomo first confirmed the album's existence to Zane Lowe in January of 2019. Said Cuomo: "Our next album is not on the grid, we’ve just recorded the basic tracks there’s no click, no grid. We don’t have a real title, but the key word we have to inspire us at the moment is ‘masterpiece’. It’s produced by Jake Sinclair who did [[the White Album]]." Cuomo first mentioned the album's working title "''OK Human''" in [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-rivers-cuomo-weezer-teal-album-black-album-20190222-story.html an interview with Los Angeles Times] published on [[February 22]], [[2019]], about a week before the release of ''[[The Black Album]]''. Cuomo described the album as "piano-based, very eccentric, with strings already recorded at Abbey Road." Cuomo mentioned that his influences for the album were George Gershwin and Harry Nilsson (specifically, the album ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilsson_Sings_Newman Nilsson Sings Newman]''). Cuomo also confirmed the existence of another project tentatively titled ''[[Van Weezer]]''. | ||