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"'''Hero'''" is the first track and second single from '' [[Van Weezer]]''. It was released [[May 6]], [[2020]]. | "'''Hero'''" is the first track and second single from '' [[Van Weezer]]''. It was released [[May 6]], [[2020]]. | ||
==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". | "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 "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."<ref>@weezer, ''Twitter'', 1:00 p.m. UTC, https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1257354314802237449</ref> | ||
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" | |||
Weezer performed "Hero" on the [[June 17]] [[Weezer TV appearance: 06/17/2020 - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|episode of ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'']]. | Weezer performed "Hero" on the [[June 17]] [[Weezer TV appearance: 06/17/2020 - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|episode of ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'']]. On [[July 30]], a piano version of the song, produced by [[Jake Sinclair]] and based on the prior Zoom and ''Tonight Show'' performances, was officially released on digital music storefronts and streaming platforms. | ||
"Hero" was listed as the third track on the album prior to the formal announcement of the track list for ''Van Weezer'' on [[April 20]], [[2021]].<ref>"Van Weezer". ''Amazon''. 28 January 2021. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XGN4PT7 ''Wayback Machine'' https://web.archive.org/web/20210128130052/https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XGN4PT7</ref> | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] — guitar, lead vocals | ||
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*[[Jake Sinclair]] — producer (Piano version) | *[[Jake Sinclair]] — producer (Piano version) | ||
==Video/Audio== | ==Video/Audio== | ||
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> | ||
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===Other versions=== | ===Other versions=== | ||
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*[[Van Weezer]] | *[[Van Weezer]] | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Weezer songs]] | ||
[[Category:Weezer singles]] | [[Category:Weezer singles]] | ||