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 On [[July 9]], Rivers told members of [[Riverchat]] that SZNS may not release as he had originally envisioned following a "interesting conversation" with Crush Records founder [[Jonathan Daniel]], later clarifying that he was referring to the format of releasing four albums at the beginning of each season throughout the year, specifically stating he wanted to "avoid the fate" of [[Green Day|Green Day's]] album trilogy ''¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!'' and ''Kanye West's'' seven-song albums. <ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood'' 9 July 2021 https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:SZNSRiverchat_7_9_21.jpg</ref> The next day, Rivers confirmed that the release format had indeed changed saying it would be "equal to or greater" than the original format. After expressing excitement for the project and it's cover art, he teased that SZNS could come out "all at once" on [[January 1]], [[2022]]. <ref>Cuomo, Rivers. ''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood'' 10 July 2021 https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:SZNS7_10_21.jpg</ref> Despite this, Cuomo has since continued to promote the four-album concept, mentioning it to ''Good Morning America'' a few weeks later.<ref>Good Morning America, "Weezer performs ‘Hero’ | GMA" ''YouTube''. 18 July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfhe-DoUmqs&t=116s</ref><ref>Childers, Chad. "Weezer Planning Four ‘Seasons’ Albums for 2022" ''Loudwire''. 22 July 2021. https://loudwire.com/weezer-four-seasons-albums-2022/</ref>
-Cuomo confirmed in September of 2021 that [[Ethan Gruska]] would be the co-producer for ''Spring''.<ref>[[Riverpedia_archive_-_09/22/2021#Recording|Riverpedia archive - 09/22/2021]]</ref>
+Cuomo confirmed in September of 2021 that [[Ethan Gruska]] would be the co-producer for ''Spring''.<ref>[[Riverpedia_archive_-_09/22/2021#Recording|Riverpedia archive - 09/22/2021]]</ref> Cuomo has mentioned the first single, "[[Records]]" (from the ''Summer'' album), as being slated for release alongside the ''Spring'' album.<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 12 October 2021. Screenshot: [[:File:Mrn-discord-10-12-2021.png]]</ref>
-On [[September 25]] via his Discord channel, Rivers confirmed SZNS was back to being 4 album consisting of 8 songs each, but on [[February 1]] Cuomo stated the initial release of Spring would only contain 5 songs, with the rest being released as part of a vinyl box set at the end of the year.
+According to Cuomo, each album may consist of eight songs each (for contractual reasons)<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 5 November 2021. Screenshot: [[:File:Mrn-discord-11-05-2021.png]]</ref> but may be limited to five songs upon initial release with the remaining songs appearing in a vinyl box set at the end of the year.<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 1 February 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:Mrn-discord-02-01-2022.png]]</ref>
+Weezer's social media accounts first teased ''SZNS'' on [[February 2]], [[2022]].<ref>@weezer "6 more weeks of winter #szns" ''Twitter''. 2 February 2022. https://twitter.com/Weezer/status/1489013633547911174?s=20&t=4zq82eyS1Najp7qzfBLJkA Screenshot: [[:File:Twitter-szns-02-02-2022.png]]</ref>
-He confirmed a few weeks later that the song [[Records]] had been added to Summer with the intention of it being the first single, released alongside Spring. To accommodate this change, [[All this Love]] was moved from Summer to Spring, tentatively sending a Spring track to the cutting room floor.
 ==Songs in possible contention==
 ===Spring===