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In a July 2019 interview with ''All Things Loud'', [[Brian Bell]] described the album as being "about technology and how it’s running our life".<ref>Morgan, Steven. "The Life of Brian – All Things Loud Meets Weezer" ''All Things Loud''. 17 July 2019. https://www.allthingsloud.com/life-brian-things-loud-meets-weezer/</ref> Said Bell:<blockquote>''OK Human is unlike anything I’ve ever heard, unlike any other type of music and unlike any Weezer music. In the bass, if you really broke it down to its common denominator, it still goes one, four, five in a major key for the most part. That’s very Weezer, that’s very Sweater Song, but it does it in more sophisticated ways.''</blockquote> | In a July 2019 interview with ''All Things Loud'', [[Brian Bell]] described the album as being "about technology and how it’s running our life".<ref>Morgan, Steven. "The Life of Brian – All Things Loud Meets Weezer" ''All Things Loud''. 17 July 2019. https://www.allthingsloud.com/life-brian-things-loud-meets-weezer/</ref> Said Bell:<blockquote>''OK Human is unlike anything I’ve ever heard, unlike any other type of music and unlike any Weezer music. In the bass, if you really broke it down to its common denominator, it still goes one, four, five in a major key for the most part. That’s very Weezer, that’s very Sweater Song, but it does it in more sophisticated ways.''</blockquote> | ||
In an interview with Spanish magazine ''Mondo Sonoro'', Bell described the basis of the album as "a string section", and that the album would also feature acoustic guitars, a Hammond organ, and would sound very "airy and open".<ref>Mondo Sonoro. "Entrevista a Weezer en Bilbao BBK Live 2019" ''Facebook''. 13 July 2019. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2172246899541125</ref> Bell also described the album as one of his favorite albums the band has made thus far. In an August 2019 interview with the Spanish blog Binaural, Bell confirmed that the album's string section was recorded before anything else, and suggested that [[Crush]] Management would prefer to release ''Van Weezer'' before ''OK Human''.<ref>Porcar, Pablo. "[Entrevista] Weezer: «Nos funciona confeccionar los discos de forma encadenada»" ''Binaural''. 6 August 2019. https://www.binaural.es/entrevista/entrevista-weezer-nos-funciona-confeccionar-los-discos-de-forma-encadenada/</ref> | In an interview with Spanish magazine ''Mondo Sonoro'', Bell described the basis of the album as "a string section", and that the album would also feature acoustic guitars, a Hammond organ, and would sound very "airy and open".<ref>Mondo Sonoro. "Entrevista a Weezer en Bilbao BBK Live 2019" ''Facebook''. 13 July 2019. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2172246899541125</ref> Bell also described the album as one of his favorite albums the band has made thus far. In an August 2019 interview with the Spanish blog Binaural, Bell confirmed that the album's string section was recorded before anything else, and suggested that [[Crush]] Management would prefer to release ''Van Weezer'' before ''OK Human''.<ref>Porcar, Pablo. "[Entrevista] Weezer: «Nos funciona confeccionar los discos de forma encadenada»" ''Binaural''. 6 August 2019. https://www.binaural.es/entrevista/entrevista-weezer-nos-funciona-confeccionar-los-discos-de-forma-encadenada/</ref> | ||
Bell, [[Patrick Wilson]], and [[Scott Shriner]] sing three-part harmonies through most of the record. Originating in Bell's backing vocal compositions, the trio singing pieces were arranged and further developed by [[Jake Sinclair]]<ref name"Bell WFPK">[Meredith, K. (2011, February 11). Kyle Meredith with… Weezer. YouTube. other. Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ-JfPVbxXk. Recording of interview between Kyle Meredith and Brian Bell, broadcast originally on 91.9 WFPK Louisville, Kentucky on February 8, 2021. Weezerpedia transcription by Lettuce]</ref>. Bell described the process in a [[February 8]], [[2021]] [[WFPK interview with Brian Bell - February 8, 2021|interview with 91.9 WFPK Louisville, Kentucky]]<ref name="Bell WFPK" />: | Bell, [[Patrick Wilson]], and [[Scott Shriner]] sing three-part harmonies through most of the record. Originating in Bell's backing vocal compositions, the trio singing pieces were arranged and further developed by [[Jake Sinclair]]<ref name="Bell WFPK">[Meredith, K. (2011, February 11). Kyle Meredith with… Weezer. YouTube. other. Retrieved April 2, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ-JfPVbxXk. Recording of interview between Kyle Meredith and Brian Bell, broadcast originally on 91.9 WFPK Louisville, Kentucky on February 8, 2021. Weezerpedia transcription by Lettuce]</ref>. Bell described the process in a [[February 8]], [[2021]] [[WFPK interview with Brian Bell - February 8, 2021|interview with 91.9 WFPK Louisville, Kentucky]]<ref name="Bell WFPK" />: | ||
{{Brian Bell quote|I would sing ideas, like, "here’s my ideas," and- I didn’t realize how good [Jake Sinclair] was at vocal harmonies. He would come back and three-part almost everything I did. And he wanted the other guys to sing it, meaning Scott and Pat. I’ve always wanted to get Pat to sing a lot more.}} | {{Brian Bell quote|I would sing ideas, like, "here’s my ideas," and- I didn’t realize how good [Jake Sinclair] was at vocal harmonies. He would come back and three-part almost everything I did. And he wanted the other guys to sing it, meaning Scott and Pat. I’ve always wanted to get Pat to sing a lot more.|[[WFPK interview with Brian Bell - February 8, 2021|WFPK interview; February 8, 2021]]}} | ||
Sinclair produced vocal tracks of all three parts which were used for the sessions. "I just really believed in this album and I wanted to push to get it done," Bell said<ref name="Bell WFPK" />. | Sinclair produced vocal tracks of all three parts which were used for the sessions. "I just really believed in this album and I wanted to push to get it done," Bell said<ref name="Bell WFPK" />. | ||