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==OK Human==
===Beats 1 (@Beats1) January 24, 2019===
"Our next album is not on a grid," I explained. "We just recorded the basic tracks, and there's no click, no grid."
When asked about a title, I said, "We don't have a real title, but the key word we have to inspire us at the moment is 'masterpiece.'"
===Beats1 February 6, 2019===
At the time I was listening to a lot of Nilsson Sings Newman and I said it was the biggest inspiration on our next album.
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The song I chose to showcase this with was I'll Be Home:
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===LA TIMES. Feb 22, 2019===
"Cuomo said the group is almost finished with another album, one he described as “piano-based, very eccentric, with strings already recorded at Abbey Road.” (Its working title is “OK Human,” after Radiohead’s “OK Computer,” though the singer identified his musical inspirations as George Gershwin and “Nilsson Sings Newman.”)"
===KINK 1 year ago.===
Brian Bell
-If he could play any album of Weezer's live he would pick OK Human. He didn't think he was supposed to talk about it but he was so excited about it.
-Played acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, and backing vocals.
-He was listening to it for a month at the time and it's all he wanted to listen to.
-His dream is to perform it with an orchestra and would like to play at places like the Hollywood Bowl.
-Management didn't hear it at the time and Brian said they were pushing for Van Weezer but he said they didn't know how powerful the album is.
-He didn't hear rough mixes at the time and had Pat's drums, Rivers vocals, and strings to work with.
-Jake didn't want the album rushed out.
-In their inner circle, they still called it "Masterpiece", and although Brian thought it was pretentious at first, he said that it was a "f*ing ... masterpiece". 
Link to interview
===July 17, 2019 Allthingsloud.com===
Interviewer: You guys have got three albums in the pipeline whose releases are imminent, right?
Brian: There’s two. There is a third thing, but I can’t talk about it. One is more finished than the other. They’re both very interesting and I’m very excited for one of them.
Interviewer: Are these more high-concept albums?
Brian: Yeah, one of them is called OK Human which seems to be about technology and how it’s running our life.
Interviewer: Not just lyrically, but on the last few albums it feels as though you’re exploring specific musical themes, almost like an exploration into new genres.
Brian: Yeah. 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.
Link to interview
===Aug 20, 2020===
I posted potential lyrics to an OK Human song here on Riverchat.
Moby Dick trip on a whale. He’s kinda just like me. We’re thirsty for the deep.
And...
I’ll be there to show support for Winston Smith in 1984. Because battling Big Brother feels more meaningful than binging zombie hordes.
I referred to that one as the “audio book song” and may have given the title as “Crankin Mrs. Dalloway.” (needs clarification)
===Assorted Quotes===
"we recorded strings at abbey road and you can tell."
In response to a comment about the Harry Nilsson and Gershwin influences: "Bach and Beethoven sprinkled in and you've got it." 
===Album Cover===
The album cover was created by an illustrator whose work I discovered in a comic shop/book store. He was commissioned to do an original piece for the cover.
===Song Titles===
#Everything Happens For A Reason
#Dead Roses (contains the word oubliette in the chorus and is very Gothic)
#La Brea Tar Pits
#Here Comes The Rain (some people said Rivers mentioned this, needs clarification)
#Rock My Audible
( Last edited by Rivers at 2020-09-09 07:10 AM utc ) 
==Sheila Can Do It==
A "Homie" song I wrote in February of 1996, at the same time I was writing songs that would end up on Pinkerton. I originally used the name "Rachel" instead of "Sheila". It was partially inspired by Rachel Haden. Eventually came out on Van Weezer. The hook Melody is inadvertently very similar to a ridel high song called monsters under my bed.
( Last edited by Rivers at 2020-09-09 16:27 PM utc )
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