Weezer previews new album on its personal Fortnite island, what do words even mean anymore
Somewhere, over the last few years, Weezer became the kid on the playground who deliberately tried to make themselves too weird to bully. After years of having every new song compared unfavorably to their earlier output, trying to please an increasingly un-pleaseable fanbase and critical corps, Rivers Cuomo and company apparently decided to give up without actually giving up. They started writing music by spreadsheet. They slapped Hurley from Lost on the cover of an album, also named Hurley. They became the world’s most successful touring cover band. “If we’re going to be a joke,” they seemed to suggest, “We might as well be in on it, and have a little fun in the process.”