Bloom, Madison (May 6, 2020). "Weezer Delay Album and Share New Song "Hero": Listen". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 18, 2021. Weezer Set To Release "Hurley" Follow-up Album In November". KROQ-FM. Archived from the original on January 11, 2011 . Retrieved December 6, 2010. "'Together, they are the album that should logically follow Hurley,' says Weezer front-man Rivers Cuomo." Riesman, Abe J. (April 26, 2006). "Rivers' End: The Director's Cut | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com . Retrieved January 11, 2022. Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Rivers Cuomo". Pitchforkmedia.com. January 28, 2008. Archived from the original on January 31, 2008 . Retrieved September 26, 2010. The band performed five dates in Japan at the beginning of September and then embarked on what was dubbed the "Troublemaker" tour, consisting of 21 dates around North America, including two in Canada. Angels and Airwaves and Tokyo Police Club joined the band as support at each show, and Brian Bell's other band The Relationship also performed at a handful of dates. Shortly before the encore at each show, the band would bring on fans with various instruments and perform " Island in the Sun" and " Beverly Hills" with the band. At a show in Austin, after Tokyo Police Club had played its set, Cuomo was wheeled out in a box and mimed to a recording of rare Weezer demo, "My Brain", dressed in pajamas and with puppets on his hands, before being wheeled off again. This bizarre event later surfaced as the climax to a promo video for Cuomo's second demo album, Alone 2.

Linzinmeir, Taylor (February 9, 2022). "Weezer will release one album at the beginning of every season in 2022". Alternative Press Magazine . Retrieved February 17, 2022. Weezer Share New Song "California Snow": Listen". Pitchfork. 20 September 2018 . Retrieved September 20, 2018. Before working on new material, Cuomo discovered vipassana meditation which became a large influence to his songwriting. [84] He decided to take a more personal approach to his writing once again. One song during this process, "The Other Way", was written for Cuomo's ex-girlfriend Jennifer Chiba after her then-boyfriend, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, died by suicide. Cuomo said, "I wanted to console her, but I was confused and skeptical about my own motives for wanting to do so, so I wrote that song about that." [85] a b Atwood, Brett (October 28, 1995). "November Awards Abound: Billboard Vid, MTV Europe". Billboard . Retrieved October 19, 2011. Weezer was supported by the singles " Undone – The Sweater Song", " Buddy Holly", and " Say It Ain't So", whose music videos became MTV hits. The album received critical acclaim and reached number sixteen on the US Billboard 200, later being certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1995. It remains Weezer's best-selling album, having sold at least 3.3 million copies in the U.S. and over 15 million copies worldwide by 2009. Often listed by critics as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s, Rolling Stone ranked Weezer number 294 on its “ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list in 2020.Top Music Video – Issue Date: 2004-04-10". Billboard . Retrieved August 7, 2012. [ permanent dead link] What Happens After You?" was later performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. [209] A music video for the single was released on November 29, 2022. Buddy Holly" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. [56] Hash Pipe": "Weezer – Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11 . Retrieved June 12, 2018.

The MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Weezer has received five awards from eight nominations.

Fifteen songs were rehearsed for the album during early practice sessions in New York in preparation for the Electric Lady Studios album recording. Ten of the songs appear on the album, but four of the songs were cut: " Lullaby for Wayne", " I Swear It's True", " Getting Up and Leaving", and a reprise version of " In The Garage." The other song, " Mykel and Carli", was attempted during the Electric Lady sessions, but was also abandoned. It would be recorded a year later and became a popular B-side, and eventually get a proper release on the "Undone - The Sweater Song" single.