Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo asked fans to help him write a song via YouTube recently. Over the past few weeks, everyone has been uploading their ideas on the Web site, but now, he’s asking them to take a break.
In the latest clip, he says, “Chill. You’ve been working very hard for the past I dunno how many months on this song. You’ve come up with some amazing ideas but there’s a lot of material in the pool now, there’s a few hazy areas in the song, everyone’s brains might be getting a little fuzzy from all the hard work and all the options.”
Rivers says he hopes to reconvene with his fellow songwriters when the summer ends. No word as to where the song will end up, but we’ll keep you posted.
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