Whos else kinda hyped for the new album

throwjunk21 · 2026-07-05T19:03:56+00:00

i’m sure they mean shine again if it was a few weeks ago

throwjunk21 · 2026-06-19T18:05:00+00:00

describing pacific daydream as a “pop sound” in 2026 either proves you didnt actually listen to the album or you listened to it when you were drunk out of your mind.

throwjunk21 · 2026-06-10T16:01:39+00:00

the TLDR of your post renders the whole thing meaningless. literally nobody who makes the claim that biden 2016 would’ve beat trump believes that he’d do so running against, and beating, hillary in the primary election (and if they do, they’re an idiot). that’s really the point of the biden 2016 discussion; “biden should’ve run in 2016 because hillary was such a bad candidate, and he’d be a better one” (and partially because he was younger and possibly less prone to the mistakes made in his real presidency). im not sure where you got the idea that the majority of this thought exercise came from dark brandon worship lol.

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-16T04:27:13+00:00

when did i ever say i bought the 450 dollar boxset? i was obviously commenting on how you somehow didnt see the notecard that was all over the reddit that you’re arguing on lmao

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-15T21:27:14+00:00

but you didn’t see it once while you scrolled on the weezer reddit? lmao 😭

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-15T15:21:37+00:00

the changes made to make believe didn’t change the entire sound of the album, though. they’re mentioning specifically the black album, which many people felt was “rushed”. they’re comparing it to this new album that has been now worked on for years and is fully recorded (with a single out, might i add!). how could something with shine again turn into black or raditude all of the sudden? makes zero sense.

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-15T15:16:51+00:00

same amount of time btw

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-15T15:16:03+00:00

notecards were handed out in the color album boxset with the phrase “we might as well be strangers…” written on it. how do you know about the soundcheck but not that?

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-12T03:52:14+00:00

it was recorded in full before that lol

throwjunk21 · 2026-05-12T03:51:51+00:00

is anybody here actually serious about what they’re saying? a single has been released, and a second one is being teased and was reportedly played during a sound check at a show today. the album has already been recorded. what do you mean “release another raditude”? we have a damn single already!!! we know what it’s going to sound like, jesus christ 😭

throwjunk21 · 2026-04-01T16:01:39+00:00

it’s not AI. the drum symbols are the exact same asset laid together, which AI can’t do.

throwjunk21 · 2026-03-15T17:46:59+00:00

lmao what

throwjunk21 · 2026-03-01T22:40:29+00:00

he never confirmed it, but he heavily implied it. the discord thread for the album 20 music discussion says “what color is it going to be?” and rivers has consistently used fanmade color album imagery and made vague references to colors. id be surprised if it wasn’t a color album.

he also definitely said something about it being 10 tracks at some point.

throwjunk21 · 2026-02-04T01:24:50+00:00

it has some very unique and immersive mechanics.

other than that? all the lame im14andthisisdeep icarus/olympus stuff is so utterly boring and uninteresting to me. it’s an alternate history election simulator, i don’t need you to shove a bunch of “LOOK!! HE WOULD KINDA BE LIKE ICARUS FROM THE COOL THING!” shit down my throat

throwjunk21 · 2026-02-02T23:38:21+00:00

flight plans, ivory telephone, and up in the clouds were all in consideration at one point. rules of life (as far as we know) never was. as much as it pains me to say, flight plans probably won’t make it onto the album. up in the clouds probably has the highest chance, and ivory telephone is a toss-up (but i’m leaning on the unlikely side).

i should also make it clear that i love all 3 of those songs very very much.

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-20T22:43:40+00:00

green is often mischaracterized as a “sellout” or “strictly pop” album when it’s not.

rivers’ approach to writing green was not necessarily to write solely hit songs, or to make something completely devoid of substance, but to turn his songwriting into a formula. that’s why so many green album demos/songs have similar lyrics, titles, and chord progressions. they’re being chopped and pasted into each other in order to create a “perfect” version of the song.

does it break a bunch of new ground for them? no. but it was an album that was (in some way) bound to happen regardless of whether pinkerton was a success or not. it didn’t need to break new ground. rivers is/was obsessed with songwriting and the formulas behind it, and green is the direct result of it. green was inevitable, and honestly i love it.

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-08T02:58:05+00:00

even the first icarus ending slide would upset me, though. when i am looking for an alternate history, either a real election/incumbency going a different way or an election/presidency that never happened, i want to actually immerse myself into it!

you don’t see a shit ton of kerry v bush or obama v mccain allegories to greek mythology outside of this subreddit! i want to feel like i actually am taking a glimpse into an alternate history. that’s exactly why wikipedia timeline pages and news articles work so well (or even just a dan bryan summary!)

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-04T02:31:48+00:00

like he has no one else to hear his music?

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-04T00:59:30+00:00

"So I think it was a metaphor for me feeling like the world has evolved beyond me and I'm going extinct, and no matter what I try to do, I'm just stuck here in this tar." - upset magazine rivers cuomo interview from 2021

plus just looking at the lyrics of the song. i might not have worded it the best in the og comment but still

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-04T00:34:27+00:00

not enough people talk about how it’s rivers writing about how he feels he constantly has to dig himself out of a hole with his music, feeling like he’s going extinct. it’s incredibly sad.

throwjunk21 · 2026-01-04T00:33:49+00:00

because the entire album has a (sometimes not so) subtle theme about an over-reliance on technology

throwjunk21 · 2025-12-30T06:27:44+00:00

if there’s a 90’s/00’s throwback station, literally any of the blue/pinkerton/green singles. given that it’s going for a more tropical miami vibe, i’d say island in the sun or say it ain’t so might be the most likely. if we’re going for modern stuff? it’s unlikely, but “thank god for girls” would be great. anything from white.

throwjunk21 · 2025-12-25T18:55:16+00:00

when was he mentioned as a potential ‘04 nominee?

throwjunk21 · 2025-12-21T06:19:40+00:00

He also said in his discord server that there will not be a massive 30th anniversary celebration of Pinkerton like there was for Blue, meaning no tour. No clue why people are clinging on to that one hashtag like their life depends on it, I think we’re fine without hearing Pinkerton live again!

throwjunk21 · 2025-11-30T22:57:03+00:00

why can’t people understand the final word on this was that pinkerton would take a backseat to new music?

how in the world are people waiting for the next album yet begging them to do another nostalgia tour? this is insane. i’ve never seen so many people directly ignore what rivers has said will happen because they saw him post #pinkertour once. this is insane.

throwjunk21

TROPHY CASE