Editing Weezer (section)

===''Pacific Daydream'' (2017–2018)===
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Soon after the release of the White Album, Cuomo discussed plans for Weezer's next album, provisionally titled the "Black Album'. Cuomo said the album would tackle "more mature topics" and be "less summer day and more winter night", and suggested the band could return to the recording studio as soon as October 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/weezer-4-1205507|title=Weezer's next album could sound like 'Beach Boys gone bad'|date=2016-04-20|newspaper=NME|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref> Weezer delayed recording after Cuomo felt his new material was more "like reveries from a beach at the end of the world [... as if] the Beach Boys and the Clash fell in love by the ocean and had one hell of an amazing baby".<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7933887/weezer-new-album-pacific-daydream|title=Weezer Announces New Album 'Pacific Daydream'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 28, 2017|date=August 17, 2017}}</ref>

To write the album, Cuomo utilized various musical and lyrical fragments he had collected over time. He kept an archive of song ideas and hired programmers to organize a spreadsheet of lyric snippets by [[beats per minute]], syllable, and [[Key (music)|key]] to call from whenever stuck. "Instead of trying to force myself to feel inspired, I can just go into the spreadsheet and search [...] I just try them out to see which ones work magically."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vogel|first=Gretchen|date=September 14, 2016|title='Motherless babies!' How to create a tabloid science headline in five easy steps|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aah7300|journal=Science|doi=10.1126/science.aah7300|issn=0036-8075}}</ref>

On March 16, 2017, Weezer released a new song, "[[Feels Like Summer (Weezer song)|Feels Like Summer]]", the lead single of the upcoming album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efPWrIvzGgc|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/efPWrIvzGgc|archive-date=December 11, 2021|url-status=live|title=Weezer – Feels Like Summer|website=YouTube|date=March 15, 2017|language=en-US|access-date=March 16, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song drew a mixed reaction from fans but became their biggest hit on Alternative radio in a decade (peaking at number 2 on the [[Alternative Airplay|Alternative Airplay chart]] ).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/weezer/chart-history/mrt/|title=Weezer Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref> On August 16, Weezer announced ''[[Pacific Daydream]],'' released on October 27.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/weezer-announce-new-album-pacific-daydream-2125359|title=Weezer's new album 'Pacific Daydream' is coming this year|date=August 16, 2017|website=Nme.com|access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> On August 17, the promotional single from the album, "[[Mexican Fender]]", was released.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Connick|first1=Tom|title=Weezer's new album 'Pacific Daydream' is coming this year|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/weezer-announce-new-album-pacific-daydream-2125359|website=[[NME]]|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/08/weezer-mexican-fender-stream/|title=Weezer – "Mexican Fender"|date=August 17, 2017|website=Spin.com|access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2017/08/18/tracks-wolf-alice-dream-wife-weezer-and-more|title=Tracks: Wolf Alice, Dream Wife, Weezer and more|website=DIY|date=August 18, 2017|access-date=November 21, 2018}}</ref> The following month, "Beach Boys" was released, and the month after, they released "Weekend Woman" to positive reception.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|title=Weezer Share New "Beach Boys" Song: Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-share-new-beach-boys-song-listen/|website=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]|date=September 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Leight|first1=Elias|title=Hear Weezer's Uplifting New Pop-Rock Song, 'Weekend Woman'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-weezers-uplifting-new-pop-rock-song-weekend-woman-123031/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=October 5, 2017}}</ref> "[[Happy Hour (Weezer song)|Happy Hour]]" was chosen as the second official single of the album, peaking at No. 9 on the Alternative Airplay chart.

The album received a Grammy nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] at the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Lynch|first=Joe|date=December 7, 2018|title=Grammys 2019 Nominees: The Complete List|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2019-grammy-nominees-full-list-8489045/|access-date=November 7, 2022|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref>