{"id":2479705,"date":"2026-06-28T23:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2479705"},"modified":"2026-06-28T23:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:49:36","slug":"weezer-interview-rivers-cuomo-and-patrick-wilson-on-gold-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/weezer-interview-rivers-cuomo-and-patrick-wilson-on-gold-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Weezer Interview: Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson on &#8216;Gold Album&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/weezer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_weezer\" data-tag=\"weezer\">Weezer<\/a> will hit a rare milestone Aug. 21, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/weezer-new-album-we-might-as-well-be-strangers-single-1235571741\/\">releasing <\/a>a 20th studio LP, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-gold-album\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-gold-album\" data-tag=\"the-gold-album\">The Gold Album<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>after maintaining a relatively stable line-up for most of their existence\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0bassist Scott Shriner is still the newest member, and he joined 25 years ago.\u00a0 Even more impressively, the album \u2014\u00a0co-produced Klas \u00c5hlund and Kenneth Blume, who worked Geese\u2019s <em>Getting Killed<\/em> \u2014 is strong from start to finish, living up to the first two singles, \u201cShine Again\u201d and \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/weezer-new-album-we-might-as-well-be-strangers-single-1235571741\/\">We Might As Well Be Strangers<\/a>\u201d featuring the band Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.megaphone.fm\/IMP3877922367\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a new episode of <em>Rolling Stone Music Now<\/em>, founding members <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/rivers-cuomo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rivers-cuomo\" data-tag=\"rivers-cuomo\">Rivers Cuomo<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/patrick-wilson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_patrick-wilson\" data-tag=\"patrick-wilson\">Patrick Wilson<\/a> talk about the new album, the newfound viral success of the Bethany Cosentino duet \u201cGo Away\u201d from 2015, and much more. To hear the whole thing, check out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rolling-stone-music-now\/id1855128495\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5T4fqngDvNsDM7y46W1S4l\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, or just press play above. Some highlights follow:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Wilson wrote \u201cShine Again\u201d without thinking about Weezer at all.<\/strong> \u201cI think of nothing,\u201d he says of his songwriting process. \u201cI didn\u2019t even think it was a Weezer song. One day I was like, \u2018Oh.\u2019 It all just poured out, and I recorded it, and on a whim I just brought it in.\u201d \u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>The viral success of \u201cGo Away\u201d has given Cuomo a new philosophy about the entire Weezer catalog.<\/strong> \u201cIf it can happen with \u2018Go Away,\u2019 it could happen to any of our songs,\u201d he says. \u201cMaybe five years from now there\u2019ll be some new platform, and people will go back through our catalog and find something else. I\u2019m just happy when people hear our music.\u201d Cuomo acknowledges the song\u2019s success helped convince him to try another duet for \u201cWe Might As Well be Strangers.\u201d \u201c[Wednesday\u2019s Karly Hartzman] sat right down and said, \u2018Okay, here\u2019s my idea,\u2019 and she just pulled out some text file on her phone, and Kenny played the track, and she sang it to me,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI was just blown away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Wilson says burnout led to Josh Freese filling in on drums for last year\u2019s tour \u2014 but he says he hopes to return to drums for Weezer\u2019s 2026 shows. <\/strong>\u201cLast year, it\u2019s kind of a long story, but I was just burnt,\u201d Wilson says. \u201cI was not in a great place, and a lot of it was physical, which of course makes you emotionally feel lame as well.\u201d He\u2019s been grinding through physical therapy. \u201cI have what every drummer has to go through \u2014 your thoracic region from years of bad posture is, you know, happening. I\u2019m 57. I\u2019m just trying to get straightened out so that we get through the tour and we\u2019ll be the classic version.\u201d As for whether Freese returns: \u201cSo far there\u2019s no plans. But I won\u2019t lie, I love playing guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>September marks the 30th anniversary of <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pinkerton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pinkerton\" data-tag=\"pinkerton\">Pinkerton<\/a><\/em> \u2014 but the band has no particular plans to celebrate it.<\/strong> That\u2019s a notable contrast to 2024, when the band marked the <em>Blue Album<\/em>\u2018s 30th with a full arena tour, playing the LP front-to-back. \u201cWe\u2019re all just so jazzed about the new record,\u201d Wilson says.. \u201cWhy is 30 such a thing? You would think 20 and 25 \u2014 but no, it\u2019s always 30. [Maybe] because you\u2019re 45 when you\u2019re celebrating it, because you bought it when you were 15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDownload and subscribe to <em>Rolling Stone\u2019<\/em>s weekly podcast, <em>Rolling Stone Music Now,<\/em> hosted by Brian Hiatt, on<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/rolling-stone-music-now\/id1855128495\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Apple Podcasts<\/a> or<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5T4fqngDvNsDM7y46W1S4l?si=dbd274a790804ec2\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3DgY7bmg7DMPARR1JNtXpJ?si=LjIbVDzeS0mLIFj1KTcXSg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>. Check out nine years\u2019 worth of episodes in the archive, including in-depth interviews with artists including Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, Questlove, Halsey, Missy Elliott, Dua Lipa, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Yungblud, Rick Ross, Alicia Keys, the National, Brian May, Roger Taylor, Ice Cube, Taylor Hawkins, Willow, Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Killer Mike, Julian Casablancas, Sheryl Crow, Johnny Marr, Scott Weiland, Liam Gallagher, Alice Cooper, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Donald Fagen, Charlie Puth, Phil Collins, Justin Townes Earle, Stephen Malkmus, Sebastian Bach, Tom Petty, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Clarkson, Pete Townshend, Bob Seger, the Zombies, and Gary Clark Jr. And look for dozens of episodes featuring genre-spanning discussions, debates, and explainers with <em>Rolling Stone\u2019<\/em>s critics and reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezer will hit a rare milestone Aug. 21, releasing a 20th studio LP, The Gold Album,\u00a0after maintaining a relatively stable line-up for most of their existence\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0bassist Scott Shriner is still the newest member, and he joined 25 years ago.\u00a0 Even more impressively, the album \u2014\u00a0co-produced Klas \u00c5hlund and Kenneth Blume, who worked Geese\u2019s Getting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2479706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[347290,404179,345891,488083,488084,338083],"class_list":["post-2479705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-patrick-wilson","tag-pinkerton","tag-rivers-cuomo","tag-the-blue-album","tag-the-gold-album","tag-weezer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Weezer-Interview-Rivers-Cuomo-and-Patrick-Wilson-on-Gold-Album.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2479705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2479707,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479705\/revisions\/2479707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2479705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2479705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}