Tell Me What You Want (Weezer song)

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"Tell Me What You Want"
Single by Weezer
ReleasedJune 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)
Genre
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)Rivers Cuomo[3]
Producer(s)Suzy Shinn
Weezer singles chronology
"I Need Some Of That"
(2021) 		"Tell Me What You Want"
(2021) 		"A Little Bit of Love"
(2022)

"Tell Me What You Want" is a song by American band Weezer, written for the video game Wave Break. It was released as a single on June 11, 2021.

Background and release[edit]

For the song, Weezer partnered with Funktronic Labs, the indie video game developers responsible for Wave Break, "the world's first skateBOATING game, inspired by arcade skateboarding classics".[1] A "Weezy Mode" was added to the game, based around the song.[2] "Tell Me What You Want" first surfaced as a B-side cut from Weezer's fifteenth studio album, Van Weezer.[1] It was created as a "stream-safe option" so that livestreamers on platforms like Twitch would not get copyright claims while playing Wave Break.[2]

The song premiered at the 2021 Summer Game Fest on June 10, 2021, with a live performance from Weezer. It was officially released a day later,[1][2] with a vinyl release via iam8bit that was released in spring 2022.[4]

Composition[edit]

NME's Matt Doria declared the song "simmers with a sharp, metal-via-surf-rock edge",[1] while Stereogum's Chris DeVille said it "continues Van Weezer's hard-rocking, riff-driven aesthetic".[2]

The song directly criticizes the music website Pitchfork, with the lyrics: "This is a message that my manager wouldn’t approve/ After this song, he'll have a lot of cleaning up to do/ Don't be influenced by an office full of dorks/ I won't mention any names [cough cough] Pitchfork."[1][2] Wren Graves of Consequence of Sound believes the song is a response to Pitchfork's 5.9/10 review of the band previous album, Van Weezer. He noted that, since about 2005, the website always give mediocre ratings to Weezer albums.[5]

Reception[edit]

According to Josiah Hughes of Exclaim!, "dunking on Pitchfork is something that has been happening since the music site's inception, making Weezer seem a little out of touch for bringing it up now."[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Weezer take aim at Pitchfork in punchy new single 'Tell Me What You Want'". NME. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Watch Weezer Debut The Pitchfork-Dissing "Tell Me What You Want" At Summer Game Fest". Stereogum. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  3. ^ "Weezer - Tell Me What You Want" Song Info". genius.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  4. ^ "Weezer Officially Release New Single "Tell Me What You Want"". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  5. ^ "Weezer take a shit on Pitchfork in new song for skate-boating video game: Stream". Consequence. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  6. ^ "Weezer Diss 'Pitchfork' on New Song "Tell Me What You Want"". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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