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Revisiting Weezer’s Cringe Masterpiece At 30

Defector 24 September 2026 4h ago
Revisiting Weezer’s Cringe Masterpiece At 30
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The second project is probably always the hardest. This is especially true if it follows a successful debut. You make something great, and by some act of the gods it catches fire and becomes the new, hot thing—a one-in-a-million shot. But then comes the next thing, the followup to your great big deal of a project. It’s a haunting and intense proposition. When I was at NYU for an MFA, I met a lot o
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