Overview
- Weezer released the single “C.E.O.” and its star-studded music video on Wednesday, Aug. 5, confirming directors Brendan Walter and Jasper Graham.
- The video explicitly reworks the 1994 Spike Jonze–directed 'Undone (The Sweater Song)' concept with a gold backdrop, a gag where a director releases bees onto the set, and executives who push the band to repeat past hits.
- The clip features a long list of celebrity cameos, including Tony Hawk, Curry Barker, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Christopher Mintz‑Plasse, and Dax Flame.
- Rivers Cuomo told Rolling Stone that the song grew out of his frustration at being put into a role that conflicts with being an artist, and the track will appear on Weezer’s twentieth studio LP, The Gold Album, due Aug. 21.
- The release coincides with an expanded The Gathering tour that starts Sept. 8 in Sacramento with The Shins and Silversun Pickups opening in North America and Taking Back Sunday handling overseas dates, a push that aims to pair new material with large‑venue ticket sales and public attention.