Weezer Announces "The Gold Album" Featuring Karly Hartzman, Out August 21

Weezer have announced their latest self-titled album, due out August 21st via Reprise/Warner Records. Unofficially dubbed The Gold Album , it’s led by the lead single, “We Might As Well Be Strangers,” featuring Rivers Cuomo and co. collaborating with Wednesday ’s Karly Hartzman. Stream it below.

Serving as their 16th studio album and 20th overall, Weezer came out of the back-to-basics sessions with all four members of the group — Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner — at their rehearsal space. This led Cuomo and Wilson to write the “basics of a song” for the first time since their debut album, according to a press release.

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Co-producers Klas Åhlund and Kenneth Blume (fka Kenny Beats) took different approaches to the album, with Blume explaining in a statement that he wanted to make “the most violent Weezer album ever,” while Åhlund took a more mathematical approach. The drums were recorded with all four members of the group playing live.

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On “We Might As Well Be Strangers,” Cuomo and Hartzman’s vocals blend quite nicely as they describe people growing apart. “Every night’s your birthday/ Got shows back-to-back,” Hartzman sings. “And on the burner, crack in the skull/ Is it still hedonism if you’re feeling miserable/ Don’t want your songs to become the clues to how we lost you.”

Weezer also includes the April single “Shine Again,” which marked the band’s first new song since 2022. Their last album, the metal-tinged Van Weezer , was released in 2021. The group followed with their four-part SZNZ EP series in 2022.

In September, Weezer will head out on “Weezer: The Gathering,” a 32-date arena run with The Shins and Silversun Pickups as support. Tickets can be purchased here .

Meanwhile, CoSign alums Wednesday are set to continue supporting last year’s Bleeds . They will resume touring the US (get tickets here ) in June and July before heading to Europe and the UK (get tickets here ) for the following two months.

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Weezer Artwork:

Weezer Artwork:

01. Say Yes

02. Shine Again

03. Don’t Make It Weird

04. We Might As Well Be Strangers (feat. Wednesday)

05. C.E.O.

06. Hoops

07. Nowhere

08. The Show Must Go On

09. Up in the Clouds

10. The LA Sound

Weezer 2026 Tour Dates:

06/27 – Halifax, NS @ Halifax Music Fest

09/08 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/09 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/11 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/12 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena * [Buy Tickets]

09/13 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena * [Buy Tickets]

09/15 — West Valley City, UT @ Maverik Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/16 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena * [Buy Tickets]

09/20 — Saint Paul, MN @ Xcell Energy Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/22 — Chicago, IL @ United Center * [Buy Tickets]

09/23 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena * [Buy Tickets]

09/25 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena * [Buy Tickets]

09/26 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell * [Buy Tickets]

09/27 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden [Buy Tickets]

09/29 — Philadelphia, PA @ Xfinity Mobile Arena [Buy Tickets]

09/30 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center [Buy Tickets]

10/02 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/03 — Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center [Buy Tickets]

10/04 — Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center [Buy Tickets]

10/06 — Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/07 — Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum [Buy Tickets]

10/09 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/10 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/11 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center [Buy Tickets]

10/13 — Sunrise, FL @ Amerant Bank Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/14 — Tampa, FL @ Benchmark International Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/16 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center [Buy Tickets]

10/17 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center [Buy Tickets]

10/18 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center ATX [Buy Tickets]

10/20 — Phoenix, AZ @ Mortgage Matchup Center [Buy Tickets]

10/21 — San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/23 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena [Buy Tickets]

10/24 — Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena [Buy Tickets]

* w/ The Shins and Silversun Pickups

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_Originally reported by [Consequence](https://consequence.net/2026/06/weezer-new-self-titled-album-we-might-as-well-be-strangers/)._