Weezer have teamed with Calpurnia the indie rock band led byStranger Things Finn Wolfhard for a nostalgic new video for their cover of a-has Take On Me. The track appears on Weezers new self-titled covers record, also known as The Teal Album.
In the video, Wolfhard plays a young Rivers Cuomo, an aspiring rocker done-up with massive metalhead hair, who leads Calpurnia through Weezers rendition of Take On Me in the living room of his parents house. In a nod to a-has famous music video, the clip jumps between live footage and intricate pencil animations of the bands performance.
The decision to tap Calpurnia for the Take On Me video is particularly fitting since the group notably covered Weezers classic Say It Aint So for Spotifys Under Cover podcast last year.
Weezer surprise-released The Teal Album in January, eight months after they scored a surprise hit with their fan-demanded cover of Totos Africa. The album also includes renditions of the Turtles Happy Together, Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Black Sabbaths Paranoid, Ben E. Kings Stand By Me and more,
On March 1st, Weezer will release their 13th studio album, The Black Album, which was produced by TV On the Radios Dave Sitek. Weezer will embark on a North American tour in support of the LP March 8th in Louisville, Kentucky.