Portia
"Portia" | |||||
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Album track by Weezer | |||||
Album | SZNZ: Summer | ||||
Recorded | 2022 | ||||
Label | Atlantic, Crush | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
Producer(s) | Daniel Omelio, Suzy Shinn | ||||
Status | Officially released | ||||
SZNZ: Summer track listing | |||||
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"Portia" (formerly titled "Dorothy") is the seventh track on vinyl releases of the EP SZNZ: Winter. It is the vinyl-exclusive bonus track for that album.
Appearances
- SZNZ: Summer (vinyl, 2023)
Overview
Cuomo mentioned the song title "Dorothy" in an edit on his wiki, Riverpedia, on February 16, 2021, indicating that it was planned for the summer-themed segment of Weezer's forthcoming 2022 album project, SZNZ. Said Cuomo, "Aww yeah jake loves dorothy from summer"[1]
Rivers Cuomo first confirmed the song title "Portia" on his Discord server on June 13, 2022 after a clip of the song was discovered by fans in the source code for Cuomo's web game Weezle, as one of several planned teasers for SZNZ: Summer.[2] "Portia" was confirmed to be a reworking of "Dorothy" when a demo of the latter was leaked online on December 25, 2022.
Weeks before the song officially released, a snippet of the song leaked online featuring alternate chorus lyrics (“Down, down, down with the Father on high”) from the final version. The full version of this alternate mix was later uploaded to Vocaroo and posted to the forum Ben Hogan's Weezer Pain Palace on May 3, 2024.[3]
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | Dorothy | Dorothy 2021-02-04 16.07-2.mp3 | February 4, 2021 | 3:23 | Leaked online | ||
Weezer | Portia | 2022 | 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA | 3:36 | Leaked online | Rough mix featuring alternate chorus | |
Weezer | Portia | 2022 | 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA | 3:25 | SZNZ: Summer (vinyl only) |
Lyrics
"Portia"Portia, put your dog into your basket |
"Portia" (early mix)Portia, put your dog into your basket |
"Dorothy"Dorothy, put your dog into your basket |
See also
References[edit]
- ↑ Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 17 February 2021. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Future%20Projects
- ↑ Screenshot: File:Sznz-portia-citation.png
- ↑ the wizard. "father on high " Ben Hogan's Weezer Pain Palace. 3 May 2024. https://weezerpainpalace.freeforums.net/thread/318/father-on-high