I'm Just Being Honest
"I'm Just Being Honest" | |||||
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Album track by Weezer | |||||
Album | Weezer (The Black Album) | ||||
Released | March 1, 2019 | ||||
Recorded | 2018 | ||||
Length | 3:57 | ||||
Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Ammar Malik, David Hodges | ||||
Producer(s) | Dave Sitek | ||||
Status | officially released | ||||
Live debut | July 3, 2023 in Canandaigua, New York | ||||
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Weezer (The Black Album) track listing | |||||
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"本音なんだ。" | |||||
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Album track by Scott & Rivers | |||||
Album | ニマイメ | ||||
Released | April 12, 2017 | ||||
Length | 3:25 | ||||
Label | SMJ | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Scott Murphy, David Hodges | ||||
Status | officially released | ||||
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"I'm Just Being Honest" (or "本音なんだ。" Hon'nena nda) is the sixth track from The Black Album. It was first released in 2017 as the ninth track from ニマイメ (Nimaime) by Scott & Rivers. The Weezer version of "I'm Just Being Honest" was leaked online on February 26, 2019 prior to its official release on March 1.
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Appearances
- ニマイメ (2017)
- Weezer (The Black Album) (2019)
Overview
The Japanese version of the song heard on the Scott & Rivers album was released in 2017, with the English version by Weezer following in 2019. Both versions contain virtually the same lyrical content. The song was a collaboration between Rivers Cuomo and musician/producer David Hodges. Scott Murphy also receives a writing credit on the Japanese version, with songwriter Ammar Malik receiving a credit on the English version.
Rivers Cuomo is not known to be of Irish descent, and the lyric “Maybe it’s because I’m Irish” is likely an allusion to a line from the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, in which the (obviously African-American) character Red utters the same phrase. The song "Too Many Thoughts in My Head" (from the same album) also features a line from the film ("Boy found brains he never knew he had"). Cuomo utilized Python scripting[1] on The Black Album to generate lyrics from film scripts.
A "clean" version of "I'm Just Being Honest" was included in a promotional "island" inside the online multiplayer video game Fortnite.[2] This version censors the word "shit."
Though "I'm Just Being Honest" has never been performed as a band, Cuomo played a solo, acoustic rendition of the song at a concert in Canandaigua, New York in 2023.
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Scott & Rivers | 本音なんだ。 | 3:25 | ニマイメ | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | I'm Just Being Honest | I'm Just Being Honest 5.m4a | |||||
Rivers Cuomo | I'm Just Being Honest | i'm just being honest 9.mp3 | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | I’M JUST BEING HONEST_RIVERS.rtf | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | I'm_just_being_honest_bridge_lyrics_2018_5_30_10_4_29.mp3 | May 30, 2018 | ||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | BASS BOUNCE - I'm Just Being Honest.wav.asd | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | DRUM BOUNCE - I'm Just Being Honest.wav.asd | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | JUST BEING HONEST KEY DOWN 102318_1.mp3 | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | JUST BEING HONEST KEY DOWN INSTRUMENTAL 102318_1.mp3 | |||||
? | I'm Just Being Honest | JUST BEING HONEST MARYCHAIN.mp3 | |||||
Weezer | I'm Just Being Honest | JustBeingHonest Matty Ref 6 LIM.mp3 | |||||
Weezer | I'm Just Being Honest | 2018 |
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3:57 | Weezer (The Black Album) | ||
Weezer | I'm Just Being Honest | 2018 |
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3:57 | Fortnite (video game) | "Clean" version |
Audio
Lyrics
I'm Just Being HonestWalk into the venue |
本音なんだ。ライブ前に |
See also
References[edit]
- ↑ Heater, Brian. "Rockstar programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding" TechCrunch+ 25 November 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/
- ↑ Shah, Saqib. "Weezer made an island in 'Fortnite' to promote its new album" Engadget. 1 March 2019. https://www.engadget.com/2019-03-01-weezer-fortnite-new-album.html