Rivers Cuomo covers Outkast, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston and Nirvana in new acoustic playlist

Rivers Cuomo covers acoustic playlist

Rivers Cuomo, frontman of Weezer, has uploaded a YouTube playlist titled "randum cuverz" featuring his acoustic takes on a surprisingly wide range of artists. According to Rolling Stone, the collection includes covers of Outkast, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, and Nirvana, among others.

What is on the playlist

Beyond those headline names, the playlist also includes acoustic renditions of songs by Radiohead, Harry Nilsson, Eagles, and more. The range here is genuinely striking, from Southern hip-hop to classic country to grunge, and it says something about the kind of listener Cuomo is, even if the recordings carry the casual, low-stakes energy the title promises.

For a musician whose own catalog with Weezer has always leaned on the tension between irony and earnestness, the choice of sources is not entirely surprising. What stands out is the directness of the format: no production, no frills, just the songs stripped to their skeletons. Whether these covers reveal new angles on the originals or simply confirm that Cuomo has good taste is a question worth sitting with.

The playlist is available now on his YouTube channel.