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Lil Weezer Strikes Again: Lil Wayne Spins Weezer’s ‘Island In the Sun’ Into Breezy ‘Island Holiday’ on ‘Tha Carter VI’
Lil Wayne reimagines Weezer's 'Island in the Sun' as 'Island Holiday' on 'Tha Carter VI,' switching up lyrics, but keeping the song's iconic guitar.
Now, Weezer F. Baby is returning the favor on his just-released Tha Carter VI album on the song “Island Holiday,” a Wayne-ified remake of Weezer’s 2001 power pop single “Island in the Sun.” The track opens with an AutoTuned Wayne crooning the original song’s opening verse — “When you’re on a holiday/ You can’t find the word to say/ All the things that come to you/ And I wanna feel it too” — over a sample of the tune’s familiar strummy guitar before a skittery beat comes in and the MC takes off in his signature quirky direction. The Weezer connect isn’t the only rock team-up on the album, as U2 singer Bono pops in on the soaring ballad “The Days” and rapper/rocker MGK makes a hazy cameo on the album-ending “Alone in the Studio With My Gun.” Wayne will kick off his Carter VI tour on Friday (June 6) at Madison Square Garden in his first solo headlining gig at the storied NYC arena.
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