Weezer genereert meer dan 5 miljoen views met YouTube-actie

Epitaph Records meldt dat de promotie van het nieuwe Weezer album "Hurley" via YouTube een succes is geweest wat betreft 'hits' voor Weezer-gerelateerde videos. Rond de releasedatum (14 september) begonnen videos te verschijnen op YouTube van de band met YouTube celebrities. Na 24 uur registreerde YouTube meer dan 5 miljoen 'views' voor Weezer-gerelateerde videos.

Channels featuring Weezer and the current video view counts (as of 9:30 1m PDT, 9/ 16):

Ray William Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/user/RayWilliamJohnson - 2.2+ million views

AutoTune The News: http://www.youtube.com/schmoyoho - 600K+ views

Fred: http://www.youtube.com/fred - 566K+ views

Hot For Words: http://www.youtube.com/hotforwords - 490K+ views

The Key of Awesome: http://www.youtube.com/barelypolitical - 378K+views

DaveDays: http://www.youtube.com/davedays - 215K+ views

Onision: http://www.youtube.com/onision - 208K+ views

Tay Zonday: http://www.youtube.com/user/TayZonday - 179K+

MagicHugs: http://www.youtube.com/user/magichugs - 73K+

StSanders aka Kiss Shreds: http://www.youtube.com/StSanders - 70K+ views

UsofAnderson: http://www.youtube.com/usofanderson - 28K+ views

KeepTheHeat (Snuggie cameo) http://youtube.com/keeptheheat - 20K+ views

Cyr1216: http://www.youtube.com/cyr1216 - launching later this week

Mystery Guitar Man: http://www.youtube.com/user/mysteryguitarman - launching later this week

Real Annoying Orange: http://www.youtube.com/user/realannoyingorange - launching later this week

Weezer's Invasion (Behind-the-Scenes): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5atu-lc21MA - 250+K views