--- title: Weezer Debuts Cover of 'No Scrubs' on The Teal Album description: In the wake of Weezer's cover of "Africa" turning into their biggest hit in nearly a decade, the band has dropped a surprise cover album. canonical: https://time.com/5512130/weezer-no-scrubs-the-teal-album/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-24T19:16:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:04.802Z og:title: Weezer Debuted a Cover of TLC's 'No Scrubs' on Their New Album og:description: And people aren't sure what to do with it og:url: https://time.com/5512130/weezer-no-scrubs-the-teal-album/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66dfdd129b20fe50/698943ea22fb85553ee27a65/the-teal-album-weezer.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: the-teal-album-weezer og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Weezer Debuted a Cover of TLC's 'No Scrubs' on Their New Album twitter:description: And people aren't sure what to do with it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66dfdd129b20fe50/698943ea22fb85553ee27a65/the-teal-album-weezer.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Weezer Dropped a Surprise Album of Covers. 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Scott Dudelson/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 24, 2019 7:16 PM UTC In the wake of [Weezer’s](http://time.com/5481414/snl-weezer/) recent cover of Toto’s 1981 hit [“Africa”](http://time.com/4197988/kristen-bell-dax-shepard-lip-sy/) turning into their [highest-charting song in nearly a decade](https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/06/weezer-toto-africa-billboard-chart/), the band has dropped a surprise new album consisting entirely of covers. Dubbed [_The Teal Album_](https://open.spotify.com/album/65sHj9PvsbyD0uugGHjueN)—in the band’s tradition of nicknaming albums for colors—the 10-track record features covers of a number of throwback hits, including Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me,” Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” and The Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). But it’s their cover of TLC’s “No Scrubs” that people can’t seem to wrap their heads around. Following the album’s Thursday debut, some took to Twitter to sound off about Weezer’s rendition of the 1999 banger. “No Scrubs. Weezer are covering No Scrubs. I’m more upset about this than I have any right to be,” wrote one disgruntled listener. “I’m listening to the No Scrubs cover and Weezer needs to be stopped y’all. Like this MUST be a felony,” added another. “This is straight up a cover by the person the song was describing in the first place.” > [](https://twitter.com/raejohnston/status/1088321604545740802) > [](https://twitter.com/SirAceOfPlaces/status/1088332581831995392) See some other reactions to _The Teal Album_ below. > [](https://twitter.com/Fred%5FDelicious/status/1088416904400855041) > [](https://twitter.com/ADDelgiacco/status/1088308102619754496) > [](https://twitter.com/sug%5Fknight/status/1088486205170171904) > [](https://twitter.com/golddtatt/status/1088324559688744961) > [](https://twitter.com/Massawyrm/status/1088457136827289605) > [](https://twitter.com/SirGreendown/status/1088303570376712192) > [](https://twitter.com/rljd/status/1088415068512047104) > [](https://twitter.com/seanoconnz/status/1088491658176389120) > [](https://twitter.com/baz00per/status/1088313588194922496) > [](https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1088461481316937728) > [](https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/1088325924796264448) > [](https://twitter.com/itsCrab/status/1088465620172197896) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/1088439780453597185) > [](https://twitter.com/karenyhan/status/1088455784227233796) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5512130/weezer-no-scrubs-the-teal-album/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5512130/weezer-no-scrubs-the-teal-album/"},"headline":"Weezer Dropped a Surprise Album of Covers. 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