10 Famous Songs About Real People (That Nobody Can Identify)

Weezer may have been at a career high point after their hugely successful debut album, but frontman Rivers Cuomo was going through a personal Hell. Upon getting worldwide acclaim, Cuomo really found himself stifled by the music industry machine and ended up attending classes at Harvard to recover while he worked on songs for the band's followup.

Though most of the songs on 1996's Pinkerton dealt with Cuomo's internal struggles, "Across the Sea" was a bittersweet tale of a lovelorn fan. While sifting through fan mail, Cuomo ended up fixating on this one letter from a schoolgirl in Japan who had taken a liking to him. Pouring his emotions into his music, "Across the Sea" is a empathetic and slightly twisted take on the fan, where Cuomo obsesses over her own lack of connection with him and wondering if she fantasizes about him.

After since the song was released, many Weezer fans are still speculating as to who this unknown Japanese Weezer fan really is. For many fans' perverse imaginations, many want to believe that Cuomo eventually connected with her and got to know her as a friend. Regardless of the true person behind the lyrics, this song is one of the most emotionally gripping songs Cuomo has ever written.