I Won't

The official cover art for I Won't

"**I Won't**" is the ninth song on AJR's fifth studio album, The Maybe Man. It is also the first single to be released from the album.

Before the release of the song, teasers of it were released on the band's social media, and the full song was played on the OK Orchestra Tour.

## Lyrics

Put your hands up 'cause I won't
Raise a glass up 'cause I won't
Get your ass up 'cause I won't
I must've missed the hype
But maybe that's the way I feel

(Hello, hello, hello, hello)
Hello, how you doin'? Am I talkin' too fast?
I'm runnin' on adrenaline and one-hour naps
'Cause I do what you tell me to and do it to death
Do it death, yeah

Alcapulco, Tel Aviv or maybe Japan
And pretty people yell at me to follow the dance
So I do what you tell me to and do it to death
But I can't do this shit again

Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
Raise a glass up 'cause I won't (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype
But maybe that's the way I feel
Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
I'm not here 'cause you say so (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype
But maybe that's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

(I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't)
I don't got a body like I see in the press
So I got to the precipice of pressing my chest
And now I look impressive with a couple of pecs
Just like my friends

So welcome back and take a breath
You've come to life, you're bored to death
So welcome back and take a breath
You've come to life, but I digress

Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
Raise a glass up 'cause I won't (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype
But maybe that's the way I feel
Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
I'm not here 'cause you say so (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype but maybe that's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

So welcome back and take a breath
You've come to life, you're bored to death
So welcome back and take a breath
You've come to life, you're bored to death
So welcome back

Alcapulco, Tel Aviv or maybe Japan
And pretty people yell at me to follow the dance
So I do what you tell me too and do it to death
But I can't do this shit again

Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
Raise a glass up 'cause I won't (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype
But maybe that's the way I feel
Put your hands up 'cause I won't (Right on time)
I'm not here 'cause you say so (My, oh, my)
Get your ass up 'cause I won't (I won't)
I must've missed the hype but maybe that's the way I feel
That's the way I feel

## Audio

* Spotify
* YouTube

I Won'tI Won't
## Videos

* Official Videos
* Performances

AJR - I Won't (Official Video)I Won't (Official Video)AJR - I WON'T (Official Lyric Video)I Won't (Official Lyric Video)AJR - I Won't (Behind the Scenes)I Won't (Behind the Scenes)

AJR- I Won't - The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLive on The Tonight Show
## Trivia

* This is the first single fully made by AJR (meaning a single that isn't a collaboration) to be released since OK Orchestra's release, and the first song from them to be released in 2022.
* A man presumed to be AJR's photographer, Austin Roa, appears nude (censored, of course) in the music video.
* This is the first cover art to include Jack's trapper hat yet not Jack himself.
* This is AJR's first release on Mercury Records.
* In the official video, you can see a pencil referring to One Spectacular Night.
	+ Reference is made to the song "Way Less Sad" as well, as the same airplane from its official music video appears.
* Two of AJR's 2023 tour locations are mentioned in the song: Tel Aviv (Mercury World Tour) and Japan (festivals). This is likely just a coincidence.