8 Letters

## Album by Why Don't We

### **Producer(s)**

Borgeous, Cutfather, Jacob Manson, Jonas Jeberg, Louis Schoorl, Mick Schultz, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Steve Ma

## **Singles from *8 Letters***

1. "Hooked"
Released: June 6, 2018
2. "Talk"
Released: July 6, 2018
3. "8 Letters"
Released: August 9, 2018

***8 Letters*** is the debut full-length studio album by the group **Why Don’t We**, released **on August 31 of 2018**, through Atlantic and Warner Records.

**"8 Letters"** is a single by **Why Don't We** released **on August 9, 2018**. It is the first track in their first debut **album, 8 Letters (2018)**. They performed live on The Late Late Show with James Corden and Live with Kelly and Ryan. In April the band received their first-ever gold plaque in Toronto, Canada. On June 18, 2019, **Why Don't We** announced that the song was certified gold, making it their first time. Later that month on June 28th, the single went gold in Australia. The track samples the drum break from The Detroit Emeralds' song "You're Getting a Little Too Smart".

### Singles

The album is supported by the three singles “Hooked”, “Talk”, and the title-track, “8 Letters”.

”**Hooked**” was released on June 7 of 2018.

”**Talk**” was released on July 6 of 2018.

”***8 Letters***” was released on August 9 of 2018.

### 8 Letters- Critical Reception

*8 Letters* has generated mixed reviews. Elias Leight of Rolling Stone has rated it two out of five total stars, saying, “feels aimless, like a series of genre exercises hastily thrown together.” But, on The Musical Hype, it was more positive, giving it three stars, and described it as “enjoyable” and “respectable”. Chris Deville has been much more critical, writing, “shiny assembly line pop are sometimes painfully adolescent in terms of subject matter,” and concluded, “Boy bands have always needed a gimmick to get across. As gimmicks go, a group seeking to become the next dominant boy band could do a lot worse than “the band with the best f\*cking songs.”

## Background

"8 letters" are "I love you," which Corbyn Besson had confirmed over Twitter when fans figured it out. However, it is not actually said in the song, as the band believes that the eight letters can be anything to the listener.

## **from the album *8 Letters***

### **Songwriter(s)**

Abrim Tilmon, James Abrahart, Jonny Price, Jordan K. Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Stefan Johnson

### **Producer(s)**

Jonny Price, Katouzzion, The Monsters & Strangerz

*8 Letters* was released on August 31, 2018, in the United States and debuted at number nine on the US *Billboard* 200 with first-week sales of 44,000 album  equivalent units of which 37,000 were pure album sales, dated September 15, 2018. The album entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number fifteen. The album debuted at number ten in Australia. On September 7, 2018, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number twenty-five, before dropping out the chart the following week.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
Jonah

You know me the best

You know my worst, see me hurt, but you don't judge

That, right there, is the scariest feeling

Opening and closing up again

I've been hurt so I don't trust

Now here we are, staring at the ceiling

Zach

I've said those words before but it was a lie

And you deserve to hear them a thousand times

Jack & *Corbyn*

If all it is is eight letters

Why is it so hard to say?

If all it is is eight letters

Why am I in my own way?

Why do I pull you close

And then ask you for space?

*If all it is is eight letters*

*Why is it so hard to say?*

Daniel

Isn't it amazing how almost every line on our hands align?

When your hand's on mine

It's like I'm whole again, isn't that a sign?

I should speak my mind

Zach

I've said those words before but it was a lie

And you deserve to hear them a thousand times

Jack & Corbyn

If all it is is eight letters

Why is it so hard to say?

If all it is is eight letters

Why am I in my own way?

Why do I pull you close

And then ask you for space?

*If all it is is eight letters*

*Why is it so hard to say?* (Woah, oh, yeah)

Jack

When I close my eyes

It's you there in my mind

When I close my eyes

Corbyn & *Jack*

If all it is is eight letters

Why is it so hard to say?

If all it is is eight letters

Why am I in my own way?

*Why do I pull you close*

*And then ask you for space?*

*Why do I pull you close*

*And then ask you for space?*

If all it is is eight letters

Why is it so hard to say?

Corbyn & *Jack* & **Daniel**

If all it is is eight letters

*When I close my eyes*

*It's you there in my mind* **(It's only you)**

*When I close my eyes*

If all it is is eight letters

*When I close my eyes*

*It's you there in my mind* **(You)**

*When I close my eyes*

If all it is is eight letters