Why Don’t We

Released: December 17, 2020

Songwriter: Billy Corgan Corbyn Besson Daniel Seavey Jonah Marais

Producer: Daniel Seavey Jaycen Joshua

[Intro]
(Hey)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

[Verse 1: Corbyn Besson]
Oh, I've been lying to myself and I might know why
I miss the way you looked at me before I left New York (Hey)
I’ve been tryin' to find help 'cause I can’t deny
The way that I feel when I'm with you
Oh, I'd do anything to save ya

[Pre-Chorus: Daniel Seavey]
I think we need a little California 'cation
We took a shot at this, but maybe we're too wasted
It's hard to swallow, but I know we've gotta chase it, oh

[Chorus: Zach Herron]
Slow down
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down
Turn around
Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now

[Verse 2: Jonah Marais]
See ya, I wanna see ya, uh
I wish you weren’t so far so I could see ya, uh
’Cita, my mamacita
We were comfortable
We didn't understand, but now we know

[Pre-Chorus: Jack Avery]
I think we need a little California ’cation
We took a shot at this, but maybe we're too wasted
It's hard to swallow, but I know we gotta chase it, oh

[Chorus: Zach Herron & Daniel Seavey]
Slow down
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down
Turn around
Things were so simple way before now, 'fore now
Slow down
I think that we just need to slow down, slow down (Need to slow down, slow down, woah)
Turn around
Things were so simple way before now, ’fore now (Things were so simple way before now)

[Outro: Daniel Seavey]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh-ooh-oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Oh-ooh-oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Ooh, woah, woah, woah

Why Don’t We is a boy band consisting of Daniel Seavey, Zach Herron, Corbyn Besson, Jonah Marais and Jack Avery. The members individually gained recognition over social media by posting covers and doing live streams. Seavey was also a contestant on season 14 of the American TV show American Idol. The group started activities on September 27, 2016, with the release of their two singles “Taking You” and “Nobody Gotta Know” and EP Only The Beginning, shortly thereafter.

The band gained a lot of recognition from their 2017 single “Something Different”. They went on to release four EPs in that year, notably gaining recognition for their collaboration with YouTuber Logan Paul, who also directed several of their music videos at this time.

Their first release in 2018, the Ed Sheeran-written “Trust Fund Baby,” ranked #2 on the American iTunes Chart, and was the band’s highest achievement to that date. They released three singles in June, July and August of that year preceding their first full length album on August 31, 2018. “Talk”, the second pre-release, peaked at #1 on the American iTunes Chart, surpassing their personal record just five months later.

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