8 (Shea Couleé album)
{{Short description|2023 album by Shea Couleé}}
{{Infobox album
| name = 8
| type = studio
| artist = Shea Couleé
| cover =8 (Shea Couleé album).jpg
| alt =
| released = February 24, 2023
| recorded =
| length = 25:06
| prev_title = Couleé-D
| prev_year = 2017
| year = 2023
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = 8
| type = studio
| single1 = Collide
| single1date = June 12, 2020
| single2 = Your Name
| single2date = July 12, 2022
| single3 = Let Go
| single3date = August 5, 2022
| single4 = Material
| single4date = February 17, 2023
}}
}}
8 is the debut studio album by American Drag Queen Shea Couleé, released on February 24, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Laura |date=February 9, 2023 |title=Shea Couleé Announces Debut Album '8' |url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/238461/9 |website=Stereoboard |access-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210074404/https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/238461/9 |url-status=live }}
Composition
"Your Name" has been described as "a groovy Disco banger".{{Cite web |last=Macias |first=Ernesto |date=2022-08-02 |title=Shea Couleé and Christopher John Rogers Have a Post-Drag Race Kiki |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/shea-coulee-and-christopher-john-rogers-have-a-post-drag-race-kiki |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126074537/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/shea-coulee-and-christopher-john-rogers-have-a-post-drag-race-kiki |url-status=live }}
Promotion
"Let Go" and "Your Name" were released as singles and received a 1980s-inspired music video.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-07 |title=Drag Race icon Shea Couleé releases Janet Jackson-inspired music video for Let Go & Your Name |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/music/drag-race-icon-shea-coulee-releases-janet-jackson-inspired-music-video-for-let-go-your-name/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=GAY TIMES |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819131648/https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/music/drag-race-icon-shea-coulee-releases-janet-jackson-inspired-music-video-for-let-go-your-name/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=New Music Friday: Songs You Should Listen to This Weekend (Aug. 5) |url=https://www.pride.com/music/2022/8/05/new-music-friday-songs-you-should-listen-weekend-aug-5 |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Pride.com |language=en}}
Track listing
- "Collide"
- "Divine"
- "New Phone Who Dis?"
- "La Perla"
- "Let Go"
- "Your Name"
- "Material"
- "Self Control"