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

  1. "Collide"
  2. "Divine"
  3. "New Phone Who Dis?"
  4. "La Perla"
  5. "Let Go"
  6. "Your Name"
  7. "Material"
  8. "Self Control"

References