8 Letters

Chris DeVille of Stereogum described the songs as "sometimes painfully adolescent in terms of subject matter", but praised the album's variety, songwriting, and production "that keeps them from feeling like a relic".{{Cite web|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=2018-08-30|title=The Boy Band Is Changing, But The Old Model Persists For Now|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2011868/why-dont-we-8-letters-boy-bands/franchises/columns/the-week-in-pop/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Stereogum}} Elias Leight of Rolling Stone gave the album a negative review, scoring it 1.5 out of 5 stars, criticizing the short length while stating the band "throws out eight new songs with little to show for it."{{Cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=September 4, 2018|title=Review: Why Don't We's Aimless Debut '8 Letters'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-why-dont-wes-aimless-debut-8-letters-718027/|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=February 9, 2020}}

"Hooked" was released as the lead single from the album on June 7, 2018. The song peaked at number twenty-two on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. "Talk" was released as the second single from the album on July 6, 2018. The song peaked at number eighteen on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. "8 Letters" was released as the third single from the album on August 19, 2018. The song peaked at number fourteen on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

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,{{Cite magazine|title=Why Don't We Scores First Top 10 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With '8 Letters'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474188/why-dont-we-first-top-10-album-billboard-200-8-letters|access-date=2021-10-10|magazine=Billboard|language=en}} 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.

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 26:15

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| writer1 = {{hlist|James Abrahart|Jonny Price|Jordan Johnson|Marcus Lomax|Stefan Johnson}}

| extra1 = The Monsters and the Strangerz

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = Talk

| writer2 = {{hlist|Carl Lehrmann|Hayley Gene Penner}}

| extra2 = Louis Schoorl

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Choose

| writer3 = {{hlist|Why Don't We|Mick Schultz|Hue Strother|Charles Hinshaw}}

| extra3 = Schultz

| length3 = 2:53

| title4 = In Too Deep

| writer4 = {{hlist|Candice Pillay|Ingrid Andress|Troy Johnson|Jonas Jeberg}}

| extra4 = Jeberg

| length4 = 3:14

| title5 = Friends

| writer5 = {{hlist|Daniel Davidsen|Ed Drewett|Iain James|Mich Hansen|Peter Wallevik}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Cutfather|PhD}}

| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = Hard

| writer6 = {{hlist|Schultz|Maureen McDonald}}

| extra6 = Schultz

| length6 = 3:16

| title7 = Hooked

| writer7 = {{hlist|Jacob Manson|Philip John Plested}}

| extra7 = Manson

| length7 = 3:24

| title8 = Can’t You See

| writer8 = {{hlist|Why Don't We|Schultz|Hinshaw}}

| extra8 = Schultz

| length8 = 3:34

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| title9 = Trust Fund Baby

| writer9 = {{hlist|Ed Sheeran|Fred Gibson}}

| extra9 = Steve Mac

| length9 = 3:16

| title10 = Hooked

| note10 = Borgeous remix

| writer10 = {{hlist|Manson|Plested}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Manson|Borgeous}}

| length10 = 3:13

| title11 = 8 Letters

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| extra11 = {{hlist|The Monsters and the Strangerz|R3hab}}

| length11 = 2:12

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 34:51

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| writer9 = {{hlist|Sheeran|Fred Gibson}}

| extra9 = Mac

| length9 = 3:05

| title10 = These Girls

| writer10 = {{hlist|Manson|Plested}}

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| length10 = 2:49

| title11 = Something Different

| writer11 = {{hlist|Troy "R8DIO" Johnson|Candice Pillay}}

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| length11 = 2:42

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