Just as Why Don’t We is set to be a part of our RADIO.COM LIVE Holiday Music Festival on Monday, December 21 at 6PM ET / 3PM PT, the boys in the band caught up with RADIO.COM’s Julia to fill us in on their newest single “Lotus Inn,” and share how they’re gearing up for the holiday season.
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For Why Don’t We “Lotus Inn” is there “baby,” they explain. This is the track that the band has been working on the longest for their sophomore album, The Good Times and The Bad Ones, which is due out January 2021. They share, “to finally have it come out is really cool.”
Having created the song almost two years ago now, this has been the band’s ongoing project that finally gets a chance to shine. Jonah tells us, “I’ve loved this song since we made it. It’s just kind of held this special place in my heart and I think in all of our hearts. Just feels crazy to watch it go out into the world.”
The band shares that the music video for the new single is inspired by the Percy Jackson novels, and the idea of having the best night ever at a hotel. The highly cinematic component of the music video allows the band to tell the perfect love story and encapsulates the lyrics that they spent so much time developing.
Ironically during one scene in the music video, the band toasts to 2020, and while this year has had plenty of flaws, Why Don’t We still got to complete some major goals. They tell Julia that the biggest moment of 2020 for them was being able to submit their upcoming album. “If all of this craziness didn’t happen we would not have the same album that we have now,” explains Zach. He adds, “'Fallin'’’ wouldn’t even be a thing. There’s a lot of songs on the album that wouldn’t even be a thing.” Because the band couldn’t tour this year, they feel this album is essentially their “saving grace.”
In 2017 Why Don’t We released a Christmas album and they lovingly share with us that their families frequently play the album during the season. The boys also share that they plan on recording a second holiday album some time in the future as well. Of all the holiday classics out there, they’re gunning to do a cover of “Jingle Bell Rock” next, even having messed around with it during a rehearsal recently, Daniel shares.
Why Don’t We will be performing everything from holiday bops to new songs off of The Good Times and The Bad Ones this year during RADIO.COM’s LIVE Holiday Music Festival. You don’t want to miss it on Monday, December 21 at 6PM ET / 3PM PT.
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