Aint it funny how Hey
Becomes how are you
Becomes I’d love to
Becomes I want you, I need you
And then
Becomes I love you
Becomes I hate you
Becomes I never wanna see you again
Oh I wish we could go back to Hey
Funny how a string of words can carry a charge that never really dies. I wrote those lyrics at 2 am in a vegas hotel room and knew they were special, but didn’t touch them for years. Man what a journey they’ve taken since.
Eventually I brought it to @andygrammer and we wrote the rest, finishing it with @cloudology
It lived on my hard drive years before @dweb3r revived it with his special sauce, and we revised it countless ways for many different artists, until completely reproducing it together for @backstreetboys
Big love to everyone else who donated their magic - @officialkukharrell@brettiebass@sonymusic@bobbywooten3 on bass, @gray_bashew with the 🎻 arrangement, @doghouserecording.la@ellistucker with the mix and master, and so many others. They say it takes a village because it really does.
To have this song be added to the re-release of arguably the most influential album of my youth is a feeling that hasn’t really settled in yet. I’ll let you know if it ever does.
37 years, 38 things I’m reminding myself. The last one’s free because life’s good like that sometimes. Don’t be a lurker now lmk which one’s make you nod
