8 letters by why dont we came out on september 21, 2018.
8 letters by why dont we came out on september 21, 2018.
when does 8 letters by why dont we come out?
september 21, 2018
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the band originally formed on september 27, 2016, after having all met in los angeles, california, a year prior. since then, the band has released five eps and five singles and they released their first album, "8 letters", on august 31, 2018. the band is signed to atlantic records. as of july 2019, they have released seven new songs as part of their one song a month process. so far they have released: "big plans", "cold in la", "i don't belong in this club", "don't change", "unbelievable", "come to brazil" and "i still do".
why don't we
the 10th ciphertext letter, t, should really be an h, and there should also be a z at the end of the ciphertext.









































the repetition of the digraph 'mq', after 8 letters, suggested a key that was 8 letters long, which is in fact the case. (this type of attack on a cipher is known as a kasiski test).









































the full plaintext should read:









































jackiefisherwhoareyoudreadnought, ("jackie fisher who are you? dreadnought")









































although correct application of the cipher in reverse, to decrypt, actually yields:









































jackiefisterwhoareyoudreadnough
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