LANY

LANY at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas on September 28,

2017

Background information

Origin Los Angeles, California, US

 Alternative rock[1][2][3]
Genres
 indie pop[4][5]

 synth-pop[6][7]

 dream pop[8][9]

 pop punk[10]

 pop rock[3]

Years active 2014–present

Labels  Polydor

 Interscope

Members  Paul Jason Klein

  Jake Clifford Goss

Past members  Charles Leslie "Les" Priest

Website thisislany.com

LANY (/ˈleɪni/, an acronym for "Los Angeles New York") is an American pop rock band from Los
Angeles. Formed in Nashville in 2014, the band consists of Paul Jason Klein and Jake Clifford Goss.
Signed to Polydor and Interscope Records, the band have released three top 40
albums: LANY (2017), Malibu Nights (2018), and Mama's Boy (2020). Additionally, they have
released a slew of singles, their most successful being the RIAA-certified "ILYSB" (2015), the Julia
Michaels collaboration "Okay" (2019), and "Mean It" (2019) with Lauv. In 2020, they released their
third studio album Mama's Boy, which was followed by their fourth album, gg bb xx, in September
2021.

Contents

 1Music career
o 1.12014–2017: Musical beginnings and LANY
o 1.22018–2019: Malibu Nights
o 1.32020: Mama's Boy
o 1.42021–2022: gg bb xx and Priest's departure
 2Band members
 3Discography
o 3.1Studio albums
o 3.2Extended plays
o 3.3Singles
 3.3.1Promotional singles
 4Tours
 5Notes
 6References

Music career[edit]
2014–2017: Musical beginnings and LANY[edit]
LANY was formed in March 2014 when Paul Jason Klein, who had a small solo career, flew
to Nashville to meet up with friends Jake Goss and Les Priest. Previously, Goss and Priest had a
separate project by the name of WRLDS, but this was discontinued after the formation of LANY.
[11]
 The following month they anonymously uploaded two songs, "Hot Lights" and "Walk Away", to
their SoundCloud account with zero followers in order to differentiate between their old and new
projects. In an interview, Klein explains that after the release of these singles, they began receiving
emails from record labels within six days, of which he still does not know how they found the music.
[12]
 Their debut EP, Acronyms, followed later that year, with the song "ILYSB" generating significant
interest online. Singles "Made in Hollywood" and "Bad, Bad, Bad" soon followed, along with the
reveal of their identities.
LANY is an acronym for "Los Angeles New York". Klein explained the name in an interview:
"We knew we wanted a four-letter word because of design and aesthetic purposes, but as you can
imagine, all the four-letter words in the entire world are taken. We moved to acronyms and for a
while we thought we would be TTYL, but then we decided we didn’t want to be 13 for the rest of our
lives. I eventually thought of the span across the country from L.A. to New York, and at first I was
thinking it would be L-A-N-Y, but people kept getting confused on how to pronounce it when I told
them, saying things like 'L-A-and-Y?' So then we’re like forget it—let's call ourselves LANY,
pronounced Lay-Nee."[11]

Paul Klein of LANY in Dallas, Texas on September 11, 2015.

In 2015, LANY embarked on American tours supporting Twin Shadow, Tove Styrke, X
Ambassadors, Troye Sivan and Halsey.[13] A second EP titled I Loved You. followed, as did festival
appearances including Lollapalooza.

Paul Klein of LANY in Dallas, Texas on July 23, 2015.

In December 2015, after signing to Polydor Records,[14] a re-release EP titled Make Out was
released; consisting of all songs (not including "Hot Lights" and "OMG") released prior to I Loved
You. Shortly after this, a UK support tour with Ellie Goulding was announced for March 2016 and a
live stripped back version of "ILYSB" was released on YouTube.[15] A US support tour with Troye
Sivan ran through February, followed by the announcement of their first US headline tour, The Make
Out Tour, in May.[16] On March 11, 2016, LANY released a single titled "Where the Hell Are My
Friends". The track debuted on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe.[17] One month later, they released their first
music video for the song.[18]
After their headline tour in May, LANY played a series of festivals in mid-2016,
including Bonnaroo, Firefly, and Outside Lands.[19]
LANY began their second headline tour in the fall of 2016 called the Kinda Tour in support of their
EP by the same name. It included 14 European dates and 37 US dates.
On February 15, 2017, LANY announced they would be opening up for 7 shows of John Mayer's The
Search for Everything Tour. It included 5 US dates and 2 dates in Canada.[20]
Through their official Instagram and Twitter, the band announced that they'd be releasing their debut
album, LANY, on June 30, 2017, to be preceded by the singles "Good Girls" on March 3, as well as
"It Was Love", "The Breakup", and "13". [21]
On June 30, 2017, LANY released their debut, self-titled album. The single "Super Far" debuted
on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 on Apple Music preceding the release of the full-length album. The band
held pop-up shops in Los Angeles and New York to promote the album. They have released music
videos for "Good Girls", "ILYSB", and "Super Far". The band announced a US headline tour that
occurred from September through November 2017. LANY spent the summer of 2017 playing
festivals and touring Australia and Asia. They toured Europe in the winter of 2017.

2018–2019: Malibu Nights[edit]
LANY announced their second album, Malibu Nights, on March 8, 2018, via an Instagram post.
[22]
 Klein stated that the album was written from January 4 – February 14, 2018.
The next month, on April 5, 2018, LANY had their first arena concert at the Smart Araneta
Coliseum in the Philippines. Tickets for the show were sold out in 24 hours leading to a second show
the next night.[23][24]
The first single, "Thru These Tears", was released on July 17. The album's second single, "I Don't
Wanna Love You Anymore", was released on August 22, 2018. Their highly anticipated second
studio album "Malibu Nights" was released on October, 5th, 2018 consisting of 9 songs. [25] In 2018,
LANY embarked on their Malibu Nights World Tour beginning on October and lasted until October
2019. The band released "Okay", a single with singer Julia Michaels, on April 23, 2019. This was
their first song to include a featured artist.[26] On November 14, 2019, LANY collaborated with
American singer-songwriter Lauv, for the song “Mean It”, which ultimately was listed on Lauv's debut
album, How I'm Feeling. On December 17, 2019, the music video was released, featuring both
artists in the deserts of Los Angeles.
From July 23 to 25, LANY sold out three consecutive shows in Manila, at the Mall of Asia Arena.[27][28]

2020: Mama's Boy[edit]
On April 30, 2020, LANY announced the title of their third album, Mama's Boy, via social media. The
album was released on October 2, 2020. [29] On May 13, they released the album's lead single, "Good
Guys".[30] On July 1, their second single "If This Is the Last Time" was released. The album's third
single, "You!", was released on August 13, 2020. [31] Two months later on October 2, 2020, they
released their third studio album titled Mama's Boy.[32] To promote the album, the band has
announced 5 dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland for 2021. Pre-sale began on September 30
while the general sale began on October 2. The band has announced more dates to come on a later
date.[33]

2021–2022: gg bb xx and Priest's departure[edit]

On February 4, 2021, LANY released the deluxe edition of Mama's Boy.[34] This included the release
of three new versions of songs—"Heart Won't Let Me" (stripped), "Sad" (stripped), and "I Still Talk to
Jesus" (live). "I wanted the outer to sound and feel like I was playing this song alone in a Sunday
school room with the door slightly cracked, and you were listening down the hall," Klein said of the
original recording. The live rendition of the track draws listeners even closer and into the room
alongside LANY.[34] On July 12, LANY announced that their fourth album, gg bb xx, would be
released on September 3. The single rollout began with the release of "dancing in the kitchen" on
June 25.
The deluxe version of "gg bb xx" was released on November 5, adding 5 additional songs to the
record, along with the demo version of "dna" that was released as a single simultaneously with "up
to me". Also included were previous collaborations, "I Quit Drinking" with Kelsea Ballerini, and
"Stupid Feelings" with 220 Kid.[35]
On April 7, 2022, the band announced via social media the departure of keyboardist Les Priest, who
had left "to focus on life as a writer/producer in Nashville." [36]