Thus, the track has a timeless, universal feel-a heavy, confused, borderline-existential sorrow we’re all familiar with. The line may remind you of Whitney Houston asking “Where Do Broken Hearts Go?” back in the '80s or even One Direction posing the same question in 2014. “What do you do with a broken heart?” he asks. He narrates an aimless, seemingly unending sadness amidst coping mechanisms and unanswered questions. Clocking in at nearly five minutes, the track talks about the aftermath of a breakup as the singer shares his experience of trying to cope with a split, the depth of which he is experiencing for the first time and must deal with on his own. “Malibu Nights” is the last track on LANY’s album of the same name and die-hard fans know that nothing in the band’s discography hits you in the feels quite as hard as this song.
Nightly musing: "Learning how to let it go, dealing with it on my own." “Where did we go wrong?” he sings repeatedly in the chorus, echoing a subdued frustration-not unlike how many of us have felt after one too many failed romances. The track narrates a relationship about to end as the singer both anticipates “the calm before the storm” and questions how they got there. According to Klein, the song was completed in just one day-Jto be exact, which is where it gets its title.
Thus, it has a raw vulnerability that stands out against the band’s other tracks, which is why it makes it this high up. While the final lyrics didn’t come till much later, you can still feel that the song’s message comes from a much younger, more naive version of its writer. Nightly musing: "Where did we go wrong? I swear I knew we'd last this time."ĭid you know that the song “13” was over a decade in the making? Thirty-one-year-old lead singer Klein originally came up with the track’s guitar riff when he was just 18 and it was later given the signature LANY sound with the help of bandmates Priest and Goss.
Though loaded with lots of emotions and quotable one-liners, we rank this track at number eight on our list because, well, you probably could have avoided the pain of a doomed flirtation if you’re really being honest with yourself. “Don't build me up just to let me down,” the song begs, followed later by a painfully self-aware “you know you got me in the palm of your hand.” The song is a collaboration with singer-songwriter Lauv, who is similarly known for his sad but catchy tunes, and fans of the two will enjoy hearing the artists’ sounds coming together. The song describes the feeling of wanting someone who only sees you as a second choice (ouch, we know) and also goes into the self-inflicted trap of being led on. Many of LANY’s most heartbreaking records usually detail the time after a breakup or right before it’s about to come, but “Mean It” is actually a song about a relationship that can’t quite happen-ever broken up with someone you weren’t even really in a relationship with? It’s okay, we’re clowns, too. Nightly musing: " I'm all in, I'm falling faster, but if you're looking at me with a heart of doubt." Whether you’re obsessed with a new crush, overcoming a breakup, or going through hard times in a relationship, Paul Klein, Jake Goss, and Les Priest have got you covered. Perhaps it’s the Filipinos’ love for heartwrenching music that makes LANY such a hit in these parts-we’re all a little guilty of listening to sad songs in an attempt to make ourselves sadder, right? With that in mind, we round up 10 LANY songs that give us major feels with every listen-and we ranked them, too, from sappy to downright soul-crushing. In fact, four out of five of the cities that listen to LANY the most in the world, according to Spotify, are all here in the Philippines. The group is particularly popular in the Philippines with the band having performed here several times throughout the years. The indie pop trio is best known for their atmospheric synth-heavy songs with lyrics detailing personal topics like love, longing, and heartbreak. (SPOT.ph) American band LANY announced on April 30 that they would be releasing a new album very soon with the first single set to drop on May 13.