Genius Meanings
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LANY – Hurts
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‘'Hurts’‘ is the tenth track on LANY’s eponymous album and speaks of the love and loss in a failing relationship.
Les mentioned this song as his favorite on the album.
The
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LANY – Hericane
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The song’s title is a clever play on words. Instead of hurricane (the natural disaster), it’s hericane. The girl in the song is about is a walking tornado, causing damage and
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LANY – Overtime
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‘'Overtime’‘ is the fourth track on LANY’s eponymous album, acutely acknowledging the immediate post-relationship emotions and the subsequent self-reflection that comes with it
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LANY – you!
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“you!” sees Klein sing about a person entering his life during a difficult time, and then becoming a complement to his life in many ways.
As the third promotional single of LANY’s
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LANY – Malibu Nights
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“Malibu Nights” serves as the title track for Malibu Nights, as well as the closure. The song is about someone’s thoughts after a breakup.
“Malibu Nights” was teased through the
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Lauv & LANY – Mean It
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“Mean It” is the first collaboration between pop artists Lauv and LANY. The song describes the feeling of wanting to mean more to someone who only sees you as a second choice.
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LANY – The Breakup
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“The Breakup” is the second track on LANY’s self-entitled album, and the 3rd song to be released before the album. This song very cleverly follows “Dumb Stuff,” serving as a
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LANY – Super Far
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“Super Far” is about a long distance relationship that’s coming to an end.
When asked about his favorite tracks in an interview with Ambient Light, frontman Paul Klein stated:
I
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LANY – anything 4 u
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[Verse 1] / I know the house you grew up in / All of the names of your best friends / I know the way you feel about your dad / I spent the summer on your couch / You fell in love
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LANY – Purple Teeth
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Purple Teeth is the fourteenth track on LANY’S eponymous album. The song is about a complicated relationship. At various points in the song she leaves and then returns – using him
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LANY – Alonica
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[Verse 1] / I'm fallin' out of love with you, LA / Runnin' out of reasons I should stay / I'm overwhelmed, I'm over it / It's too cold here anyway / I'm fallin' out of love with
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LANY – Tampa
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[Verse 1] / Stuck in Florida one more night / 5 a.m., catch a Tampa flight / I'm just tryna get back home / To a girl who's lied but she don't know I know / I've held it in 'cause
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LANY – remember that
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[Verse 1] / Baby / Take a breath, it's been one hell of a week / And when we're mad we say some things we don't mean / But we only fight because we care so much / We care so much
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LANY – Congrats
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“Congrats” is a song about an immature, dishonest ex who broke the speaker’s heart. The congratulations in the song are sarcastic.
The song was first played during LANY’s Summer
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LANY – if this is the last time
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“if this is the last time” is a family love letter which comes with an important message: every moment is precious, so treat it as if it is your last.
As the second single of LANY
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LANY – i die first
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[Verse 1] / You can tell all our friends, everything that you hate about me / Don't leave out the things you'd change if you had a choice / Find a bar, have some drinks, go to bed
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Kelsea Ballerini & LANY – I Quit Drinking
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[Verse 1: Kelsea Ballerini] / We used to be the life of the party / Body to body, dance the night away / Shoot tequila straight / Obsessed with each other / And down for another
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LANY – get away
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[Verse 1] / You know the deepest cuts by the coolest bands / Spent a year abroad solo in Japan / Wrote your senior paper 'bout exploding stars / How they're made up of the same
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LANY – cowboy in LA
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“cowboy in LA” was first teased by LANY frontman Paul Klein on 10/2/19 in a tweet:
https://twitter.com/pauljasonklein/status/1179924294299602945?s=20
On April 1st, 2020, Klein
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LANY – Run
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“Run” is the sixth track on LANY’s sophomore album, Malibu Nights.
The song is rumored to be about lead singer Klein’s ex-girlfriend, Dua Lipa, who reconnected with ex Isaac Carew
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LANY – XXL
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[Verse 1] / All my favorite songs are from 2018 / We flew around the world with our small-town dreams / You're a superstar and you wear it so well / But nothin' like you in my
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LANY – ex i never had
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[Verse 1] / I haven't spoken to ya, haven't seen you in months / Too busy living so we fell out of touch / I didn't think I had to let you know we were done / We weren't together
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LANY – current location
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current location is the fourth track on LANY’s 2016 kinda EP. The song is the turning point in the album and is mainly about attempting to save a relationship being threatened by
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LANY – quit
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“Quit” is a song about two people in a relationship trying to live in the moment. Worries about the past and future seem to be causing arguments and pushing the singer’s partner to
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LANY – sad
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[Verse 1] / You cut your hair, you dried your tears / You look happier than ever / And I hear he's nice and treats you well / I wish that I had loved you better / 'Cause it feels
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LANY – Valentine's Day
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“Valentine’s Day” is the seventh song on LANY’s second album Malibu Nights. Despite the title, the song is about a slow process of recovery after a painful breakup.
Paul revealed
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LANY – (what i wish just one person would say to me)
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[Verse 1] / We were young, we fell in love, and our hearts were set aflame / I don't know what life is like if I'm not next to your name / Everything I've ever wanted, everything I
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LANY – the older you get, the less you cry
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[Verse 1] / I fell in love at seventeen / Had to make a choice, either her or my dreams / And I fell in love on the road, but that was a long time ago / I fell for the wrong girl
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LANY – yea, babe, no way
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A contemplative, love-drenched track, “yea, babe, no way” finds the narrator reminiscing upon a failed relationship and their battle to refrain from getting in contact with their
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LANY – Parents
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LANY talked about this track in an interview at Gorilla, explaining that the name comes from Jake Goss' “Parents” tattoo. They also said the track is a voice mail of Goss' mom’s
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LANY – dna
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[Verse 1] / My reputation says that I fall too fast / They try to twist it, try to make it sound bad / But I don't care, no I don't care / I broke some hearts and had my heart
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LANY – 'Cause You Have To
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[Verse 1] / Chasin' a heart is like chasin' a ghost / You can't make somebody you love feel the same / If they don't / It doesn't matter the words that you say / 'Cause just like
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