LANY (/ˈleɪni/; stylized in all caps, an acronym for "Los Angeles New York") is an American indie

pop band from Los Angeles, formed in Nashville in 2014. The band consists of Paul Jason Klein,
Charles Leslie "Les" Priest, and Jake Clifford Goss.
Signed to Polydor and Interscope, the band have released two Top 40 albums: LANY (2017)
and Malibu Nights (2018). 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.

Contents

 1Music career
o 1.12014–17: Musical beginnings and LANY
o 1.22018–2019:  Malibu Nights
o 1.32020:  Mama's Boy
 2Band members
o 2.1Current members
 2.1.1Touring members
 3Discography
o 3.1Studio albums
o 3.2Extended plays
o 3.3Singles
 3.3.1Promotional singles
 4Tours
 5References

Music career[edit]
2014–17: 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.
[7]
 The following month they anonymously uploaded two songs, "Hot Lights" and "Walk Away",
to SoundCloud in order to differentiate between their old and new projects. 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."[7]
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.[8] 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,[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] On March 11, 2016, LANY released a single titled "WHERE THE HELL ARE MY
FRIENDS". The track debuted on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe.[12] One month later, they released their
first music video for the song.[13]
After their headline tour in May, LANY played a series of festivals in summer 2016,
including Bonnaroo, Firefly, and Outside Lands.[14]
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.[15]
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".[16]
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]
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.
[17][18]

LANY announced their second album, Malibu Nights, on March 8, 2018 via an Instagram post.
[19]
 Klein stated that the album was written from January 4 – February 14, 2018. 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.[20] 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.[21]

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 is due for release in 2020.[22] On May 13, they released the album's lead single, "good guys".[23]