LANY - gg bb xx (September 3, 2021) Album • Page 6

May be my least favorite song they’ve ever done.

 

Yeah it’s like all the worst parts of mama’s boy

 

i haven't cared about this band since self titled. the first album and their first 3 EPs are top tier. malibu nights was good but felt just like a continuation of self titled. everything since has been meh to me. im glad i got to see them in 2018 too, i don't think i'd appreciate it now.

 

That cover art sure is something lol

 

Band feels like a parody at this point

 

yeah, that album cover reminds me of something Joan would put out. I used to like them a lot as well but their aesthetic just became too much for me

 

I actually like the album cover, fml

 

XXL is actually a good song. Should have been the lead single.

 

Better song than the last 3 released

 

Yeah this is a really solid song actually

 

Meh

 

Just woke up this morning and have the XXL melody stuck in my head; catchy song it is, hahaha

 

This new song rules. Between this, the Maines new record, and tbc next week, indie pop fans are eating good

 

look whose on paid for ads now on youtube

 

Is anyone else addicted to xxl? This is the best song they've put out in a while and I've had it on non-stop. That guitar part in the chorus is infectious

Definitely agree that this should've been the lead single, but I'm pumped for the album now

 

It's working. They've doubled the view count since Thursday. Honestly, I see nothing wrong with this. I heard where the hell are my friends from a FB add and have been a fan ever since

 

Forget them. Listen to Liimo’s volume 1 release from a year or two ago.

 

“hello family -

it’s not okay how long it’s been since i’ve written one of these. please forgive me! the world is moving and changing so rapidly, and i’ve forgotten how nice it is to just sit down and write you directly thru a NEWSLETTER.

there are about 160,000 of you signed up to receive these, and that means THE WORLD to me. since i would consider you family and friends, i want to tell you first before we tell the rest of the world…

we are changing the name and cover of the album.

the new title - which was the original title - will be “a beautiful blur.” and we’ll show you the cover very soon.

i’m gonna give a longer explanation here and probably nowhere else.

in october of last year, we were in tokyo to play a festival and start our “a november to remember” tour. after a night out with the entire team, i was in the backseat of a cab heading back to my hotel room. i stuck my head out of the window to soak up the magic of the night, and antony tried to take a photo. it was a blurry mess. a beautiful blur. in that moment, with all of the early rough drafts of almost every song on the album already in my notes app, i knew that was the title.

somewhere along the way, during the piecing-together and finalizing process of making the album, i started to question every single artistic decision… desperate to find and to even just graze perfection. with jake’s support thru it all, we landed on “i really really hope so” and wanted to put ourselves on the cover for the very first time.

honestly, i’ve never thought a photograph (of us, specifically) could capture the true essence, breadth, and depth of an album. i now believe this more than ever! however, this does not take away the authenticity and vulnerability of the concept around “i really really hope so.” that truth is deeply embedded into the fabric and dna of the album.

P.S. - this is why most of our press photos are blurry! because, at the time of this photoshoot, the title was still “a beautiful blur.”

a month or so ago, we were back in japan to headline our stage at summer sonic… a bigger milestone for us than i can currently even comprehend. jake, myself, our manager, and a few others from our team found ourselves at an underground vinyl bar called “grandfather’s” in tokyo. an older gentleman, the “grandfather,” was hand selecting every single song. he would take the vinyl sleeve of the corresponding song that was playing and place it on this sort of rack/pedestal for all in the bar to see.

i felt sick to my stomach. i knew we had to change the cover and title, but i was scared to bring it up. we had spent the last 6 months designing the artwork, preparing the release, doing preliminary interviews, and rolling out singles attached to the album title “i really really hope so”…. but this is FOREVER, and every decision we have ever made has been thru the lens of “forever.”

after a few audible swear words and me prefacing the proposition with “okay, i absolutely hate what i’m about to say and i’m so sorry”… i suggested we change everything. and, thank god, everyone was aligned and we got to work immediately.

this is officially the longest newsletter i’ve ever sent. but it’s important to me that you know… this… LANY… our family… that has now reached tens of millions around the world… is NOT about virality, tiktok, clout, or fame. it has always, only ever been about emotion, art, love, and you. and the pursuit of excellence and perfection in each of those categories.

i fucking love you and this band to pieces. this is the only thing in the world that has ever meant anything to me.

“a beautiful blur” by LANY

yours, pjk”

 

They should have done this for the last two albums as well

 

This new album cover is even worse. They really need to hire someone and stop letting Paul design things

 

I don’t know how anyone takes this band seriously

 

Where are you seeing the new cover?

edit, nevermind, yeah that sucks