{"id":485000,"date":"2019-04-23T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=826089"},"modified":"2019-04-23T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T19:09:38","slug":"hear-lany-julia-michaels-new-breakup-song-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/hear-lany-julia-michaels-new-breakup-song-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Lany, Julia Michaels\u2019 New Breakup Song \u2018Okay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Synth-pop group Lany<\/a> have released a new track, \u201cOkay,\u201d with Julia Michaels<\/a>. The anthemic song features Michaels and Lany frontman Paul Klein on vocals over a rumbling instrumental of xx-style electric guitars and underwater synths. Lyrically, \u201cOkay\u201d describes recent breakups that the two protagonists have gone through, and light reassurance that they\u2019ll make it through the bitter aftermath: \u201cI\u2019m gonna be okay, right?\/I wish I could tell myself that at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the writing of the song, Michaels told<\/a> Zane Lowe of Beats 1, \u201cIt was a pretty intense day. Emotionally, we had both been going through a lot\u2026and it was our first time really even meeting. So when you have that time together, and then you\u2019re like, \u2018Okay, let\u2019s spill everything out on the table,\u2019 it can get a little heavy. There was a point where [Paul] looked at me, very serious, and said, \u2018I\u2019m going to be okay, right?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Oof, we have to write this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

This is Lany\u2019s first collaboration with Michaels, who is currently on tour with Pink through May 2019. Michaels contributed songwriting to Pink\u2019s upcoming eighth studio album Hurts 2B Human<\/em>. Lany, meanwhile kick off a new world tour on Tuesday night in Miami, in support of their October 2018 sophomore record, Malibu Nights<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Lany North American Tour Dates
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April 23 \u2013 Miami, FL @<\/span> The Fillmore<\/span>
April 24 \u2013 Orlando, FL @<\/span> House of Blues<\/span>
April 26 \u2013 Birmingham, AL @<\/span> Iron City<\/span>
April 27 \u2013 Columbia, SC @ <\/span>The Senate<\/span>
April 28 \u2013 Nashville, TN @<\/span> Ryman Auditorium<\/span>
April 30 \u2013 St. Louis, MO @<\/span> The Pageant<\/span>
May 1 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @<\/span> Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland<\/span>
May 3 \u2013 Madison, WI @<\/span> The Sylvee<\/span>
May 4 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @<\/span> The Rave<\/span>
May 6 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @<\/span> Bogart\u2019s<\/span>
May 7 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @<\/span> Masonic<\/span>
May 8 \u2013 Detroit, MI @<\/span> The Fillmore<\/span>
May 10 \u2013 Boston, MA @<\/span> House of Blues<\/span>
May 11 \u2013 Boston, MA @<\/span> House of Blues<\/span>
May 13 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @<\/span> Stage AE<\/span>
May 15 \u2013 Washington, DC @<\/span> 9:30 Club<\/span>
May 16 \u2013 Washington, DC @<\/span> 9:30 Club<\/span>
May 17 \u2013 New York, NY @<\/span> Hammerstein Ballroom<\/span>
May 20 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @<\/span> The Fillmore<\/span>
May 21 \u2013 Toronto, ON @<\/span> Rebel<\/span>
May 22 \u2013 Toronto, ON @<\/span> Rebel<\/span>
May 23 \u2013 Montreal, QC @<\/span> Corona Theatre<\/span>
May 28 \u2013 Columbus, OH @<\/span> Express Live<\/span>
May 29 \u2013 Indianapolis, IN @<\/span> Egyptian Room<\/span>
May 31 \u2013 Norfolk, VA @<\/span> NorVa<\/span>
June 1 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @<\/span> The Ritz<\/span>
June 2 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @<\/span> Coca Cola Roxy<\/span>
June 4 \u2013 New Orleans, LA @<\/span> Joy Theater<\/span>
June 6 \u2013 San Antonio, TX @<\/span> Aztec Theatre<\/span>
June 7 \u2013 Houston, TX @<\/span> Revention Music Center<\/span>
June 8 \u2013 Austin, TX @<\/span> Stubb\u2019s<\/span>
June 10 \u2013 Denver, CO @<\/span> Fillmore Auditorium<\/span>
June 11 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @<\/span> The Great Salt Air<\/span>
June 12 \u2013 Boise, ID @<\/span> Revolution Concert House and Event Center<\/span>
June 14 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic<\/span>
June 15 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @<\/span> The Masonic<\/span>
June 17 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @<\/span> Queen Elizabeth Theatre<\/span>
June 18 \u2013 Spokane, WA @<\/span> Knitting Factory<\/span>
June 19 \u2013 Portland, OR @<\/span> Keller Auditorium<\/span>
June 21 \u2013 Seattle, WA @<\/span> Showbox SoDo<\/span>
June 22 \u2013 Seattle, WA @<\/span> Showbox SoDo<\/span>
June 25 \u2013 Anaheim, CA @<\/span> House of Blues<\/span>
June 27 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @<\/span> Greek Theatre<\/span>
June 28 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @<\/span> The Shrine<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Synth-pop group Lany have released a new track, \u201cOkay,\u201d with Julia Michaels. The anthemic song features Michaels and Lany frontman Paul Klein on vocals over a rumbling instrumental of xx-style electric guitars and underwater synths. Lyrically, \u201cOkay\u201d describes recent breakups that the two protagonists have gone through, and light reassurance that they\u2019ll make it through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 21:26:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}