Dancing in the Kitchen (Lany song)
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| Released | June 25, 2021 | |||
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| Length | 3:29 | |||
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"Dancing in the Kitchen" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American indie pop band LANY. It served as the first single from their fourth album, Gg bb xx (2021), released on June 25, 2021.
Background and development
I've heard about people writing two songs in one day, but I never have. Never tried, never really wanted to. I went in there and did that part for "Till I Don't,” came back in the room and said, "alright now, let's write ‘Dancing in the Kitchen’." That’s a real turning point in the writing process for that album, when we wrote that song.
—Paul Klein, on discussing about "Dancing in the Kitchen".[3]
The song served as the seventh track from their fourth album, Gg bb xx (2021) and released as the lead single on June 25, 2021. "Dancing in the Kitchen" came after the band finished writing "'Til I Don't", the eleventh track on the album.
In the process of writing the latter track, the band vocalist, Paul Klein uses the phrase: "We fly around the world just to dance in the kitchen", which lead it to be the next track to be work as "Dancing in the Kitchen" after "Til I Don't" was written.[4]
Composition
"Dancing in the Kitchen" is a romantic song[5] in the style of dream pop[6] and synth-pop.[7] The song has a length of 3 minutes and 29 seconds, composed by the vocalist of the band Paul Klein, Andrew Goldstein, John Ryan and Ian Pollock and set in the time signature of common time with a downbeat tempo of 94 beats per minute. The track is composed in the key of B major.[8]
Luke Wells of Euphoria states that with keys adding the warmth to the depth of the song down the stretch, exuding a sonic palette akin to earlier LANY works. The tropical beat is soon met by susurrate synths that soar and blanket the vocal in a gospel-esque haze, with a side of soft drums and subtle guitar that scream summer vibes soaked in calmness.[9]
Music video
The music video was released same day with the single on June 25, 2021 and directed by Matt Peacock.[10]
Personnel
Credits adapted from TIDAL[11]
- LANY - Producer
- Paul Klein - Songwriting, Co-mixing engineer, keyboard, programmer, lead vocal
- Andrew Goldstein - Songwriting, producer, co-mixing engineer, guitar, keyboard, programmer
- Ian Pollack - Songwriting
- John Ryan - Songwriting
- Eric Eylands - Engineer
- Robin Schmidt - Mastering Engineer
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | June 25, 2021 | Music download | Street Side | [12] |
References
- ↑ Strazzabosco, Domenic (September 8, 2021). "LANY: gg bb xx". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ Sundram, Grace (September 10, 2021). "LANY has returned with a couple of new upbeat tunes that will have..." 2CENTS. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ "Paul Klein | LANY Frontman is Ready for His Close up".
- ↑ "Paul Klein | LANY Frontman Is Ready For His Close Up". www.flaunt.com. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ "LANY's New Single, "dancing in the kitchen," Gives Us Butterflies". Hypebae. June 25, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ Strazzabosco, Domenic (September 8, 2021). "LANY: gg bb xx". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ Sundram, Grace (September 10, 2021). "LANY has returned with a couple of new upbeat tunes that will have..." 2CENTS. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ "Key, tempo & popularity of dancing in the kitchen By LANY | Musicstax". musicstax.com. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ Wells, Luke (June 27, 2021). "LANY — dancing in the kitchen". EUPHORIA. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ Paul, Larisha (June 25, 2021). "LANY Releases Upbeat New Single 'Dancing In The Kitchen'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ LANY - dancing in the kitchen, September 3, 2021, retrieved October 29, 2025
- ↑ dancing in the kitchen by LANY on Apple Music, June 25, 2021, retrieved October 29, 2025