Mama's Boy

"This is us knowing exactly who we are and embracing ourselves fully for the first time as a band, and we've done our best to make album [three] as perfect as possible... like a freshly-mowed yard."

- Paul

Mama’s Boy is the third studio album by American indie pop band LANY, released on October 2, 2020 through Polydor Records.

Background and composition
After the release of their first two albums, LANY and Malibu Nights, the band took part in two collaborations: one with Julia Michaels on the song "Okay" and another with Lauv on the song "Mean It". Both collaborations became the band's first ever charted releases. They also covered the song "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles in an earlier live session for Spotify.

During that time, they had grown good working partnerships with Mike Crossey and Sasha Sloan who co-wrote most of the material for the album, as well as a few on Malibu Nights. Paul Klein stated in a interview with Front Row Live, "I've only co-written a couple time before, but nothing like what I had done recently. And I did learn really quick and who I gelled with the most and what really seemed to work, what made me most comfortable. I know it sounds kinda silly, but I found writing with female songwriters a lot more comforting and made me feel way more safe. It reminded me of when you're a little kid and something goes wrong. Like who would you run to first: your mom." He also expressed how the more they talked before they started writing, the better the songs turned out. Jake Goss also added compliments about Crossey, stating "Before, it was so much fun. And this time around with Mike, he had a big studio. So we were able to test out what he had in his studio. It was fun messing around with layers and finding a perfect balance."

To reflect the beginning of a new era, the band has updated their website, added new merch to their collection and has created a new poster. Their Instagram account has also been wiped clean and only features posts concerning the new album.

On May 10th, 2020, the band revealed that the first promotional single “good guys” would be released several days later. Earlier, Klein had already teased lyrics for “cowboy in LA” and for “you!”

The tracklist was revealed on Apple Music on August 13th, 2020, accompanying the release of the third promotional single, “you!”