It’s so common to feel so low after a heartbreak that you start to wonder if you’ll ever be okay again.
That’s the question LANY and Julia Michaels are tackling in their new collab, “okay.” The tune is surprisingly catchy and light for such a heavy topic, but the rhythmic beat adds to the feeling of, yes, maybe I will be okay amidst the darkness. “Is it wrong to think you’re sadistic?/I know you’re sleeping perfect/While I’m over here hurting,” the duo croon in the pre-chorus.
“I remember we talked for a long time and we went outside and ate a bunch of grapes in the parking lot,” LANY singer Paul Klein told MTV of how the song came about. “She talked to me about some guy she had a crush on, and I was like, ‘I just can’t even look at girls right now’ because I still loved this girl that totally wrecked me. At the end of my whole two-hour spiel, I think I said to her, ‘I’m gonna be okay. Right?’ And she’s like, ‘write that right now.'”
Listen below.