Super Far
by LANY

Album: LANY (2017)
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Songfacts®:

  • LANY frontman Paul Klein wrote this song with Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. The pair already had a connection as their fathers went to school together. Klein recalled the collaboration in an interview with Pop Crush:

    "[Ryan] emailed our guy and said that he wanted to work together, but it wasn't until a year and a half later till I got around to it. And we don't do co-writes that much. And I didn't want to walk into a studio with him [and] needing a song, if that makes sense. I didn't want any of that pressure. I wanted to make our album and go in and have fun. And that's just what happened.

    So we finally got in a room, and we just worked on melody. He was respectful and my process and wanting to write the words. So we went through chord progression, and then he left.

    I put my words to the song, and then I went to Nashville where Jake [Clifford Goss] and I worked on it with our Dell computer like how we make everything else."
  • In "Super Far," LANY frontman Paul Klein finds himself in a relationship, yet feeling alone. Even as he sleeps next to his partner, he feels like she's a million miles away. Desperate for affection, he realizes he doesn't want this kind of relationship, and yet he's still there, telling himself he can't take anymore even as he continues to suffer through it.
  • "Super Far" is one of LANY's most-streamed songs, up there with "Mean It," "Malibu Nights," and "ILYSB." The song reached Gold status in both New Zealand and the United States.
  • Isaac Ravishankara directed the video for the song. He also directed the video for "Thick And Thin," the lead track on Malibu Nights, LANY's second album.

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