"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.
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.
"Dancing in the Kitchen" is a romantic song in the style of dream pop and synth-pop. 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.
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.
The music video was released same day with the single on June 25, 2021 and directed by Matt Peacock.
Credits adapted from TIDAL