“Lane Boy” was released on May 3, 2015 as the fourth single off twenty one pilots' Blurryface.

The song’s lyrics follow a theme common to the rest of the album: the band’s musical integrity. It’s ultimately a song about the tension inherent in being a commercial artist: promotion. Because if you sell records, you have to risk being labelled a sell out. “Lane Boy” explores that tension.

Tyler Joseph opened up to Alternative Press about the song and its background:

I describe ‘Lane Boy’ as the moment where I broke character. Saying things that weren’t necessarily artistic or beautiful, but exactly what I wanted to say and exactly what I was feeling. I broke character and became a frustrated human. For a moment. I don’t imagine needing to say things like that anymore. I remember showing that song to some people and they said, ‘I don’t think you want to say that…’ And Josh said to me, ‘Let’s say it.’