In the spring of 2025, just a few short months after playing their near-sellout first show at Madison Square Garden, and earning their first GRAMMY® nomination for 2024’s Good Together, the members of Lake Street Dive - vocalist Rachael Price, bassist/background vocalist Bridget Kearney, drummer/background vocalist Mike Calabrese, keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss, and guitarist/background vocalist James Cornelison - gathered to work on new music for what would become their very first independent release, and ninth album, What About Flamingos?.