Make Up Is A Lie RSD Stores Red Vinyl

January 9 2026 Los Angeles Today, MORRISSEY, one of the most beloved and influential artists of all time announces the impending arrival of his fourteenth solo studio album, MAKEUP IS A LIE set for release on March 6 with the immediate release of the lead single, Makeup is a Lie, out now via SireWarner Records. The stirring and sonically dynamic new song arrives alongside the long whisperedabout tracklist for the highly anticipated project MORRISSEYS first album in over five years marks his welcome return to Sire Records.Listen to Makeup is a Lie single HERE The breaking news and new music arrive as the truly iconic English singer and songwriter continues his current world tour, which has already swept through the US, Canada, UK and Europe. The next leg of his tour will pick up in January with dates in the US, Europe and UK.MAKEUP IS A LIE reunites MORRISSEY with producer Joe Chiccarelli The Strokes, The White Stripes, Weezer, My Morning Jacket as he returns to Studio La Fabrique in the SaintRmydeProvence region of Southern France. With poetic and provocative lyrics, evocatively unpredictable instrumentation, and a title that can be read as an explicit call for unvarnished truth and expression, the 12song set is poised to further cement MORRISSEY status as one of the most acclaimed and potent voices of the last four decades.The albums first single is an intoxicating introduction. Cowritten by MORRISSEY keyboardist Camila Grey, Makeup is a Lie surges forth on a triphoplike groove echoing drums, propulsive bass riff, mysterious atmosphere that bursts into swirling dreampop for the chorus. MORRISSEY vocally floats across the track, weaving a curious tale of a woman who keeps desperately trying to deliver him a message, even in deathTen years passed in boredomI made my way to Paristo stand before her gravestoneI read the words in graniteone.two.three four five.34MAKEUP IS A LIE ALL MAKEUP, MAKEUP IS A LIE34MORRISSEYis joined onMAKEUP IS A LIEby a familiar cast of characters and bandmates, includingJesse Tobias,Camila Grey,Carmen Vandenberg,Juan Galeano,Alain Whyte,Gustavo Manzur, andBrendan Buckley. The tracklist includes some song titles previously referenced byMorrisseyand others never before revealed, as well as a faithful cover ofRoxy Musics 1973 deep cut Amazona.