| Make-Up Is a Lie | ||||
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| Released | 6 March 2026 | |||
| Recorded | January to late 2023 | |||
| Studio | La Fabrique Studios in St-Remy, France | |||
| Length | 49:48 | |||
| Label | Sire Records | |||
| Producer | Joe Chiccarelli | |||
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Make-Up Is a Lie is the upcoming fourteenth solo album by the English singer Morrissey. The album is scheduled for release on 6 March 2026. [1] [2]
Morrissey announced the tentative production and release of a new album titled Without Music the World Dies on 8 December 2022. [3] [4] The album was recorded in January and February 2023 at La Fabrique Studios in St-Remy, France, and was produced by Joe Chiccarelli, making it his fifth collaboration with the singer. [5] It was produced outside the bounds of a record contract, as Morrissey had parted ways with his former label Capitol Records in December 2022. [3] The album was initially scheduled to consist of twelve songs, collectively written by Morrissey and members of his band, but this was later reduced to ten songs.[ citation needed ]
On 20 February 2023, Morrissey announced Without Music the World Dies had been completed. He then offered the album up to any record labels or private investors willing to distribute the finished album. [5] [6]
In December 2024 Morrissey declared: "There are two albums ... The second one was re-recorded in France in late 2023, and given a new title. We scrapped half of the tracks and we recorded six new ones, and so it is not the album from the beginning of 2023". [7] In June 2025, he announced that the album has been renamed to You're Right, It's Time saying "The second album will be released first". He also recorded a cover of Roxy Music's "Amazona". [8] In the same interview, You're Right, It's Time was said to be scheduled for release in September 2025.
On 9 January 2026, it was announced Morrissey had returned to Sire Records to release the album, now entitled Make-Up Is a Lie, preceded by a single of the same name. [9] [10]
The song "Notre-Dame" initially contained the words: "Before investigations, they said: ‘This is not terrorism!’”. [11] The Independent wrote that it echoed a "right-wing conspiracy theory", claiming that the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral was “deliberate” and part as “anti-Christian attacks”. [12]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You're Right, It's Time" | Morrissey | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Make-Up Is a Lie" |
| 3:09 |
| 3. | "Notre-Dame" |
| 4:08 |
| 4. | "Amazona" | 4:11 | |
| 5. | "Headache" |
| 4:20 |
| 6. | "Boulevard" |
| 5:40 |
| 7. | "Zoom Zoom the Little Boy" |
| 3:12 |
| 8. | "The Night Pop Dropped" |
| 4:24 |
| 9. | "Kerching Kerching" |
| 2:53 |
| 10. | "Lester Bangs" | Morrissey | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Many Icebergs Ago" |
| 5:24 |
| 12. | "The Monsters of Pig Alley" |
| 4:57 |
| Total length: | 49:48 | ||
Personnel per Morrissey's website. [6]
Additional personnel
Production
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