Morrissey Returns With New Album Make-Up Is a Lie, Shares Song

Morrissey’s meandering comeback has finally arrived at the release of new music. A single, with the very Morrissey title of “Make-Up Is a Lie,” arrived this morning, and you can hear it below. The song, co-written with keyboardist Camila Grey, leads an album of the same name that marks Morrissey’s return to the Warner label Sire and his reunion with producer Joe Chiccarelli. That’s out March 6. Check out the tracklist, which includes a cover of Roxy Music’s “Amazona,” below, along with the album art.

The status of new Morrissey music has been up in the air for years. He has recently been teasing a pair of albums, neither of which is called Make-Up Is a Lie. One, Bonfire of Teenagers, features Chad Smith, Flea, and Iggy Pop, and, according to Morrissey, every major label that hears it considers it a masterpiece but is too scared to release it, because of Morrissey’s politics. The other record is titled You’re Right, It’s Time. Morrissey launched his last album, I Am Not a Dog on a Chain, in 2020, with a campaign that closely followed his endorsement of far-right political party For Britain Movement on Fallon. He has spent recent months cancelling shows on a precarious tour that is still ongoing.