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The mime Charles Deburau as Pierrot in 1855: white face paint, white blouse and skullcap, laughing

Morrissey

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Nadar, 1855
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Make-up
Is A Lie

№ NMU 260109 · blog singlerel. January 9, 2026 · a/w October 11, 20263 min 9 s · stereo · Sire
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The title song of Morrissey’s fourteenth solo album – his first in more than five years, and his return to Sire – written with Camila Grey and produced by Joe Chiccarelli at La Fabrique in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The record was made in 2023 without a label and went through two other titles, Without Music the World Dies and You’re Right, It’s Time, before it found a home and this name.

Words by Morrissey; written with Camila Grey. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli; recorded at La Fabrique, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence; mixed by Patrick Dillett. The album band includes Camila Grey, Carmen Vandenberg, Juan Galeano, Brendan Buckley, Jesse Tobias and Alain Whyte. From Make-up Is a Lie, Sire Records, March 6, 2026. Photograph: Adrien Tournachon and Nadar, Pierrot Laughing – the mime Charles Deburau – 1855, gelatin-coated salted paper print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

№
NMU 260109
artist
Morrissey
title
Make-up Is A Lie
from
Make-up Is a Lie (2026)
writers
Morrissey, Camila Grey
producer
Joe Chiccarelli
studio
La Fabrique, Saint-Rémy
label
Sire
photograph
Adrien Tournachon and Nadar, Pierrot Laughing, 1855. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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filed
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