Your Life Is a Lie
"Your Life Is a Lie" | ||||
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Single by MGMT | ||||
from the album MGMT | ||||
Released | August 6, 2013 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, noise pop, psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 2:04 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser | |||
MGMT singles chronology | ||||
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"Your Life Is a Lie" is the second single released from the third album by MGMT, which was released as an instant download with the album pre-order on August 6, 2013.[1]
It is also the first time that the band has used a hashtag to promote any single; in recent posts on their social networks, the hashtag "#YLIAL" can be seen, acronym for the title of the song.[2]
In an interview with XFM, VanWyngarden explained the meaning behind of this song: "Your Life Is a Lie in particular was never meant to be directed at our fans or anybody in particular. What it's meant for more is to be utilized as a kind of weapon that you can direct towards whoever you want and it's supposed to be an empowering song."[3]
History[]
The band first premiered the song live at the Portland State Theater on April 30, and was later performed on following shows through North America as their spring 2013 tour.[4]
In the July 2013 issue of NME magazine, the song is explained as "a burst of clattering, misanthropic buzz-pop vitriol";[5] while Relix Magazine explains it as a "lyrically dark song". In this same interview, VanWyngarden explains that he wrote the song "while tripping hard on acid by a fire".[6]
On August 5, the band premiered the music video for this song, which was directed by Tom Kuntz;[7] the promotion of the video it's accompanied with an interactive kaleidoscopic video embedded on their official website.[8] A day after, the single was given as a free download with the album pre-order on iTunes.
On the August 22 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, the band appeared and performed the song. On August 28, Pitchfork premiered a 'Sunroof Remix' of the song made by Mute Records founder Daniel Miller, alongside producer Gareth Jones.[9]
Reception[]
Rolling Stone listed "Your Life is a Lie" as the 98th-best song of the year, calling it, "a two-minute skull-boring pop nugget that makes the title's argument with such ear-wormy power."[10]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Your Life Is a Lie" | 2:04[11] |
2. | "Your Life Is a Lie" (A Sunroof Mix by Daniel Miller and Gareth Jones) | 6:57 |
References[]
- ^ http://www.whoismgmt.com/us/news/album-pre-order
- ^ "Twitter / whoisMGMT: #ylial". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ https://soundcloud.com/xfm/mgmt-on-x-posure
- ^ "MGMT Concert Setlist at State Theatre, Portland on April 30, 2013". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "Untitled, NME July Issue". Tdawgsmittyy.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "The 3rd Album self-titled MGMT". Mgmtforum.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "Twitter / whoisMGMT". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ "#YLIAL | The Official MGMT Site". Whoismgmt.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
- ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15951-mgmt-your-life-is-a-lie-a-sunroof-mix-by-daniel-miller-and-gareth-jones/
- ^ "100 Best Songs of 2013: MGMT, "Your Life is a Lie"". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ^ "MGMT Last.fm". Lastfm.ru. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
External links[]
- MGMT songs
- 2013 singles
- 2013 songs
- Columbia Records singles
- Songs written by Andrew VanWyngarden
- Songs written by Benjamin Goldwasser