"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]
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."[2]
History
A promotional picture for the release of the video, it shows Andrew and Ben holding a banner with the name of the song.
In the July 2013 issue of NME magazine, the song is explained as "a burst of clattering, misanthropic buzz-pop vitriol";[4] 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".[5]
On August 5, the band premiered the music video for this song, which was directed by Tom Kuntz;[6] the promotion of the video it's accompanied with an interactive kaleidoscopic video embedded on their official website.[7] A day after, the single was given as a free download with the album pre-order on iTunes.
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."[9]
