Morrissey announced the tentative production and release of a new album titled
Without Music the World Dies on 8 December 2022. 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. It was produced outside the bounds of a record contract, as Morrissey had parted ways with his former label
Capitol Records in December 2022. 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". 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". 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. When first played live, the song "Notre-Dame" was sung with the words: "Before investigations, they said: 'This is not terrorism!'."
The Independent wrote that it echoed a "right-wing
conspiracy theory", claiming that the
2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris was "deliberate" and part of "anti-Christian attacks". On March 6, the album's release day, Morrissey released a music video for "The Monsters of Pig Alley".. == Critical reception ==