The Beautiful Liar
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
Length36:03
Label
Producer
X Ambassadors chronology
Belong
(2020)
The Beautiful Liar
(2021)
Singles from The Beautiful Liar
  1. "My Own Monster"
    Released: June 11, 2021
  2. "Okay"
    Released: July 30, 2021
  3. "Adrenaline"
    Released: August 13, 2021
  4. "Beautiful Liar"
    Released: September 24, 2021

The Beautiful Liar is the third studio album by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was released on September 24, 2021 by record labels Kidinakorner and Interscope Records. The album follows X Ambassadors' second album, Orion (2019) and the band's EP Belong (2020). It is concept album, playing similarly to a radio drama.

Background

Their multi-collaborative series (Eg) and Belong EP were material largely recorded weeks before the lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. All three band members wrote and composed the tracks virtually, starting with what they had before the lockdown and expanding upon it.[1]

It expresses themes of insanity, powerlessness, self-doubt, and anxiety.[2] Lead singer Sam and keyboardist Casey Harris say the album was influenced by the radio shows they would listen to as children instead of TV because of Casey's blindness. Sam said "I wanted to make an album that felt as unhinged as I did, and as the whole world felt around me. So Adam [Levin], Casey and I carved ourselves a space where we could all be as ugly, weird, funny, and f'd up as we wanted to be."[3]

Track listing

The Beautiful Liar [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."CHAPTER ONE: The Sleeping Giant"
  • X Ambassadors
0:43
2."Beautiful Liar"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Reed
  • Wells
4:09
3."My Own Monster"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Jamie Lidell
  • Wells
  • Alan Wilkis
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
3:05
4."Adrenaline"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • Jared Scharff
  • Wells
2:45
5."Bullshit"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Daniel Steele
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
2:13
6."CHAPTER TWO: Enter The Shadow"X AmbassadorsX Ambassadors1:13
7."Conversations With My Friends"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
0:56
8."I Can See The Light..."
  • X Ambassadors
  • Fabio Aguilar
  • Jorge Miguel Cardoso Augusto
  • Feliciano Ponce Ecar
  • Al Hug
  • Harissis Tsakmaklis
  • Luzian Tuetsch
  • X Ambassadors
  • Aguilar
  • Ecar
  • Hug
0:35
9."Palo Santo"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Niklas Andre Koellner
  • Mathias Daniel Liyew
  • Philip Andre Mueller
  • X Ambassadors
  • Ambezza
  • Outofair
2:43
10."Theater Of War"X AmbassadorsX Ambassadors1:08
11."A BRIEF WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS--"
  • X Ambassadors
  • X Ambassadors
0:32
12."Love Is Death"
  • X Ambassadors
3:33
13."Somebody Who Knows You"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Scharff
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • Scharff
  • Wells
3:44
14."Okay"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Tommy English
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • English
  • Wells
4:45
15."Reincarnated"
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
  • X Ambassadors
  • Wells
2:33
16."AUTHOR'S NOTE"
  • X Ambassadors
  • X Ambassadors
1:19
Total length:36:03

Podcast

The Beautiful Liar
Presentation
StarringRory Anne Dahl
Emily Hampshire
Sam Nelson Harris
Genre
LanguageEnglish
Length30-40 minutes
Production
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Publication
Original releaseNovember 3, 2021

A nine-episode companion podcast to the album was released on November 3, 2021 on Amazon Music, releasing on all other services November 17, 2021.[5] It is produced and published by QCode Media. It is a superhero origin story, following a blind teenager named Clementine who suddenly loses her father and has to juggle moving to a new school with her new secret friend, Shadow. It stars Rory Anne Dahl as Clementine and Emily Hampshire as the shadow.[6]

References

  1. "X Ambassadors Keyboardist Casey Harris On New Album 'The Beautiful Liar,' Creating Music In The New Norm & Making Music Tech Accessible For All". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  2. "X-Ambassadors lose their minds as they strive to reclaim success on 'The Beautiful Liar'". The Cavalier Daily - University of Virginia's Student Newspaper. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. Paul, Larisha (2021-09-24). "X Ambassadors Release New Studio Album 'The Beautiful Liar,' Drop 'Beautiful Liar' Music Video". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. "The Beautiful Liar by X Ambassadors". Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  5. THE BEAUTIFUL LIAR - Official Podcast Trailer, retrieved 2023-09-02
  6. Wiseman, Andreas (2021-09-21). "'Schitt's Creek' Star Emily Hampshire & Sam Nelson Harris Of Band X Ambassadors Team On Superhero Podcast". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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