Lies
by Zach Bryan (featuring Lana Del Rey)

Album: Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs (2026)
Charted: 7 4
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Songfacts®:

  • "Lies" pairs Zach Bryan and Lana Del Rey on a piano-and-strings ballad about two people who prefer a comforting falsehood to the unpleasant truth about their failing relationship. Bryan opens with the first verse and chorus before Del Rey makes her entrance, accompanied by an audible soft laugh. She takes the next verse, and their voices blend for the remainder of the song.
  • The chorus asks for "sweet little lies," even though the person requesting them knows they are not true. Del Rey's verse questions whether earlier declarations of love were ever sincere, while Bryan ultimately asks for the truth, even if it means being told the other person is leaving.
  • The song's plea for "sweet little lies" recalls Fleetwood Mac's 1987 hit "Little Lies," which is also about choosing comforting reassurance over an uncomfortable reality. Where Fleetwood Mac asks for a little deception, Bryan and Del Rey make the request more personal with the chorus line "Tell me your lies." In both cases, the characters understand what is happening. They simply are not ready to face it.
  • The song is the first official collaboration between Bryan and Del Rey, although Bryan previously shared a stripped-down cover snippet of her track "Video Games."

    Both artists are credited as writers, with Bryan producing alongside his longtime collaborator Eddie Spear and Jamie McLaughlin, who is also known for his work with Morgan Wallen and Brent Faiyaz.
  • Bryan offered an early preview of "Lies" on TikTok in March 2026, singing over sparse piano accompaniment under the working title "Tell Me Your Lies." On September 13, Del Rey posted photographs from a recording session with Bryan on Instagram, captioning them, "Whale, we finally got our song done. And that's no Lie." The pun suggested that the collaboration had finally reached dry land.
  • "Lies" was recorded for Bryan's Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs EP, with the sessions taking place at Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville.
  • "Lies" is likely fictional, as both singers had recently married when they recorded the song: Bryan to Samantha Leonard in December 2025 and Del Rey to Jeremy Dufrene in September 2024. In fact, Bryan writes about his own marriage elsewhere on the EP, notably on "Backwards."
  • The song continues Bryan's habit of sharing vocal duties with female artists. His previous collaborations include "I Remember Everything" with Kacey Musgraves, "Dawns" with Maggie Rogers, "Purple Gas" with Noeline Hofmann and "Madeline" with Gabriella Rose. Lana Del Rey makes a distinct addition to that list, bringing her languid delivery to a track where neither party seems keen to hear the whole truth.

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