Lie Again

"Lie Again" comes after Giveon's ex-girlfriend, fellow American singer Justine Skye, announced and released her single, "What a Lie", which seemingly takes shots at Giveon for reportedly texting other women. On "What a Lie", Skye sings: "User, what a user / A blessing, learning lessons / I see then for entertaining leeches / My poison was your peaches". In the music video, she takes a bite of a peach and spits it out on the last line, which is a likely reference to Justin Bieber's 2021 number-one single, "Peaches", in which Giveon was featured alongside Daniel Caesar on.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/justine-skye-seemingly-addresses-giveon-breakup-for-the-first-time-in-new-single-what-a-lie/|title=Justine Skye Seemingly Addresses Giveon Breakup for the First Time in New Single 'What a Lie'|work=People|last=Lindert|first=Hattie|date=April 23, 2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022}} Skye described the song as a "weak ass song", while replying to a fan's tweet.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/justine-skye-calls-out-giveon-for-dropping-weak-ass-song-days-after-her-new-music-news.150813.html|title=Justine Skye Calls Out Giveon For Dropping "Weak Ass Song" Days After Her New Music|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Blake|first=Cole|date=April 20, 2022|accessdate=April 20, 2022}} About the song, Giveon said: "'Lie Again' is a story about the internal war with oneself, battling the acceptance of the ugly-truth, and the refusal to embrace the ghosts of your lover's past. Detailing the complexities of overlooking red flags to remain blissfully ignorant in the name of love".{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/giveon-tackles-ugly-truths-on-new-single-lie-again-new-song.1994529.html|title=Giveon Tackles Ugly Truths On New Single "Lie Again"|work=HotNewHipHop|last=Marie|first=Erika|date=April 29, 2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}

"Lie Again" sees Giveon in denial, in which he cannot accept that a relationship is failed. However, he asks his lover to hide the truth as it would hurt and he would not want to deal with heartbreak.{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/music/giveon-lie-again/|title=Giveon Runs Away From The Truth Of A Failing Relationship On The Deflective 'Lie Again'|publisher=Uproxx|last=Okon|first=Wongo|date=April 29, 2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022}} He uses his baritone voice, singing: "So lie, lie again / No one has had you like I did / I don't need the truth, baby".{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2022/04/28/giveon-new-single-lie-again/|title=Giveon Drops New Single'Lie Again'|website=Rap-Up|date=April 29, 2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}

The official music video for "Lie Again", directed by Adrian Martinez, premiered alongside the song on April 29, 2022. Giveon walks down the streets of downtown Los Angeles, California, as he sees a couple kissing on the street. At the end of the video, an unreleased song is previewed.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/giveon-lie-again-song-video-1344670/|title=Giveon Tries to Ignore Red Flags in Beautifully Painful Ballad 'Lie Again'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Mier|first=Tomás|date=April 29, 2022|accessdate=April 29, 2022}}

• Giveon – vocals, songwriting, production
• Don Mills – production, songwriting
• Peter Lee Johnson – violin
• Brian Cruz – engineering, recording
• Rodrigo Barahona – engineering, recording
• John Kercy – mixing
• Colin Leonard – mastering

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