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The title of Morrissey\u2019s new single, \u201cMake-Up Is A Lie,\u201d reminds me of those memes where dudes tell each other to take girls swimming on the first date so they don\u2019t get \u201ccatfished\u201d by the girls\u2019 makeup. The self-deprecating, \u201csexually ambiguous\u201d frontman of the now-defunct Smiths came out with the new single on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n This is the latest breadcrumb in a series of cryptic hints Morrissey has been dropping since mid-December. On December 19, we learned that he has signed with Sire Records. On Christmas Day, he dropped the track list to a new forthcoming album, which is apparently not <\/span>Bonfire of Teenagers<\/span><\/i>, a different album everyone thought he was going to release. Until now, I guess.<\/span><\/p>\n Frankly, we\u2019re feeling whelmed by this development. Morrissey is kind of a pretentious jerk, especially according to Tori Amos, who has nursed a decades-long grudge against him. \u201cI had beef with Morrissey in \u201892<\/a><\/span><\/strong>,\u201d Amos told Pitchfork in 2017. \u201cHe didn\u2019t understand that I can roll.\u201d The 1992 incident she\u2019s referring to was on the set of <\/span>Later\u2026 With Jools Holland <\/span><\/i>when Morrissey allegedly asked Amos, \u201cWhat the fuck do you know?\u201d when she complimented his work. As if she isn\u2019t a literal piano virtuoso.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The title of the album Morrissey is threatening to release hasn\u2019t been revealed yet, although the aforementioned track list that was unveiled on Christmas includes titles like \u201cThe Monsters of Pig Alley,\u201d \u201cMany Icebergs Ago,\u201d and, of course, the freshly released lead single, \u201cMake-Up Is A Lie.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Photo courtesy of social media<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n