2017Released
3:34

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The lead single from Selena Gomez' third studio album, "Bad Liar" finds her singing about having feelings for a new man who has come into her life. All my feelings on fire Guess I'm a bad liar Though Gomez has been "tryna play it coy," she just can't hide her feelings for him.

Gomez co-wrote the song with: Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels, who also worked with Gomez on her 2015 album Revival, including the hit single "Good For You." Ian Kirkpatrick who has also contributed to hit tunes for the likes of Jason DeRulo ("Want to Want Me"), Justin Bieber ("The Feeling") and Nick Jonas ("Levels"). Kirkpatrick also produced the song.

The song borrows Tina Weymouth's bassline from Talking Heads' 1977 new wave hit "Psycho Killer."Selena and Julia are Talking Heads-obsessed," Tranter told Variety. "So when we all got together in one room, Julia suggested, 'Why don't we just write over the bassline from 'Psycho Killer?' and we were all going, 'That sounds great!'"

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Bad Liar.
C♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
121BPM

Album

The album Bad Liar is released on.

Released By

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Selena Gomez PS
© 2017 Interscope Records
℗ 2017 Interscope Records

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