Discover the story of the song > Bad Liar – Imagine Dragons

- "Bad Liar" is a song by American rock band Imagine Dragons.
- The song was released on November 6, 2018 and is the fourth track on their fourth studio album, Origins (2018).
- It was written by Imagine Dragons, Aja Volkman (Imagine Dragons' lead singer Dan Reynolds' wife) and Jorgen Odegard, and produced by Odegard.
- The song was co-written by Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds and his wife Aja Volkman shortly before they separated. However, Reynolds said the couple had not yet finalized their divorce.
- Norwegian progressive rock band Maraton noted that the cover image for their single "Blood Music" is the same as the cover image for Imagine Dragons' "Bad Liar," with only the color being different. Maraton's single was released in February 2018, while Imagine Dragons' song was released six months later, in November 2018. Despite the shared artwork, Maraton released a statement revealing that they had purchased the work from an artist called Beeple Crap, but that they had no agreement granting them exclusive rights to the photo.
- Idolator called the song a "brutally honest breakup anthem" and described it as "raw and stripped down." Billboard compared the song's lyrical heaviness to Imagine Dragons' "Demons."