“Lie Lie Lie” is a song about a friend lying behind someone’s back. However, rumors have surrounded the song due to his ex-girlfriend, Olivia Rodrigo, and her wildly popular single “drivers license”. Rodrigo and Joshua both announced their songs around the same time, with Joshua announcing his song on Instagram a week after “drivers license” came out. Joshua also posted an ambiguous Instagram story about the song’s background. However, the song was written years before: looking at Joshua’s Instagram, there is a post from November 7th, 2019 with him singing the song.

The song is the first promotional single off Bassett’s self-titled debut EP. It was produced by the duo AFTERHRS, who’ve produced for major artists including One Direction.