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PRETTYMUCH – Lying (Official Video) ft. Lil Tjay

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PRETTYMUCH turns a breakup into a block party in “Lying.”

PRETTYMUCH dropped the official video for “Lying” on July 19, 2019, pairing their five-part harmonies with a guest verse from Bronx rapper Lil Tjay. The single had already been road-tested all summer, with the group slipping it into setlists on their North American FOMO Tour before the studio version and video ever hit YouTube. What lands is a song about pretending you’re fine when you’re clearly not, wrapped in a video that looks nothing like the heartbreak it describes.

• The video and single officially released July 19, 2019, featuring Bronx rapper Lil Tjay on a guest verse.
• PRETTYMUCH — Brandon Arreaga, Edwin Honoret, Austin Porter, Nick Mara, and Zion Kuwonu — had been performing “Lying” live on their 2019 FOMO Tour before the official rollout.
• The visual leans on graffiti-covered sets, colorful backdrops, and the group’s choreography rather than a straight narrative video.

The Song’s Core Conflict

Lyrically, “Lying” is a post-breakup denial anthem. The narrator tells an ex he’s “counting blessings” and “so much better now,” even as he admits in the same breath that he can hardly sleep. The chorus flips the title on its head twice over — he’s lying when he says he’s moved on, she’s “lying under someone new,” and by the end he’s “dying” to just tell her the truth: he’s not over her.

Lil Tjay’s rap verse shifts the perspective, playing the other side of a relationship gone wrong — someone chasing money and new opportunities who admits he “wasn’t using my brain” and “shoulda knew better.” That contrast between PRETTYMUCH’s vocal ache and Tjay’s blunt, matter-of-fact delivery gives the record its tension, and it’s a pairing that made sense for a group looking to fold a New York rap voice into a pop framework the way other 2019 boy-band collaborations had.

I’m not oh, I’m not oh, I’m not over you.

Video Evidence Reveals True Events

Rather than telling a linear story, the “Lying” video builds its world out of bright, graffiti-tagged sets and playful backdrops that keep the mood upbeat even while the lyrics are working through heartbreak. PRETTYMUCH’s signature choreography anchors the visual, with the group moving through the colorful staging in sync before Lil Tjay steps in for his feature. It’s a deliberate mismatch — a breakup song filmed like a party — that mirrors the “lying” conceit built into the lyrics themselves: everything looks fine on the surface.

That kind of aesthetic choice fits a pattern in boy-band pop, where groups often use vibrant, high-energy visuals to soften subject matter that’s genuinely raw underneath. Fans looking at how other groups have navigated internal tension and public image over the years can find some parallels in the biggest boy band beefs ever, where the gap between a polished video and the reality behind it tends to be the whole story.

A Single Built for the Road

Debuting “Lying” on the FOMO Tour before the official release was a strategic move — PRETTYMUCH let arena crowds react to it live throughout the summer of 2019, effectively road-testing the hook before a single fan could stream it. That build-up gave the song a head start with the group’s core audience the moment the video finally posted on July 19. It’s a rollout strategy plenty of pop acts have leaned on, not unlike how other artists in the space have used feature-heavy singles to widen their reach, as seen with collaborations like Polo G’s “Heating Up” pairing distinct vocal styles for crossover appeal.

With “Lying” now out and the FOMO Tour still running through the summer, the natural next stop is the setlist itself — a song fans had already been shouting back at PRETTYMUCH live now has an official video to match, and Lil Tjay’s verse gives the group a fresh name to point to as they keep building out 2019’s touring calendar.