No Lie

Lore & Background

The song was written by Sean Paul alongside Andrew Jackson, Emily Warren, and Sermstyle, who also produced the song alongside Pip Kembo. Paul had been doing many writing camps at the time of writing. Sermstyle originally played the rhythm for Paul, after which he expressed his admiration of it. He wrote onto the rhythm and recorded a demo for it, with Warren singing the hook vocals on the demo, which she wrote. At the time, Paul could not imagine anyone else singing the hook. However, his management thought they should search for another vocalist and someone in the management group suggested Dua Lipa, which led to her also recording a demo of the song. After hearing the demo, Paul immediately fell in love with Lipa's voice and went on to finish the song with her vocals. Engineering was handled by Paul Bailey, while James Royo was responsible for mixing, and the song was mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering in London.

Reader's Guide

The song was released for digital download and streaming through Island Records as a single on 18 November 2016. On 13 January 2017, the song was released on a CD single in Germany, with Paul's single "Tek Weh Yuh Heart" that features Tory Lanez as the B-side. "No Lie" was serviced to rhythmic contemporary and contemporary hit radio stations in the United States on 17 January 2017. It was sent for radio airplay in Italy three days later. Remixes by Sam Feldt and Delirious & Alex K were released on 27 January 2017. The song serves as the lead single and closing track from Paul's debut EP Mad Love the Prequel, released 29 June 2018. It was later included as the seventh track on the second disc of the reissue of Lipa's eponymous debut studio album Dua Lipa: Complete Edition, released on 19 October 2018. "No Lie" was included on the soundtrack to the film Baywatch (2017), as well as in the opening credits of Code Black Season 3, Episode 11: "One of Our Own", in 2018.

Did You Know?

• The music video was filmed at West London's Sunbeam studios in the third studio, as well as the garden.
• Paul and Lipa performed the song at the 2018 UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv, Ukraine.