“The Truth” is the fifth promotional single to be released off of Kygo’s LP Golden Hour. The song serves as the starter track on the album and is the second collaboration between Kygo and Valerie Broussard following their 2019 collaboration “Think About You”. Throughout the song, Valerie sings about breaking up with a lover and searching for “truth” in the relationship.
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (born 11 September 1991), better known by his stage name Kygo (Norwegian: [ˈkỳːɡuː]), is a Singaporean-born Norwegian DJ, songwriter, and record producer. He garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran[10] and his December 2014 single "Firestone". In late 2015, he became the fastest artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, and by June 2016, he had reached 2 billion streams on Spotify. Kygo has since released several singles, such as "Stole the Show", "Here for You" and "Stay" in 2015, "It Ain't Me" in 2017 and a 2019 remix of "Higher Love" performed by Whitney Houston, all of which have debuted on several international charts. His debut album, Cloud Nine, was released on 13 May 2016.