The Myth of the Happily Ever After is the ninth[a] studio album by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro, released on 22 October 2021 through 14th Floor and Warner Records.

[14] The band announced they had finished their "positive but nihilistic" album at the BRIT awards in May 2021, and revealed a potential October release date.

[21][22] The band performed the second single off the record "A Hunger in Your Haunt" live on Later... 23 October 2021 [23] The album was acclaimed by critics and fans alike.

The band have said the album is a "reaction" to A Celebration of Endings and lyrically themed as "a fairly positive outlook with […] bone marrow nihilism going down inside of it", and "a rapid emotional response to the turmoil of the past year"[15] The lead single "Unknown Male 01" has been described as a "slow building track that explores the themes of loss".

[17] Second single "A Hunger in Your Haunt" was described as a "punching, hard-riffing track",[24] that "jumps between gorgeous melodies and angular yelps, expressing both sides of the band's incredibly diverse sound".