 " Misery " became one of the later songs written for the project , and was later announced to be the second single released from This Is What the Truth Feels Like . Stefani later confirmed via Twitter that " Misery " would be released instead as a promotional single on March 8 , 2016 . After providing a sneak preview of the track on Instagram on March 10 , 2016 , Stefani released the track to the iTunes Store an hour later . The song was serviced to hot adult contemporary radio on May 23 , 2016 as the album 's third single . 
