Editing Liz Phair (section)

===2016–Present: Guyville retrospective, Soberish and recent tours===
In spring of 2016, Phair performed as the opening act for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] on their ''In Plainsong'' tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/02/smashing-pumpkins-acoustic-tour-liz-phair-2016/|work=Spin|title=Smashing Pumpkins to Tour With Liz Phair This Spring|date=February 1, 2016|author=Carley, Brennan|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>

In late 2015 and mid-2016, Phair stated on her Twitter that she intended to release two albums by the end of 2016.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=PhizLair|author=Liz Phair|number=671838432918790145|date=December 1, 2015|title=I promise not one, but TWO new records in 2016.}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=PhizLair|author=Liz Phair|number=757402368577187840|date=July 25, 2016|title=Goodbye media noise, hello guitars. I owe u 2 albums, after all, by NYE ;}}</ref> It was confirmed via Twitter that Phair was working on a double album, produced by fellow singer-songwriter [[Ryan Adams]] in his PAX-AM recording studio.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TheRyanAdams|author=Ryan Adams|number=819728517516562433|date=January 13, 2017|title=Today we begin the new @PhizLair double album!!! #LizPhair #ExileInPaxAmVille}}</ref> Phair's project with Adams did not proceed. When multiple women publicly disclosed accusations of abuse against Adams in 2019, a Twitter user asked Phair for a comment about Adams, to which she replied, "My experience was nowhere near as personally involving, but yes the record ended and the similarities are upsetting."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/PhizLair/status/1096077938523484167 |title=Archived copy |website=twitter.com |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216014615/https://twitter.com/PhizLair/status/1096077938523484167 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, it was announced that Phair's former label, Matador, would be releasing a 25th-anniversary retrospective set for her debut album, ''Exile in Guyville''. The set, titled ''Girly Sound to Guyville'', included remasters of Phair's 1991 demo tapes recorded under the moniker [[Girly Sound]] from the original sources, and was released May 4, 2018.<ref name=reilly>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8347405/liz-phair-guyville-anniversary-interview|magazine=Billboard|author=Reilly, Phoebe|title=Liz Phair Reflects on 25-Year Anniversary of 'Exile in Guyville' and Being 'Ferociously Protective of Women Right Now'|date=April 20, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref> In support of this retrospective, Phair embarked on two North American tours — the ''Girly Sound to Guyville Tour'' and the ''Amps on the Lawn Tour''. Phair continued to tour through the summer of 2019.

In April 2019, Phair announced on [[Instagram]] that she had been working on new studio material with [[Brad Wood]], who produced ''Exile in Guyville'', ''Whip-Smart'', and parts of ''whitechocolatespaceegg''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwZ6p36FZKH/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BwZ6p36FZKH |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=Working on things in the studio with @bradwood_producifer|last=Phair|first=Liz|date=April 18, 2019|website=Instagram|access-date=July 5, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On October 8, 2019, Phair shared "Good Side," a song from these sessions. Her seventh album, ''[[Soberish]]'', with Wood as producer, was later announced for release in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/09/09/news/liz-phair-signs-with-chrysalis-records-and-will-release-a-new-album-in-2021/ |title=Liz Phair Signs with Chrysalis Records and Will Release a New Album in 2021 |work=mxdwn.com |date=September 9, 2020 |access-date=December 11, 2020 |author=Grech, Aaron}}</ref>

In April 2020, the release of a cover version of "[[Hanging on the Telephone]]" by Phair with former friend and collaborator [[Jim Ellison]] of [[Material Issue]] was announced. Recorded before Ellison's death in 1996, the song, originally released by [[The Nerves]] in 1976 and also covered by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], was to be released along with a documentary entitled ''Out of Time: The Material Issue Story''. Phair and Ellison previously teamed in the 1990s on covers of "[[Turning Japanese]]" and "[[The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/materialissuedoc/|title=Out of Time: The Material Issue Story @materialissuedoc|date=April 6, 2020|website=Instagram|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>

In February 2021, Phair announced she had signed a contract with newly re-formed [[Chrysalis Records]] to issue her album ''[[Soberish]]'' later in the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/liz-phair-joins-chrysalis-as-reborn-label-s-first-us-signing/081043|title=Liz Phair joins Chrysalis as reborn label's first US signing|website=Musicweek.com|access-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref> The album was released that June, produced by Brad Wood. It garnered some of Phair's strongest reviews since ''Guyville''. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' called the album "a solid, sharply written record of sturdy, enjoyable songs that gradually unfold to reveal new depths of feeling."<ref>{{cite web|website=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/liz-phair-soberish/|title=Soberish|first=Peyton|last=Thomas|date=June 5, 2021|accessdate=September 1, 2022}}</ref> In ''Rolling Stone'', Jon Dolan wrote that ''Soberish'' "brings to mind the glory of ''Guyville'' and its 1994 follow-up, ''Whip-Smart'', without feeling at all like self-conscious recapitulation."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/liz-phair-soberish-review-1177879/|title=Liz Phair Shows Us Her Best Sides on 'Soberish'|first=Jon|last=Dolan|date=June 4, 2021|accessdate=September 1, 2022}}</ref> A review by El Hunt in the [[NME]] stated that "''Soberish'' serves as a reminder of Liz Phair's brilliance after years of underestimation. Far from simply drawing on her most critically acclaimed albums, it draws on the whole lot, and finds newness within."<ref>{{cite web|website=NME|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/liz-phair-soberish-review-2954267|title=Liz Phair – 'Soberish' review: an icon honours her legacy – and sets a new path|first=El|last=Hunt|date=June 3, 2021|accessdate=September 1, 2022}}</ref>

Phair was due to tour later in 2021 as part of [[Alanis Morissette]]'s rescheduled 2020 tour, but canceled for undisclosed reasons. She did end up touring in the fall of 2023 for the 30th anniversary of ''Exile in Guyville'', where she would perform the album in its entirety alongside several other fan favorites.

In August 2024, Phair officially announced a publishing deal with [[Warner Chappell Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Ashley |date=2024-08-05 |title=Warner Chappell Music Inks Global Admin Deal with Liz Phair |url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/08/05/warner-chappell-music-global-admin-deal/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Digital Music News |language=en-US}}</ref>