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  In 2020, MUNA was dropped by their label RCA for “ not making enough money .” The queer-identifying trio had modest success with their first two records,   About U and Saves the World , but they would actually achieve a higher level of success on an indie label. The key to this renewed success was partnering with an indie rock darling who had come to be known as a “serial collaborator” due to appearing on a range of projects from Paul McCartney to Taylor Swift . Phoebe Bridgers signed MUNA to her label Saddest Factory and functioned as the trio’s A&R person. MUNA quickly expanded their listener base with the hit featuring Bridgers, “ Silk Chiffon .” The song preceded  MUNA’s eponymous album by more than nine months and became the band’s most-streamed song. In March of 2022, MUNA released the second single from the album, “ Anything But Me .” YOU’RE GONNA SAY I ASKED FOR THE MOON. While MUNA is certainly overshadowed by Phoebe Bridgers and her own trio, boygenius , touring

  Many  of the songs of the Indie pop band  MUNA  are about breaking up. The trio is composed of lead vocalist Katie Gavin and guitarists Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson , before releasing their first album Gavin and McPherson dated for three years. What could have been a messy situation turned into a lasting friendship and a critically acclaimed band whose music explores themes of self-acceptance, self-worth, and self-discovery. The band achieved a viral hit in 2021 with the lead single “ Silk Chiffon ” from their third and self-titled album in 2022.  The band headlined tours in 2022 and the Life’s So Fun Tour taken from the opening lines from “Silk Chiffon” as well as playing a set at Coachella. They also opened for Kacey Musgraves , Lorde , and Taylor Swift . Last month, the band released a live recording of the last date of their tour at the  Greek Theater in Los Angeles .  MY HAIR GOT LONG, YOUR HAIR GOT CUT. After MUNA released their self-titled record in 2022, MUNA relea

Deeper Well is an anthesis to the career trajectory Kacey Musgraves should be on if it follows the progression of her former two albums, Golden Hour and star-crossed . Her latest album is beautiful, dedicated to the path the singer is currently on, which is quite different from her former record. Unlike the previous album, Musgraves opts for stripped-back production and acoustic instrumentation. A hint of her Golden, Texas twang only barely qualifies the singer to remain in the Country genre, rather than moving fully into Folk. On a first listen, the album lacks the hooks of her prior albums, but on a deeper listen, the lyrics fill in what seemed like a musical void. When the listener is reconditioned to the new Musgraves sound, the album takes on its own logic and we realize it's the same Kacey we’ve come to love, even if there are some fundamental differences.  COULD I PRAY IT AWAY? AM I SHAPABLE CLAY? With her more liberal views than her genre of Country music particularly on

Last October,  Troye Sivan  released his first full-length record since 2018's  Bloom .   While other pop stars have entered prolific eras with frequent releases, fans have had to wait a long time for new music from Sivan.   His last major release was an EP in 2020 titled  In a Dream ,  but the singer has been releasing singles since then; however, whether or not they will be part of the upcoming work is yet to be disclosed. Sivan's sophomore LP,  Bloom , was a celebration of love and gay sex; however,  In a Dream  is an introspective collection of songs--with the exception of " Stud "--dealing with heartache and a failing relationship.  TELL ME WE'LL MAKE IT THROUGH.  The single " Easy " is the second track on  In a Dream.  The song was  remixed  by producer  Mark Ronson  and features a verse by  Kacey Musgraves . Sivan had appeared on Musgrave's  second Christmas album  in 2019, and the reunion between the two singers on the 2020 single not only co

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian experimented with tape speeds in the recording studio. He learned that if he sped up the tape, the vocal performance would sound high-pitched and would play at a faster tempo. He used the effect he had learned on a novelty single, “ The Witch Doctor ,” under the name David Seville . The song reached number 1 on Billboard Hot 100 and laid the groundwork for Bagdasarian’s next single, in which he used the effect more than just for a “witch doctor voice.” Ross thought that the voices of the sped-up tape sounded like chipmunks, and with some tweaking of the tempo, requiring him to sing at about half speed, he was able to make his chipmunks sing along with a human, a fictionalized manager of the mischievous rodents, David Seville. Bagdasarian founded the fictional band David Seville and the Chipmunks when he released his second single titled “ The Chipmunk Song ” (Christmas Don’t Be Late). The song topped the newly created Billboard Hot 100 chart and would be t