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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

Katie Gavin ’s solo debut album What a Relief is due out next week on October 25th. The MUNA singer showed a change in musical direction from her first single “ Aftertaste ,” which took the electric-pop singer into ‘90s country. The second single, “ Casual Drug Use ,” took a more acoustic folk sound than its predecessor. In August Gavin joined The Japanese House on stage at the Greek Theater to perform their collaboration “ Morning Papers ” from The Japanese House’s 2023 album In the End It Always Does . Then during the encore, Gavin premiered her latest single, “ Inconsolable ,” which The Japanese House’s Amber Bain praised as “the best song ever written” according to Bain and her girlfriend. According to MUNA’s podcast Gayotic, Gavin said that her new album was a collection of songs written since 2020. Most of the songs were produced by Pheobe Bridgers’ producer Tony Berg, but between sessions with Berg, Gavin collaborated with Mitski and Amber Bain. FULL OF BEDS WHERE NOBODY

  MUNA  is an alternative pop group composed of three friends who studied together at the  University of Southern California . The trio self-produced their debut EP and uploaded it to  Bandcamp  and  SoundCloud . The band's success with their debut EP led to the group signing with  RCA  records and releasing their 2017 debut record,  About U.   In May 2021, the band announced that they had signed to  Phoebe Bridgers '  Saddest Factory  record label. The group recently released the single " Silk Chiffon " which features Bridgers singing a verse. The song is one of the group's few singles to chart on  Billboard , peaking at #35 on the US Alternative chart.  KEEPIN' IT LIGHT LIKE SILK CHIFFON.  I think I first heard MUNA in the awkward teen comedy  Alex Strangelove ,  a story about a high school senior who is struggling to understand his sexuality. All the members of MUNA identify as queer, though, as a lyricist lead singer  Katie Gavin  often avoided pronouns in

  I would argue that since   reputation ,  Taylor Swift   has made a career based on revenge. The singer-songwriter is extremely intentional and calculated when releasing new singles and albums. Last year, Swift released yet another deluxe edition of   Midnights ,  this time calling it   The Til Dawn Edition ,  featuring a new song and two remixes. When she first released   Midnights    in October of 2022, many listeners were wondering what was different about the album. It felt like   reputation  but the singer was in a steady relationship with English actor   Joe Alwyn , and everything was going great, right?   right? KARMA IS A CAT PURRING ON MY LAP.  When tabloids started reporting that Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn had split in early April this year, the pointed lyrics of  Midnights  started to make a little more sense. Was Swift reacting to the expectations--from others or even Alwyn-- that their relationship should end in marriage? Could the singer stay in a "1950s shit"

Last month,   The Japanese House   released their long-anticipated follow-up album to 2019's   Good at Falling .  The solo project of   Amber Mary Bain , The Japanese House collaborated with a number of musicians from   Bon Iver 's   Justin Vernon   and   The 1975 's   Maty Healy   and   George Daniel   to   MUNA   and   Charli XCX   on their latest project,   In the End, It Always Does .  The English singer-songwriter Amber Bain offers a hybrid between the acoustic and highly processed, like if Bon Iver recorded and produced   Joni Mitchell . It's simple. It's zen. It's nice music for a rainy or slow humid summer day. I'M STILL LOOKING OUT FOR ME.  Before releasing  In the End, It Always Does,  The Japanese House released the lead single, " Boyhood ." The instrumental direction of  In the End, It Always Does  feels less processed than The Japanese House's earlier work. Singer Amber Bain had talked about using The Japanese House to mask the per

  Max Martin is one of the go-to big-budget record producers when a pop star needs a breakthrough or a comeback hit. His production style shaped the pop music in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s with his use of explosive synthesizers, vocal layering and often nonsensical lyricism. Martin’s work with Ace of Base and Backstreet Boys paved the way for his first U.S. number 1 , which hit came from Britney Spears’ “….Baby One More Time.” His production style has been imitated by many other producers to varying success, and because of his multiple collaborations,  producers he has worked with have also imitated the Max-Martin sound. Martin’s production style has developed over the decades to incorporate rock, hip-hop, and ‘80s synth pop.  I THINK YOU THINK I’M LIKE A VIRGIN. Many millennials are particularly fond of the late ‘90s/ early ‘00s sound of Max Martin productions because it reminds them of their childhood and teenage years.  Indie band MUNA experimented with the Max Martin sound o

  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