Katie Gavin: Last News

MUNA‘s Katie Gavin has announced her debut solo single, ‘Aftertaste’ – check out a preview below.The lead singer of the Los Angeles pop trio is due to release the song next Tuesday (July 23).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Following the breakout success of Boygenius in 2023, and its three members laying relatively low in 2024, Lucy Dacus is the first member of the trio to officially announce a solo album, her first since 2021’s acclaimed “Home Video.” Her fourth full-length effort on her own, “Forever Is a Feeling,” will be out on the Geffen label March 28, and will be followed by a monthlong national tour in April and May. The first video promoting the project, for the single “Ankles,” is out today. It has Dacus creating some minor havoc on the streets and subways of Paris in a florid red gown, accompanied by actor-model Havana Rose Lui, portrayed a security guard whose real function becomes apparent in the video’s final scene.

MUNA’s Katie Gavin has played a stripped-back acoustic cover of Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ – check it out below.The singer appeared on SiriusXM radio on Friday (November 29) to play the classic 1989 single, armed with just an acoustic guitar and microphone.Check out official footage of Gavin’s intimate performance of the song here:Gavin is promoting her debut solo album ‘What A Relief’, which was released on October 25 via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records. The album included the single ‘Aftertaste’ and the Mitski collaboration ‘As Good As It Gets’.“This record spans a lot of my life,” she added.

MUNA‘s Katie Gavin has shared her thoughts on the upcoming US elections and presidential candidate Kamala Harris.The lead vocalist of the rising American indie-pop band revealed in a new interview with The i that while she will be voting for Harris for the upcoming elections, she will not endorse Harris.Speaking to the publication, Gavin said: “I’m gonna be voting for Kamala Harris, but I’m not gonna endorse somebody who is funding a genocide.” In her statement, Gavin alludes to the Biden-Harris administration’s funding of Israel while committing genocide in Gaza – something that has also been brought up by other musicians in the past.Chappell Roan in September revealed that similarly to Gavin, she would be voting for Harris but isn’t explicitly endorsing her. In a social media video, Roan said: “I’m voting for fucking Kamala, but I’m not settling for what has been offered.

MUNA’s Katie Gavin has released ‘Casual Drug Use’, a new single from her forthcoming solo debut ‘What A Relief’. Watch its music video below.Released yesterday (August 20), ‘Casual Drug Use’ sees Gavin striking out on her own by digging into a more carefree, pre-fame past.“This is a song about being young and on bad behaviour, and the comfort of having friends by your side,” she reveals in a press statement.“I wrote it in 2016 after a day trip I took with a friend, and so I thought it would be sweet to film the video on a road trip I had planned with my childhood best friend.

MUNA has given fans a first taste of ‘As Good As It Gets’, the Mitski collab from her upcoming debut solo album.

MUNA‘s Katie Gavin has announced her debut solo album ‘What A Relief’ and has shared the LP’s tender lead single ‘Aftertaste’.‘What A Relief’ is set for release on October 25 via Phoebe Bridgers‘ Saddest Factory Records. You can pre-order / pre-save it here.

Alanis Morissette enlisted the help of MUNA to sing her 1996 hit ‘Ironic’ this weekend. Check out the footage below.The Los Angeles pop trio were welcomed on stage during Morisette’s headline set at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago yesterday (July 21).“I’m going to need some help singing the beginning of ‘Ironic’ tonight,” Morissette told the crowd, as her performance drew to a close.

So many celebrities stepped out to attend the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Annual Gala at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Saturday night (May 18) in Los Angeles.

Naomi McPherson, a member of the pop group Muna, is taking their talents to the big screen!

The Japanese House has shared a cover of ABBA‘s ‘Super Trouper’ as part of the newly released ‘ITEIAD Sessions’ EP – check it out below.The singer-songwriter – real name Amber Bain – shared the stripped-back cover of the hit song today (November 22) on the six track project, which is an acronym of the artist’s latest album ‘In The End It Always Does’.The EP also features a never-before-heard live version of ‘Boyhood‘ along with previously shared live versions of other tracks from the LP.‘In The End It Always Does’ came out back in June, which NME said in four-star review explores the “cyclical nature of life with a brighter, more organic sound”.It added: “If Bain’s lyrics are poised to pull you one way on ‘In The End It Always Does’, her voice and instrumentals yank you back in the other direction – it’s disorientating, dizzying and utterly intoxicating. If there’s one thing that the second Japanese House album reaffirms – it’s that the artist never surrenders any less than her whole self to the process.”The album also featured MUNA’s Katie Gavin on the track ‘Morning Pages’ along with backing vocals from The 1975’s Matty Healy on ‘Sunshine Baby’.1. ‘Sad to Breathe’2. ‘Touching Yourself’ 3. ‘Sunshine Baby’ 4. ‘Boyhood’5. ‘One for sorrow, two for Joni Jones’6. ‘Super Trouper’Back in June, Bain spoke to NME about her new album and longstanding collaborative relationship with labelmate Healy.

Rina Sawayama was joined on stage by MUNA‘s Katie Gavin at Bonnaroo during her performance of ‘This Hell’.For the last song of her Bonnaroo set on Friday (June 26) Gavin joined Sawayama on stage to perform a duet of her song ‘This Hell’ from 2022 album ‘Hold The Girl’. The performance featured a choreographed dance sequence in which Gavin also joined in.

William Earl Indie trio Muna isn’t yet a household name, but judging from a roaring reception at the first of two sold-out shows at New York City’s Terminal 5, they’re already a must-see live band on the rise. The group — consisting of singer Katie Gavin, lead guitarist Josette Maskin and multi-instrumentalist Naomi McPherson, as well as touring drummer Sarab Singh and bassist Geo Botelho — has put in plenty of time on the road, opening for huge touring artists such as Harry Styes, the 1975, Lorde, Kacey Musgraves and dates on Taylor Swift’s massive Eras Tour. All that time on major stages has made the group’s chops exceedingly tight, even brighter than their records.

The Japanese House, a.k.a. Amber Bain, has announced details of a new album.

MUNA have shared new song "One That Got Away" alongside a video. In the visuals, which can be seen below, the trio find themselves embroiled in the underground mob world. In a statement shared with press, Katie Gavin of MUNA said: "This song is just rubbing your hot ass in the face of someone who messed up their chance of being with you.

MUNA have shared a new single called ‘One That Got Away’ – you can listen to it below.The Los Angeles trio – comprising Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson – debuted the track during their set at Coachella 2023 last weekend after teasing that they’d be releasing a tune “very soon”.Today (April 17), the studio version of ‘One That Got Away’ premiered on BBC Radio One as the station’s ‘Hottest Record’.“This song is just rubbing your hot ass in the face of someone who messed up their chance of being with you,” Gavin explained in a statement. “It’s a bit vengeful and mean, but also fun.

MUNA have reworked Celine Dion’s iconic track ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for Triple J’s Like A Version – check it out below.Speaking about their cover of Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ to Triple J, MUNA’s Katie Gavin said: “This song is a song I’ve always loved. iIt took us a while to figure out what we were going to do though.

Taylor Swift subtly paid tribute to her boyfriend Joe Alwyn while partying after the Grammy Awards last week.The hitmaker, 33, appeared to have borrowed a jacket from her actor beau for the bash, where she celebrated bagging the Best Music Video gong.She donned a leather jacket with silver zip detailing, which Joe has been spotted wearing multiple times in the past.Draping the leather jacket over both shoulders, the award-winner posed for snaps with singer Kelsea Ballerini and pop band Muna, made up of Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson.The small gesture comes as Taylor and Joe are notoriously private about their relationship, since beginning the romance in 2016.  Taylor Swift makes a sweet nod to boyfriend Joe Alwyn as she wears his leather jacket during Grammys after-party Unisex: Her boyfriend Joe has been spotted wearing the garment multiple times before (Joe pictured in 2022)Posing alongside her pals, Taylor donned the detachable-sleeve Lambskin Leather Jacket, which is by Celine Homme and retails for $4,650.Her boyfriend Joe has been spotted wearing the garment multiple times before, including during an appearance at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Dressing it up, the All Too Well hitmaker layered it over a sequinned green dress while enjoying the night out.And as band Muna shared the collection of snaps with Taylor to their 197K followers, many fans took to social media to gush over the small connection.'Taylor wearing Joe's jacket is the epitome of romance to me,' wrote on fan via Twitter.While another echoed: 'Not me being emotional because Taylor is wearing Joe's jacket.'And despite Taylor and Joe not sharing pictures together from the Grammy's or the after-parties, many fans took

Sasha Urban editorMuna is not the band it was three years ago. Of course, the world isn’t the same, either.When Muna’s second studio album, “Saves the World,” was released in 2019, COVID wasn’t a household word, Trump was still president and, notably, Phoebe Bridgers had not yet started her own record label.

MUNA have shared their new single, ‘Home By Now’ – listen below.The latest song to be previewed from their forthcoming self-titled album, ‘Home By Now’ follows a pair of singles released by the Los Angeles-based trio earlier this year: ‘Kind Of Girl’ and ‘Anything But Me.’In a statement, Katie Gavin – who forms one third of MUNA alongside Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin – said ‘Home By Now’ recalls the sounds of the band’s 2017 debut, ‘About U’, and discussed the track’s lyrics.“[‘Home By Now’] is the song on the record that we feel might be closest to our first album in that it’s a dance song with brutal lyrics and an emo bridge…While a lot of this album does seem to be about trusting my instincts, this song acknowledges the pain of not knowing if I left a relationship that I was meant to be in,” Gavin said.‘Home By Now’ arrives ahead of MUNA’s self-titled album, which was announced in March and will mark the band’s first project since their 2019 sophomore album, ‘Saves The World’. Dropping next month (June 24), the eponymous album will also be MUNA’s first full length release under a new label, having departed RCA Records in 2020.Late last year, MUNA enlisted Phoebe Bridgers to feature on ‘Silk Chiffon’, another track lifted from the upcoming album which then marked their first single under Bridgers’ Saddest Factory label.

MUNA have shared a brand new video for their latest single, ‘Kind Of Girl’ – watch it below.The Los Angeles-based trio – comprising Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin – are gearing up to release their third studio album on June 24 via Saddest Factory Records. You can pre-order it here.The self-titled follow-up to 2019’s ‘Saves The World’ has already been previewed by the singles ‘Anything But Me’ and ‘Silk Chiffon’ featuring Phoebe Bridgers.“This song is the album’s country moment, and in some ways we feel it is the heart of the record,” Gavin said of the band’s new track.