Indie pop trio Muna launched a North American tour with a splash at Coachella in April, and the band visited The Anthem in DC for a super sold-out local show on May 13.
Katherine Gaines was there to shoot the show on Muna’s Life’s So Fun Tour!
Muna last released a self-titled studio album in 2022. At The Anthem on May 13, Muna’s setlist drew heavily from that album as the band drew nine of its 19 songs from it. They opened with their third record’s “What I Want” and closed their encore with the album’s “Silk Chiffon.”
But Muna came with new music as well in the form of a recent tune, “One That Got Away,” which they debuted on this tour.
In a press release about the band’s latest tour, frontwoman Katie Gavin discussed the new song.
“This song is just rubbing your hot ass in the face of someone who messed up their chance of being with you,” Katie said. “It’s a bit vengeful and mean but also fun. Fuck it. Once I sent Naomi [McPherson] and Jo [Maskin] the demo, they really took the cockiness in the lyric and vocal performance and carried it to the extreme with the production of the track. It became this super bombastic, Janet Jackson-era track. Ally Pankiw, who directed the music video with Taylor James, then came up with the idea of putting the music video in a criminal underworld, which we thought fit perfectly. Plus we wanted an excuse to dress Jo up like The Bear.”
Watch the official music video for “One That Got Away” by Muna on YouTube:
Muna also performed several songs from the band’s debut album, About U (2017), and their sophomore record, Saves the World (2019).
Recently, Muna launched a new season of their successful podcast, GAYOTIC. “The podcast is a must for MUNA fans and gives a rare insight into the behavior of queers outside of the month of June,” according to the band’s update on the podcast. “Join the band and their special guests as they gab about our personal lives, music, what they like to eat, the TV they watch, intergenerational trauma, and of course their search for answers in the case of a missing girl.”
Catch Muna on tour through June 22! Muna also open Taylor Swift on some of that megastar’s The Eras Tour dates this spring and summer.
English rock duo Nova Twins opened Muna at The Anthem! The Londoner grime group started their careers with a series of EPs — Nova Twins (2016), Thelma and Louise (2017), and Mood Swings (2017) — before releasing two full-length albums — Who Are the Girls? (2020) and Supernova (2022). Their setlist for this tour is drawing heavily from their acclaimed Supernova album.
Here are some photos of Nova Twins opening Muna at The Anthem in DC on May 13, 2023. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Katherine Gaines.
And here are some photos of Muna headlining The Anthem on May 13, 2023. All pictures again copyright and courtesy of Katherine Gaines.
