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MUNA is back with “So What”, a bold, emotionally charged new track taken from their forthcoming album Dancing On The Wall, due 8 May via Saddest Factory Records/Secretly Group. A somber epic with a quietly euphoric undercurrent, “So What” is pure MUNA: defiant, vulnerable, and made for release.
Of the track, the band says, “We’re at the point in our career where we’ve been to a lot fancy parties in beautiful rooms with important people and we know the particular sadness of realizing it doesn’t make you feel better. We’ve learned the hard way that validation is hollow and we actually just want connection. This is a song about going to one of those parties and leaving worse off than when we got there.”
Across the record, MUNA explores desire, intimacy, and connection against a backdrop of a world in flux, capturing the tension of how to keep living, loving, and reaching for one another in challenging times.
To celebrate the release, MUNA will perform a series of special shows in Los Angeles, New York, and London during album release week.
“So What” is the second single from Dancing On The Wall, a record that pushes MUNA into sharper, darker emotional territory while maintaining the euphoric, dancefloor-ready energy fans have come to expect. Produced by Naomi McPherson, the album reflects the band’s instinctive, self-directed creative vision and total artistic control, balancing introspection with kinetic, crowd-moving intensity.
MUNA continue to expand their reputation as artists who combine spectacle and intimacy, having performed alongside Harry Styles on his debut solo tour, Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, Lorde, boygenius, and Phoebe Bridgers. From sold-out clubs to festival main stages, the band move effortlessly across global audiences.
With So What, MUNA continues to solidify their position as artists capable of commanding both intimacy and spectacle, moving seamlessly between sold-out clubs, festival main stages, and global audiences.
Live dates
May 8 – The Shrine, LA
May 9 – The Shrine, LA
May 16 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC SOLD OUT
May 17 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC SOLD OUT
May 18 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC SOLD OUT
May 19 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC SOLD OUT
May 26 – Heaven, London SOLD OUT
May 27 – Heaven, London SOLD OUT
May 28 – Heaven, London SOLD OUT