MUNA simply completed their first set at Coachella 2023, performing 45 minutes of indie-pop gems spanning their full catalogue – together with a preview of its subsequent chapter, with the first-ever play of a brand new track referred to as ‘One That Got Away’.
The band confirmed the track’s existence earlier this week, imploring followers to “sleep with one eye open”. They later revealed the track’s title and launch date – it’ll hit streaming platforms this coming Monday (April 17), with pre-saves out there right here.
‘One That Got Away’ is “a song about fumbling the bag”, frontwoman Katie Gavin mentioned. It’s a wistful synth-pop observe with an instantly infectious refrain, on which Gavin sings: “I’m the one that got away / The kiss you never tasted, tell me that you hate it, that / I’m no longer in your reach / If I can’t hear you say it, maybe you can change it.”
Have a take a look at footage of the second beneath:
🎥 | MUNA performing “One That Got Away” for the very first time! pic.twitter.com/INKkiO0nNO
— muna information (@wheremunais) April 15, 2023
Elsewhere of their set at Coachella, MUNA carried out fan favourites like ‘What I Want’, ‘Silk Chiffon’ (which noticed the band welcome Bridgers out to sing her half), ‘Anything But Me’ (“a breakup song you can shake ass to,” in response to Katie Gavin) and queer anthem ‘I Know A Place’.
“I love Coachella,” Gavin mentioned earlier than the band broke into ‘Taken’ (described as a “country song” performed in honour of the competition’s Californian desert setting). “Coachella was my festival when I was a teenager.”
See MUNA’s full setlist from weekend considered one of Coachella beneath:
1. ‘What I Want’
2. ‘Number One Fan’
3. ‘Stayaway’
4. ‘Taken’
5. ‘Home By Now’
6. ‘Anything But Me’
7. ‘One That Got Away’
8. ‘I Know A Place’
9. ‘Silk Chiffon’ (with Phoebe Bridgers)
‘One That Got Away’ comes as the primary MUNA track to observe the discharge of their third album, a self-titled effort that arrived final June through Phoebe Bridgers’ label Saddest Factory. In a four-star overview of it, NME’s El Hunt wrote that it “serves as solid evidence of a band with many more chapters of evolution up their sleeves yet”.
Still to carry out at Coachella at the moment are Wet Leg, SG Lewis, Blink-182 (of their first efficiency since reuniting with Tom DeLonge), Idris Elba, Yves Tumor, Blondie, Burna Boy, Gorillaz, The Chemical Brothers, Ashnikko and Bad Bunny – amongst many, many others. You can see the total line-up right here, with data on how stream each set stay right here.
Coachella’s first weekend will proceed tomorrow (April 15) and Sunday (April 16), with the second weekend operating over April 21-23.
Check again at NME all weekend for extra evaluations, information, interviews, photographs and extra from Coachella 2023.