MUNA search for connection over validation on bold new single 'So What’

NewsMusic News MUNA search for connection over validation on bold new single ‘So What’ It is the latest preview of the LA trio’s fourth studio album, ‘Dancing On The Wall’ By Liberty Dunworth 17th March 2026 MUNA. CREDIT: Dean Bradshaw MUNA have shared a captivating new single called ‘So What’, which sees them prioritise connection over validation. READ MORE: The NME Big Read – MUNA: “We believe in people taking moments of freedom and love where they can find it” The track is the latest to be shared from their forthcoming album ‘Dancing On The Wall’, which is out on May 8 via Saddest Factory Records/Secretly Group. Pre-order it here. Advertisement It sees them lean into an epic yet understated feel. “The party, the premiere The opening, I get invited/ The black dress, the necklace/ MM6, it’s all included,” frontwoman Katie Gavin sings amid a growing beat. “And there’s a lot of people here tonight/ With their best shoes on drinking for free/ There’s a lot of people here tonight/And most of them would want to go home with me”. “We’re at the point in our career where we’ve been to a lot of fancy parties in beautiful rooms with important people and we know the particular sadness of realising it doesn’t make you feel better,” the band shared. “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.” Already the LA trio’s fourth studio album has been previewed by the title track, ‘Dancing On The Wall’, which came out last month and was described by the band as “the best parts of MUNA – coming from a really emotional and lonely place, but the song itself makes us feel powerful and euphoric”. Recommended As for the album as a whole, the long awaited follow-up to MUNA’s 2022 self-titled third album is set to see the band lean into a heightened sense of emotional intensity, and strike a balance between euphoria and unease. It is produced by the band’s own Naomi McPherson, and aspires to be a record that “sits comfortably in tension”. To celebrate their return, MUNA will play a series of intimate underplay shows in LA, New York and London this May. Check out a list of dates below and find any remaining tickets here. MUNA’s 2026 live dates are: MAY 08 – The Shrine, LA 16 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC 17 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC 18 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NYC 26 – Heaven, London 27 – Heaven, London 28 – Heaven, London Advertisement In the time since MUNA’s last album, singer Katie Gavin has released a debut solo album, titled ‘What A Relief’, which arrived in 2024. McPherson has also made an acting debut in the biographical comedy film about SNL that year, titled Saturday Night. Their 2022 record marked their first as an independent act, after signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records the previous year. During a Cover interview with NME, the band spoke about being dropped by major label RCA for “not making enough money”. They said it was “easier in certain ways” to work with an independent label, and that they now had a “lot of creative freedom”. Related TopicsAlternativeIndieMUNA You May Also Like Advertisement TRENDING Underscores: “I’m trying to restore my relationship with making music” In Naïka’s sensuous ‘world pop’, “people from everywhere find home in each other” Timothée Chalamet’s rough night and all the Oscars 2026 shocks, snubs and surprises ‘Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come’ review: devilish horror comedy sequel is a rehash of the original Dive into I Promised The World’s crowd catharsis: “Don’t just stand there, it’s a hardcore show” Advertisement More Stories Music News St. Vincent announces ‘Live In London!’ Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms album Music News Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien announces new solo album ‘Blue Morpho’ with sprawling title track Film News Cillian Murphy shares his “ultimate ‘Peaky Blinders’ setlist” – featuring Thom Yorke, David Bowie, Sinéad O’Connor and more Music News Watch Rosalía debut ‘LUX’ songs live as she kicks off 2026 world tour in France Music News Radiohead to play “20 shows each year” on a different continent from 2027, reveals Ed O’Brien Music News ‘SNL UK’: Wolf Alice, Wet Leg and Kasabian confirmed as musical guests