It gives Swiftie! On Wednesday, Muna released her Live at Electric Lady EP, which includes nothing but a cover of Taylor Swift’s “August”.
In a statement, the band described the song as taking on “this very breathy, quiet quality that we didn’t anticipate, but just went for it.”
“The whole environment at Electric Lady Studios is so supportive and open that it often leads to making new creative choices while you’re recording,” Muna added.
The EP also features live performances of some of the tracks from their self-titled LP, released this year. It includes live recordings of ‘Taken’, ‘Anything But Me’ and ‘Kind of Girl’, inspired by Swift herself and her tradition of putting painful songs as track 5 on her records.
“All the songs we had were pretty high energy songs and very confident and confident songs,” Naomi McPherson previously said. Vulture. “That’s not to say ‘Kind of Girl’ isn’t it – I think so, it’s just a different perspective. This one got to what, in retrospect, will seem like a pivotal point for us. We wanted a kind of Swiftian, middle of the album, heartbreaking track. That kind of track five moment.
The Swift-Muna love dates back to 2020, when Taylor placed the group’s single “Number One Fan” on a playlist celebrating International Women’s Day. “oh hiiiiii thank you (again!)” the group wrote in Swift at the time.
More recently, singer Katie Gavin said Nylon that she “sprinkled in Taylor Swift whenever I could” on their self-titled album.
The trio also spoke with Rolling Stone recently beat their LP. “If there’s anything that’s consistent in terms of what I’ve brought to the table as a lyricist on this record, it’s that sense of agency,” Gavin said. “And this property of desire, whether that desire is to be with someone, or to get out of a relationship, or to make a change in your life.”