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MUNA is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of P-Square, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Phoebe Bridgers and Good Luck, Babe!. Those roots explain a lot about how MUNA arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Maggie Rogers, King Princess, Ryan Beatty, Haim and Griff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Tegan and Sara, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around MUNA, reaching back through P-Square and forward to Phoebe Bridgers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Muna is an American indie pop band consisting of Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson. They released two studio albums with RCA Records, About U (2017) and Saves the World (2019), before signing with independent label Saddest Factory Records, which released their third studio album, Muna, in June 2022, and Dancing on the Wall in May 2026.
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MUNA connections
MUNA grew out of P-Square, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette and Phoebe Bridgers, shares an orbit with Maggie Rogers, King Princess, Ryan Beatty and Haim, went on to shape Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Tegan and Sara. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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