{"id":973483,"date":"2019-11-13T20:12:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T03:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=912170"},"modified":"2019-11-13T20:12:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T03:12:58","slug":"muna-unveil-cover-of-normanis-motivation-acoustic-version-of-stayaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/muna-unveil-cover-of-normanis-motivation-acoustic-version-of-stayaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Muna Unveil Cover of Normani\u2019s \u2018Motivation,\u2019 Acoustic Version of \u2018Stayaway\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MUNA-.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/muna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_muna\" data-tag=\"muna\">Muna<\/a> have recorded an acoustic version of their song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/muna-new-song-stayaway-871560\/\">Stayaway<\/a>\u201d along with a cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/normani\/\" id=\"auto-tag_normani\" data-tag=\"normani\">Normani<\/a>\u2019s hit single, \u201cMotivation,\u201d for Spotify Singles. Both songs were tracked at Electric Lady Studios in New York.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based trio stripped down their single from their sophomore studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/munas-saves-the-world-is-a-synth-rock-course-in-deep-california-blues-880800\/\"><em>Saves the World<\/em><\/a>, which was released in September. &nbsp;The new \u201cStayaway\u201d rendition eschews the electro-dance sheen and vocal effects of their original in favor of a guitar-led melancholy melody, with lead vocalist Katie Gavin taking on a more reflective tone.<\/p>\n<p>They also employ a relaxed approach to their take on Normani\u2019s \u201cMotivation,\u2019 slightly drawing out the tempo and adding harmonies that give the dance-pop tune an airy quality.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, the band will serve as support for a pair of shows with the 1975 at BB&amp;T Pavilion on November 16th and 17th in Camden, New Jersey before heading to the UK for a string of dates in December.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/muna-normani-motivation-cover-acoustic-stayaway-listen-912170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muna have recorded an acoustic version of their song \u201cStayaway\u201d along with a cover of Normani\u2019s hit single, \u201cMotivation,\u201d for Spotify Singles. Both songs were tracked at Electric Lady Studios in New York. The Los Angeles-based trio stripped down their single from their sophomore studio album, Saves the World, which was released in September. &nbsp;The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-973483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 02:34:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}