{"id":2445097,"date":"2019-06-07T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T21:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=845845"},"modified":"2019-06-07T15:47:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T21:47:52","slug":"muna-preach-unabashed-self-love-in-new-single-number-one-fan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/muna-preach-unabashed-self-love-in-new-single-number-one-fan\/","title":{"rendered":"Muna Preach Unabashed Self-Love in New Single, \u2018Number One Fan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/download.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo I heard the bad news\/Nobody likes me and I\u2019m gonna die alone\/In my bedroom, looking at strangers on my telephone,\u201d opens \u201cNumber One Fan,\u201d the latest single by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/muna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_muna\" data-tag=\"muna\">Muna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although it may start off downcast, vocalist Katie Gavin gives the Numan-esque synth-rock cut a rewarding upswing: \u201cWouldn\u2019t you like if I believed those words?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years since dropping their glittering debut, <em>About U<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/meet-muna-the-queer-l-a-pop-trio-now-on-tour-with-harry-styles-118013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">then touring with floral pantsuit enthusiast Harry Styles<\/a>, the members of Muna would be foolish to give into any negative self-talk. Instead, they\u2019ve resurfaced with plans to release their sophomore LP, <em>Saves the World<\/em>, out September 6th via RCA Records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber One Fan [is] a song about recognizing the negative voices in your head and learning to speak back to them,\u201d wrote the band in a press release. \u201cIt\u2019s a joyful and surprising experience to recognize that, just as we can all be our own biggest haters, we can also decide to be our own biggest fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the topsy-turvy, Issac Schneider-directed video, Gavin is pursued by a rabid fan-turned-copycat, who trails after Gavin in a matching haircut and glasses. Shot like an early-Nineties steampunk movie, Gavin races through an arcade and a sketchy warehouse of electronics \u2014 until she finds herself face-to-face with none other than her biggest fan, who happens to be herself.<\/p>\n<p>Compassion is arguably the backbone of all Muna tracks. \u201cNumber One Fan\u201d brings to mind 2017\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-t5gGm3NWU4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">I Know a Place<\/a>\u201d \u2014 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lgbtq\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lgbtq\" data-tag=\"lgbtq\">LGBTQ<\/a> work song that stresses the importance of love for one\u2019s community, as much as it does love for oneself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this culture, we are almost taught to look to other people to fill up some void in ourselves,\u201d write Muna. \u201cWhat happens when we accept that we are already whole? We become our own icons. We become unstoppable and un-buyable. We save the world. No, just kidding, sorry we got caught up in the moment. (But maybe!)\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/muna-number-one-fan-song-single-845845\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo I heard the bad news\/Nobody likes me and I\u2019m gonna die alone\/In my bedroom, looking at strangers on my telephone,\u201d opens \u201cNumber One Fan,\u201d the latest single by Muna. Although it may start off downcast, vocalist Katie Gavin gives the Numan-esque synth-rock cut a rewarding upswing: \u201cWouldn\u2019t you like if I believed those words?\u201d [&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":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2445097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 13:55:38","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}