MUNA

BAND MEMBERS

Katie Gavin ‐ Lead Singer, Songwriter, and Synth Bass

Katie Gavin singing

Pronouns are She/They.

Born: 1992 (age 30 years) in Chicago, IL.

Identifies as Queer and Neurodivergent.(Noyce, 2022) She has two sisters named Emily and Maddie.(Famous Birthdays, n.d.) She is a singer, producer, activist, educator, and dancer; she also preforms independently on SoundCloud.(Famous Birthdays, n.d.) Gavin went viral, at 17, when she uploaded her 2010 cover of Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” on YouTube.(Bernstein, 2022) She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and a Minor in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California but spent her first year of college at NYU, which she wrote about in Muna’s song “It’s Gonna Be Okay, Baby”.(Bernstein, 2022 & Stone, 2016)

Josette Maskin ‐ Multi‐instrumentalist and Producer

Josette Maskin playing the guitar

Pronouns are She/They.

Born: 1994 (age 28 years) in Los Angeles, CA.

She identifies as Queer. Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music at the University of Southern California.(Stone, 2016) Grew up playing in a series of short‐lived bands before forming a group with Gavin called Cuddleslut in college.(Bernstein, 2022) That band never released any music and only performed one show. Maskin wasn’t actually in that one show, she’d left to attend Coachella and her spot was filled by McPherson.(Bernstein, 2022)

Naomi McPherson ‐ Multi‐instrumentalist and Producer

Naomi McPherson talking while holding a guitar

Pronouns are They/Them.

Born: 1993 (age 30 years).

Identifies as Queer and Non-binary. Double-majored in narrative studies and American studies & ethnicity at the University of Southern California.(Stone, 2016) They are from a family of jazz musicians and spent a large amount of their teenage years resisting the urge to a professional musician. (Famous Birthdays, n.d.) Much of their work is inspired by the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization, which is about the late 1970s LA punk-rock scene.(Famous Birthdays, n.d.)

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