Muna's 'Kind Of Girl' Brings Self-Love And Acceptance To The Tonight Show

Indie-pop musical group Muna took the stage Monday night (June 13) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform their latest single “Kind of Girl” from their upcoming self-titled album.


Playing nation acoustic chords accompanied with low violin strings in the background, lead vocalist Katie Gavin sings an emotional song about accepting herself and her personality quirks. “I'm the sort of girl who takes things a little bit also far / Presses a little bit also hard / That's why you left a mark,” she sings. “I'm the sort of girl / Who wants everything she can't get.”


Gavin is aware that she isn't everyone’s preference peach, yet it doesn’t mean there won’t be someone out there who will love and accept her for who she is. “I could get up tomorrow / converse with myself real gentle / Work in the garden / Go out and meet somebody / Who actually likes me for me,” she sings in the chorus. “And this time I'll lеt them.”


And even Gavin admits she isn't perfect: “I'm the sort of girl / Who owns up to all of my faults / Who's learning to laugh at 'em all / Like I'm not a problem to solve.” Co-members Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin harmonize vocally alongside her and so they flank her on either side, likewise playing guitar.


In an official statement, Gavin describes “Kind of Girl” as their album’s “country moment” and “the heart of the record.” “Even though it is a happy, hopeful song, I trim the most tears of the record in the vocal booth recording this chorus,” she mentioned. “I think there’s something very susceptible about plainly expressing my want to be kinder to myself and comfortable procuring love (and my aspire to garden although I kill everything I plant).”


Muna will play three more nights in New York this week at Prospect Park in Brooklyn and at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens first for indie pop-rock singer Phoebe Bridgers before hitting the road on a massive North American tour this summer and then flying to the United Kingdom in the fall. Tour dates and tickets are obtainable on their website.