At Coachella, on Friday, Muna performed a then-unreleased song called “One That Got Away.” Well, now, it’s officially out. “One That Got Away” arrives with a music video directed by Ally Pankiw and Taylor James and starring Australian actor and singer Caitlin Stasey, alongside Muna’s Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson. Watch it below.
“This song is just rubbing your hot ass in the face of someone who messed up their chance of being with you,” Gavin remarked in a press release. “It’s a bit vengeful and mean, but also fun. Fuck it. Once I sent Naomi and Jo the demo they really took the cockiness in the lyric and vocal performance and carried it to the extreme with the production of the track. It became this super bombastic, Janet Jackson–era track. Ally Pankiw, who directed the music video with Taylor James, then came up with the idea of putting the music video in a criminal underworld, which we thought fit perfectly. Plus we wanted an excuse to dress Jo up like the Bear.”
Muna closed their Coachella set with a performance of “Silk Chiffon,” featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker of Boygenius.
Read the review of Muna’s self-titled album, as well as the 2022 feature “The Radical Joy of Muna’s Queer Pop.”
One That Got Away Lyrics
I’m the one who opened up ready for a connection
I’m the one brave enough to say how I was feeling
I’m the one waiting by the phone
The one who is home alone
‘Til I realized you were only messing around
Yeah, you played it like a game
Never called it by its name
Isn’t it a shame how
Now I’m the one that got away
The kiss you never tasted
Tell me that you hate it
Hate that I’m no longer in your reach
If I can’t hear you say it
Maybe you can’t change it but if you never
If you never put it on the line
How am I gonna sign for it?
Yeah, you never
You never let me know I’m what you want
Maybe that’s why I’m the one
The one that got away
The kiss you never tasted
Now I’m the one that got away
Tell me that you hate it
I’m the one who’s crying over you in a bath on weekend
But I’m the one who isn’t scared
To doubt any love on the deep end
You’re the one lying to your friends
You’re the one who can’t pretend that
There are no consequences to what you do
But the truth is that it’s costly
Baby, ’cause you lost me
Soon enough you’re gonna see
That I’m the one that got away
The kiss you never tasted
Tell me that you hate it
Hate that I’m no longer in your reach
If I can’t hear you say it
Maybe you can’t change it, but if you never
(If you never, if you never)
If you never put it on the line
How am I gonna sign for it?
Yeah, you never
You never let me know I’m what you want
Maybe that’s why
I’m the one that got away
The kiss you never tasted
Tell me that you hate it
Hate that I’m no longer in your reach
If I can’t hear you say it
Maybe you can’t change it but if you never
If you never put it on the line
How am I gonna sign for it?
Yeah you never
You never let me know I’m what you want
Maybe that’s why I’m
The one that got away
The kiss you never tasted
Now I’m the one that got away
Tell me that you hate it
Watch One That Got Away by MUNA video