MUNA Performs New Song Written For Absent Band Member
At their Dallas tour stop, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin played their new song “Brother,” written for band member Naomi McPherson as they care for their mother.
At their Gets So Hot Tour stop in Dallas, MUNA members Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin, with support from Lou Roy, performed a new song written for their band member Naomi McPherson.
The tearful tribute comes just a week after the band announced that McPherson would be missing early tour dates to be with her mother Harriet who has “been suffering for some time now from an extremely aggressive and terminal form of cancer.”
🎥 | Katie, Jo, & Lou Roy performed a new song called "Brother" written by Katie for Naomi at their Gets So Hot Dallas show.
— muna news (@wheremunais) September 21, 2026
It replaced "Kind of Girl" in the acoustic set & was written a month ago. pic.twitter.com/yoHImYRYBb
Gavin and Maskin revealed that the new song “Brother” was written in the past month for McPherson. “I can see it how we don’t always get enough time with our mothers/ Always get to keep ties with our lovers/ I’m not crying, you’re crying, fine I was first/ I’m just saying out loud that/ I’m your brother” Gavin tearfully sang alongside Maskin and Lou Roy, who has temporarily taken McPherson’s place onstage.
While the official lyrics have not been released, below is the transcript of the lyrics from the fan videos captured of the song:
How many times have you told this one before
This story just never gets old
Cause I love our lore
Well at last we can look back and laugh
Cause we figured out
We’re walking the same crooked path
I can see it how we don’t always get enough time with our mothers
Always get to keep ties with our lovers
I’m not crying, you’re crying, fine I was first
I’m just saying out loud that
I’m your brother
I’m down, I’m so down
I’m in the gutter
Being your clown, baby, that’s my bread and butter
I’m your brother, I’m yours
Even if I can wish that it weren’t, I know it’s true
What I did, at my worst, I did to you
But that’s how it goes, how it is
When you love someone like this
It’s a mess, it’s a gift I’ll repay it
Cause we don’t always get enough time with our mothers
Always get to keep ties with our lovers
I’m not crying, you’re crying, fine I was first
I’m just saying out loud that
I’m your brother
Meet me I’m down, I am so down
I’m in the gutter
Being your clown, baby, that’s my bread and butter
I’m your brother, I’m yours
Take a slice out of my right hand
Pledge allegiance to the band
You need someone, I’m your man
I’m your man, I’m your brother
“It is impossible to overstate the impact that Harriet has had on the band, and on our hearts and souls. We are heartbroken. She is simply one of the greatest, most wise and loving people and we are enraged and full of despair that she is being taken from us,” MUNA’s statement read. “Whilst talking about playing these shows without Naomi, one of the things that kept coming up was how this is a way for us to honor them and Harriet right now, and we also know and trust that fans will want to be together and show their love and support for our sweetest member.”
The band also revealed that there will be a letter drop off at the merch stands of the Phoenix, Dallas, Austin, Nashville and Atlanta shows for fans who wish to send McPherson love during this devastating time.
@marcyfoundmuna & they’ve always been <3 (this is just meant to be cute, i hope naomi takes as much time as they need ❤️🩹❤️🩹) // #muna #munaedit #katiegavin #naomimcpherson #josettemaskin @whereismuna ♬ original sound – marcy 🖇️
At their first tour stop without McPherson, Gavin told the crowd, “Jo and I were talking backstage and I don’t think that we have ever played a show without Naomi.” “We’re a band, you know what I mean, and we’ve always been,” Maskin added.
While McPherson’s presence has been missed, MUNA continues to bring their signature gay chaos to the stage. In Austin, fans witnessed The Josette Maskin Fall of 2026, which occurred while they played “Number One Fan.” Maskin chose to sit on the shoulders of Ivan Berry while playing the guitar and fell forward only to be caught by Berry before any catastrophe ensued.
The band will headline All Things Go, or as they previously called it “Lesbopalooza”, this weekend in DC and NYC.
