Katie Gavin
{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1992)}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Katie Gavin
| image = File:Muna - First Avenue - 8-8-2022 - 007.jpg
| caption = Gavin performing with MUNA in 2022
| birth_name = Catherine Hope Gavin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|30}}
| birth_place = Winnetka, Illinois, US
| genre = Pop
| label = Saddest Factory Records
| current_member_of = MUNA
}}
Catherine Hope Gavin{{Cite web |title=Katie Gavin |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/184445/all |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=SecondHandSongs}}{{Cite news |date=2024 |title=MUNA's Katie Gavin Announces Debut Solo Album "What a Relief", Shares New Song "Aftertaste" |url=https://www.pmstudio.com/music/20240724-23457 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |work=pm studio world wide news}} is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Winnetka, Illinois, who is a member of the pop band MUNA. She is also a solo artist, with her debut studio album, What a Relief, being released in October 2024.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-07-23 |title=Muna's Katie Gavin Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares Video for New Song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/munas-katie-gavin-announces-debut-solo-album-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/ |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Pitchfork}}
Early life and education
Gavin attended New Trier High School, graduating in 2011.{{cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Jasmine |title=Gavin forms band, making it in the music industry |url=https://newtriernews.org/features/2016/01/29/gavin-forms-band-making-it-in-the-music-industry/ |publisher=New Trier News |access-date=13 August 2024}} While attending New Trier, Gavin posted a cover of Willow Smith's Whip My Hair, which went viral.
She spent a year at New York University before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she graduated with a degree in Music.{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Avery |date=May 10, 2016 |title=If We're Lucky Enough to Have a Platform, We Should Use That to Help People |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/muna-on-their-own-terms-interview/ |website=Vice |language=en-US |access-date=December 11, 2022}}{{Cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |date=2022-03-15 |title=Life's So Fun: Muna Choose Happiness |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/muna-silk-chiffon-new-album-interview-1320917/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
Career
In 2013, Gavin met Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin at USC, where they formed the band MUNA.{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Catherine |last2=Tidmarsh |first2=Kevin |last3=Branch |first3=Natasha |title=MUNA Might Just Save The World |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757222634/muna-might-just-save-the-world |publisher=NPR |access-date=13 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=PROFILE: MUNA |date=June 2, 2016 |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2016/06/02/profile-muna/ |publisher=Wonderland |access-date=13 August 2024}} Gavin has released three studio albums with MUNA.
In 2024, Gavin announced her debut full-length solo album, What a Relief, which was released on October 25, 2024, through Phoebe Bridgers' record label Saddest Factory Records.{{cite web |last1=Strauss |first1=Matthew |title=Muna's Katie Gavin Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch |date=July 23, 2024 |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/munas-katie-gavin-announces-debut-solo-album-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/ |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=13 August 2024}} Prior to the album release, she released three singles "Aftertaste", "Casual Drug Use" and "Inconsolable.".{{cite web |last1=Browning |first1=Maddie |title=MUNA's Katie Gavin announces new solo project ahead of Newport Folk Festival performance |date=July 23, 2024 |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/07/23/muna-katie-gavin-new-solo-music-aftertaste |publisher=WBUR |access-date=13 August 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Daisy |title=MUNA's Katie Gavin announces debut solo album 'What A Relief' |url=https://diymag.com/news/muna-katie-gavin-what-a-relief |publisher=DIY |access-date=13 August 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Paul |first1=Larisha |title=Katie Gavin Bridges Gap Between Muna and Her Debut Solo LP With 'Aftertaste' |date=July 23, 2024 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muna-katie-gavin-solo-album-announcement-1235065917/ |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=13 August 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Katie Gavin Share New Song "Casual Drug Use": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2276770/katie-gavin-casual-drug-use/music/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Katie Gavin of MUNA Shares "Inconsolable" Ahead of Solo Debut |url=https://floodmagazine.com/175332/watch-katie-gavin-muna-inconsolable/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=FLOOD |language=en}} She described the album as " "Lilith Fair-core," and cited Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple and Ani DiFranco. She embarked on a sold-out solo tour in the fall of 2024, and opened for Bleachers at the Greek Theatre.{{cite web |last1=Hudson |first1=Alex |title=MUNA's Katie Gavin Announces Solo Debut 'What a Relief,' Shares New Single "Aftertaste" |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/muna-s-katie-gavin-announces-solo-debut-what-a-relief-shares-new-single-aftertaste |publisher=Exclaim! |access-date=13 August 2024}} She will be one of the opening acts for Lucy Dacus on her "Forever is a Feeling" tour.{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |title=Lucy Dacus Announces New Album and Tour; Shares "Ankles" Video: Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lucy-dacus-announces-new-album-and-tour-shares-ankles-video-watch/}}
Personal life
Gavin is a lesbian.{{Cite web | title = Lesbian Book Club with Trixie Mattel | website = Gayotic | publisher = YouTube | author = MUNA | date = 2024-03-27 | url = https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r2u02lqwmpA }}{{Cite web | title = Photo of Katie Gavin | author = Katie Gavin | date = 2022-12-01 | url = https://www.instagram.com/katiegavs/p/ClcOGJItfTy/?hl=en&img_index=1 | website = Instagram | access-date = 2025-01-26 }} She was in a relationship with MUNA bandmate Naomi McPherson for three years.{{Cite web | title = Hot Enough To Go For It (w/ MUNA) | website = Las Culturistas | publisher = Spotify | author = Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang | date = 2022-07-20 | url = https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mQ4U2UVfhRtvUPGOAxWlH?si=e671a1e46eef47db }} Gavin is also neurodivergent, and has struggled with depression, anxiety, and addiction.{{Cite web | title=MUNA’s Katie Gavin reveals that she is neurodivergent in a heart-warming Instagram post | author = Eleanor Noyce | date = June 21, 2022 | url= https://diva-magazine.com/2022/06/21/muna-katie-gavin-neurodivergent}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- What a Relief (2024)
=With MUNA=
{{Main|Muna discography}}
- About U (2017)
- Saves the World (2019)
- Muna (2022)