Our Own Happy Ending

Muni Long “Just Beginning”

“Just Beginning” is a song about feeling betrayed and heartbroken because you’ve deduced through Instagram that your boyfriend is cheating on you and just introduced you to his sidechick thinking you’re none the wiser. It wouldn’t take much for this song to be extremely petty, but Muni Long’s vocal performance keeps the emphasis squarely on her disappointment and frustration. She’s just theatrical enough to make to make the more banal elements of this seem very dramatic in context, but there’s a rawness in her voice that sounds genuinely wounded and betrayed. The arrangement maintains a similar balance – the main piano part has the feel of an impromptu club performance, but the synth washes signal melodrama without getting too saccharine.

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