Interview Q&A – MUNNYCAT

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This month , we bring you MUNNYCAT.

You’ve heard their music, whether you know it or not.

Maybe it was in a movie or a TV show montage, while doom-scrolling through TikTok, in one of countless commercials from Crest, Apple, or X-Box, or maybe you stopped to Shazam their song playing through the tinny speakers at H&M. You can’t escape MUNNYCAT. And there’s a reason for that – this scrappy, ferociously DIY duo has a flare for infectious and chaotic songs that have grabbed the ears of their loyal fans, as well as other creative folks that make stuff. Filmmakers, editors, playlisters and choreographers have been using their neon-colored, ADHD-tinged bops as inspiration to get your attention.

Their music (RIYL: Kero Kero Bonito, Remi Wolf, Tierra Whack) is firmly rooted in modern indie-pop, and has been called “hyperpop on Lexapro”, with the press referencing MUNNYCAT’s obsession with East Coast proto hip-hop and 80’s art pop. MUNNYCAT is, in its totality, a two-person project made up of producers K808 and Khaledzou. Originally from the infamously corrupt and troubled rust-belt city of Youngstown, OH where they learned so much of the self-reliance and individualism that makes them creatively distinct, they now live in sunny Los Angeles creating art side by side. The newlyweds write, produce, shoot and edit their own videos together, lending new meaning to the phrase ‘dynamic duo.’

FAST FACTS:

• On TikTok, their songs have been used in videos totaling over 40 million views. 
• Over 500 commercial syncs including Versace, Adidas, eBay, Fenty Beauty, Google, and Target.
• MUNNYCAT songs have been featured on Apple TV+’s acclaimed show “Dickinson” starring Hailee Steinfeld, Love is Blind, Rebel Cheer Squad, MTV Cribs and dozens more Films and TV shows.
• Headlined two sold out shows for The Summit FM in March of 2024
• Their two singles, ‘honest’ and ‘so fresh’ featured on H&M’s in-store playlist
• MUNNYCAT was named number 2 on 5 Biggest Independent Artists Breaking into the Commercial Scene alongside Wilco, Tegan and Sara, and Pomplamoose by Disctopia.com
• The duo recently remixed original studio stems from Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and the Kink’s for Mark Ronson’s “90th Birthday Mega-Mix” for Clive Davis.
• They are finishing up their first full length Vinyl (mastered at Abbey Road Studios)
• They have a cat named Mr. Berry and a dog named Henry.