MUNA - Taken

What this video is

Released September 2019 as a single from MUNA's second album Saves the World (RCA Records), Taken emerged during a commercially challenging period for the band — one year before they would be dropped by RCA in 2020. The video reflects MUNA's sustained creative identity as a queer-identifying Los Angeles indie-pop act whose music addresses emotional vulnerability, sexuality, and personal growth. The warm,…

Why it matters

Taken sits at the intersection of queer dark-pop and synth-inflected indie pop, representing MUNA's RCA-era aesthetic at its most emotionally direct. The track and video demonstrate the band's capacity to blend electronic and country textures within a cohesive visual language — a stylistic…

The director

Minnie Schedeen is a Los Angeles-based writer and director. She was one of 15 winners out of 376 entries in the Sundance Institute's Short Film Challenge in 2016 and became a Sundance Ignite Fellow in 2017. She has written for New Line Cinema and is adapting…