Muni Long - Just Beginning

What this video is

Released July 14, 2021 as the closing track and accompanying video of Muni Long's seven-track EP Nobody Knows on her co-founded independent imprint Supergiant Records, 'Just Beginning' predates her mainstream breakthrough by roughly six months. The song and video exist in a creative space defined by artist autonomy and emotional directness — hallmarks of the wave of independent Black women R&B artists reclaiming…

Why it matters

Represents the stripped-back, piano-led strand of early-2020s independent R&B, documented as 'piano-based' by contemporary music press. Sits within a lineage of confessional Black women-led soul — bridging neo-soul's organic textures with the bedroom-pop intimacy of social-media R&B. The video's…