The single followed three more songs from the album ahead of its October release: “Antichrist”, “Room Service” and “Superbloodmoon”. Now, British singer-songwriter Humberstone has enlisted three-piece band MUNA for a re-imagined version of the song, which appeared as the second track on the highly anticipated record.
“The rumours are true!! My friends and the greatest band in the world @whereismuna have jumped on a new version of ‘Into Your Room’”, Humberstone teased as she took to social media to make the announcement. “It’s so sick and we all love how it came out”.
This new version of the track sees MUNA putting their signature spin on the production, rejuvenating the original work of Ethan Gruska and long-time collaborator of Humberstone, Rob Milton. The LA-based trio – comprised of Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson, and Josette Maskin – also commandeer the gut-wrenching second verse, littered with cultural cliches of love. “Don’t make me stand outside in the pouring rain”, Gavin sings, “with a freshly ripped human heart from my ribcage, and a boom-box, how pathetic, babe.”
Euphorically melancholic, the song itself describes the all-consuming ferocity of an obdurate love – a convoluted depiction of something equally as painful as it is passionate. Pulsing synths layer beneath pensive vocals to create a soundscape as oxymoronic as the lyrics which accompany it, and this is only enhanced by MUNA’s creative footprint. Humberstone’s dark, visceral storytelling fuses with a dreamy alt-pop sound, making for an altogether transcendental melodrama as she bares her soul with unnerving intimacy. It’s hard to ascertain quite whether Humberstone is lovestruck or lovesick, but either way, she knows she is “eternally doomed”, as she surrenders to the crushing weight of her hopeless romanticism: “my sorry ass revolves around you”.
