goneMUNE Reveals Averdonia Alter Ego For Upcoming EP And Teases Dark-Pop Single “AMNESIA”

goneMUNE wonders what it’s like to be human (Credit: @badsoju)

The captivating endeavours of goneMUNE came to light with their dark-pop compositions, casting a bewitching shadow that loomed across the scene. But darkness is a complex notion that’s always morphing and reshaping, and that similar behaviour has seeped into goneMUNE’s latest offering as a producer and performer.

Committing full-on with a conceptual alter ego ahead of their upcoming EP, goneMUNE now portrays Averdonia, a fictional cyborg with a morbid origin story involving a mad scientist, a deceased daughter and countless questions about what it means to be human – Averdonia apparently bleeds like a human when emotions are triggered. The grim story continues with goneMUNE’s Averdonia encountering a mysterious bandaged individual who ends up becoming a symbol of love and the antithesis to the abandonment that plagues the lost cyborg. It’s a premise that eerily reflects goneMUNE’s real life, undergoing stages of loneliness and grief, conflict and contradictions. Averdonia is goneMUNE’s conduit of expression, and we get a first glimpse of this through “AMNESIA”.

goneMUNE started working on “AMNESIA” back in 2023 while in a tumultuous and toxic relationship (Credit: @badsoju)

Pegged as the EP’s first single, the track takes inspiration from ’80s synthwave and the domain of dark electronic pop that sits comfortably with goneMUNE’s identity. It is luminously poppy amidst the morose melancholia; globular basslines dripping underneath foggy sanguine synths, with driving upbeat percussions and vocals that rise above the murk. goneMUNE sings with a cold and austere tone, delivered still with a hint of innocence and a yearning for answers.

“‘AMNESIA’, from its initial vile state from a terribly troubled relationship, turned into a blessing that helped me recognise my own worth and led me to living a purposeful love that transcends everything,” goneMUNE confesses. “From another personal perspective, ‘AMNESIA’ is about feeling constantly alone in the world and not feeling like I belong in it. Somewhere far from Earth, barely human, and less blood in my system – especially with the rat race surrounding me. Even though my body exists, it never quite functions in this vessel as ‘normally’ as everyone else. I always felt like I was more of a drifting spirit trapped in a body – my physical, human state, never defining me.”