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The singer-songwriter shared her prep process in a Dazed feature. What stands out is what didn't.
May 6. Audrey Nuna posted her first Met Gala beauty routine to Dazed. The piece runs as an "it-girl beauty affirmations" series entry, which is a format Dazed has been running for a few months now. The routine itself: standard. Cleanser, serum, a Charlotte Tilbury base, some Glossier Cloud Paint. The affirmations: also standard. "I am enough," "I trust my intuition," the sort of thing that reads sincere in the moment and generic three hours later.
What's notable is the framing. This is Nuna's first Met Gala, which means the piece is functioning as a debut document. Most first-time attendees either go silent until the carpet or post a cascade of nerves and excitement. Nuna did neither. She gave a product list and a mantra list, both delivered in the same flat register. No backstage chaos, no designer name-drop, no "I can't believe this is happening." Just the routine.
The piece doesn't mention what she wore. It doesn't mention the theme. It doesn't mention who dressed her. It's a beauty feature that could have been filed from a hotel room in any city, attached to any event. That's either discipline or a missed beat, depending on how you read it.
The affirmations themselves are the kind of thing that work better spoken than written. "I am radiant," "I am present," "I am confident in my choices." On the page, they flatten. They read like a screenshot from a Notes app, which is maybe the point. The genre is "unfiltered," even when the filter is just a different kind of curation.
Nuna has built a brand on being unreadable in the right way. Bedroom pop with a downtown edge, interviews where she doesn't perform for the quote. This piece fits that. It's the least amount of information you can give about a Met Gala appearance while still technically giving information. The beauty routine as placeholder. The affirmations as mood board. The event itself as backdrop, not subject.
The piece ends with a single line: "And that's it." Which is either a closing beat or an admission.
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