Mitski

Mitski, born Mitski Miyawaki on September 27, 1990, is a Japanese-American singer, songwriter, and musician, known for her distinctive blend of indie rock, pop, and art rock, with deeply introspective and emotional lyrics. Mitski has garnered a dedicated following for her unique musical style and candid exploration of themes such as identity, mental health, and personal relationships.

While Mitski is renowned primarily for her music, she has not authored traditional books or written works in the way many other authors do. However, her music often carries literary qualities, with songs featuring poetic lyrics and poignant storytelling. Some of her notable albums include:

  1. "Lush" (2012) – Mitski's debut album, which started to establish her as a unique voice in indie music.

  2. "Be the Cowboy" (2018) – An album praised for its diversity in sound and the vulnerability of its lyrics, blending themes of loneliness, love, and existential reflection.

  3. "Laurel Hell" (2022) – A highly acclaimed album that further solidified her place in the indie music scene, known for its personal and introspective nature.

Though Mitski does not have published books, her lyrics are often described as being deeply poetic, and some fans have even compiled her lyrics into fan-made collections. Many see her music as a form of literary expression in itself.

Articles by the author

When you love someone and care about them, you want what's best for them, and it's always the hardest thing to realize maybe you aren't what's best for them, how hard you try.

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I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

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I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.

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Honestly, in the music business, it's all about being cool or being the newest thing or being the 'It' person, and I've tried really hard to be what is expected of me or what would be advantageous to my career, and I just reached the point where I said, 'No, I'm an emotional loser. I can't pretend to not care.'

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I don't care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.

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Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.

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You can be heartbroken about a relationship but also, from it, realize you are you, and you're okay with who you are or where you came from.

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When you are a minority, it's your job to bend, and when you love someone, you really want to make it work. Then you start to realise, 'Oh, I'm bending a lot,' and they're just standing there existing, and I'm bending around them. But you can't blame them: they don't realise it; that's just how they already existed. It's hard.

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