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Mitski

Japanese-American singer-songwriter · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1990 · age 36

Mitsuki Laycock, also known as Mitski Miyawaki, and known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013), while studying composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music.

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A life in dates

2021“I wouldn’t say it’s an alter ego, but I have anxiety around social situations, and I don’t like going to parties…As a performer, onstage I know my place. I’m sure of myself.”In their wordsOn how her personal life differs from her onstage persona in Mitski Had to Quit Music to Love It” in Rolling Stone (2021 Dec 27)

“I’ve often found myself in a situation where, narratively speaking, I’m the bad guy,” she says. “We can acknowledge more than just black and white.”In their wordsOn her song “The Only Heartbreaker” in Mitski Had to Quit Music to Love It” in Rolling Stone (2021 Dec 27)

2018“I like to say something in as little time as possible…I don’t think I have the fundamental confidence necessary to write a four-minute meandering song.”In their words14 August 2018Best Fit

“…it was actually about when you have some kind of toxic relationship to yourself, or to another person, for so long that it becomes your identity.”In their words10 August 2018Fader

“I was always bothered when people say, ‘I cry to your music, it sounds like a diary, it sounds so personal,’…Yes, it is personal. But that’s so gendered.”In their words12 July 2018Pitchfork

2014“I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid.”In their words16 September 2014On the album title Bury Me At Makeout Creek in / EXCLUSIVE SONG PREMIERE AND INTERVIEW: ‘TOWNIE,’ MITSKI” in Interview

1990Born27 September 1990

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In their own words 4

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  1. I felt it was shaving away my soul little by little…The music industry is this supersaturated version of consumerism. You are the product being consumed, bought, and sold.

    2021 · On why she initially decided to leave the music industry in Mitski Had to Quit Music to Love It” in Rolling Stone (2021 Dec 27), Own words

  2. In tenth grade - this says a lot about how developmentally delayed I was - I had in my mind that it was the proper thing for me to have a love interest.

    15 July 2019 · New Yorker, Own words

  3. I think it's a very feminine album…There can be something incredibly violent about being a woman and having desires as a woman - not so nice, not so soft.

    14 August 2018 · Best Fit, Own words

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Awards

Libera Award for Video of the Year

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Her third studio album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, was released in 2014 on the label Double Double Whammy.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1990 · age 36

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