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Mitski

Mitski is a Japanese-born American singer-songwriter whose music moves through indie rock, art pop and orchestral arrangements, with songs about longing, belonging and love.

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Overview

From: Born in Japan and raised across several countries.
Work: Singer-songwriter and composer
Training: Studio composition at SUNY Purchase
First albums: Lush (2012) and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013)
Breakout: Bury Me at Makeout Creek (2014), followed by Puberty 2 (2016)
Latest studio album: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (2026)

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How it started.

Born in Japan, Mitski grew up moving between countries. She told NPR that music was the constant she could carry with her. After initially studying film at Hunter College, she transferred to SUNY Purchase to study composition and made Lush and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business as student projects.

Finding her sound.

Bury Me at Makeout Creek brought a rougher guitar sound in 2014. Puberty 2 followed in 2016 with “Your Best American Girl” and “I Bet on Losing Dogs,” establishing the breakthrough that led into Be the Cowboy. Across these records, she worked closely with producer Patrick Hyland.

Songs with room to change.

Be the Cowboy includes “Nobody” and “Washing Machine Heart.” Laurel Hell followed in 2022. On 2023’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, which includes “My Love Mine All Mine,” she worked with a live band, orchestra and choir, arranging the choir herself.

The current chapter.

In 2026 she released Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, writing every song and singing every vocal. Its story follows a reclusive woman in an unkempt house. Her label also lists her as writing the music and lyrics for the stage adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit.

Creditschronological, newest first

Music

2026Nothing’s About to Happen to MeAll songs and vocals
2023The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are WeSinger-songwriter and choir arranger
2018Be the CowboySinger-songwriter
2016Puberty 2Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, recorded with Patrick Hyland

Film

2025Mitski: The LandFeatured performer
2022This Is a Life, from Everything Everywhere All at OnceCo-composer with Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Awards

Academy Award nomination · 2023Original Song nominee for “This Is a Life,” sharing the music credit with Ryan Lott and David Byrne.

Quotes

You can never learn enough about music.Mitski, NPR interview with Rachel Martin

In June 2016, she described music as a constant through a childhood spent moving between countries.

Trivia

She told NPR that she and Patrick Hyland recorded Puberty 2 in two weeks.
Bury Me at Makeout Creek takes its title from a Simpsons quote, according to her label’s Puberty 2 notes.
She wrote “Nobody” on a toy piano bought in Malaysia, as she recalled in her 2018 TIME interview.