The album also expresses Mitski’s dissatisfaction with her image in the eyes of fans. And the problem with that is that I actually need my heart, my feelings, in order to write music,” Mitski said to Rolling Stone. “In order for me to survive in the music industry as it exists, I had to stuff a pillow over my heart and tell it to stop screaming, and be like, ‘Shut up, shut up, take it.’ After a few years of doing that every single day, my heart really did start to go numb and go silent. That didn’t work either, because as an artist she needed to connect with her audience by genuinely putting her heart and soul into each performance. In order to combat the negative feelings associated with the nomadic on-tour lifestyle, she repressed her emotions. According to Mitski’s deleted tweets, the pressures of her chaotic tour schedule caused her to neglect her mental health. The “dark” could be a symbol of Mitski’s struggles with depression while on tour. She brings up the nebulous “dark” again in “Everyone,” where she admits, “And I left the door open to the dark/ I said, ‘Come in, come in, whatever you are.’” This insecurity, rather than the “Dead Oceans” contract, was the reason she decided to devote three years to “Laurel Hell.”ĭarkness is a recurring motif in “Laurel Hell.” “Valentine, Texas,” the opening track, begins with the line, “Let’s step carefully into the dark,” setting the tone for the rest of the album. “I used to think I’d be done by 20/ Now at 29, the road ahead appears the same/ Though maybe at 30 I’ll see a way to change,” she sings in “Working for the Knife.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mitski revealed that although she loves making music, she worries that it’s the only thing she is capable of doing. She sings about feeling trapped in fame, about wanting to leave the spotlight but fearing aimlessness. “Laurel Hell” explores Mitski’s conflicted relationship with stardom. 5, 2021, as the lead single for “Laurel Hell.” Mitski’s brief recess from performing was quickly cut short when she realized she was still contractually obligated to release another album with her label, “Dead Oceans.” Two weeks after she announced her hiatus, rather than enjoying her newfound freedom, Mitski was writing “ Working for the Knife ,” a world-weary song lamenting the pressure artists feel to continually churn out content. The star tweeted that a life of non-stop touring was taking a heavy toll on her mental health and that she needed an indefinite break, before deleting the tweet along with the rest of her social media. Mitski, a Japanese American singer-songwriter who has been a darling of the indie pop world since her release of the album “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” in 2014, last announced her exit from the music industry in 2019 at the final show of her “Be The Cowboy” album tour.
4, is speculated by many fans to be the final gift of Mitski’s career. “I guess this is the end/ I’ll have to learn/ To be somebody else,” Mitski Miyawaki sings mournfully in “I Guess,” the penultimate track on her latest album “Laurel Hell.” The album, which was released Feb.
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