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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = Japan
| origin = New York City
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known simply as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990, in Japan to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including Turkey, China, Malaysia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, before eventually settling in New York City.<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014, through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], CD, digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Washing Machine Heart"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2021189/mitski-washing-machine-heart-video/video/ |title=Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” Video |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=November 1, 2018 |accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Pearl"
| 2019
| Saad Moosajee and Art Camp
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Pearl |date=January 31, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8FDl_tMs4Y |website=YouTube |accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock: Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |work=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
* [http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Feminist musicians]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = Japan
| origin = New York City
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known simply as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990, in Japan to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including Turkey, China, Malaysia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, before eventually settling in New York City.<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014, through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], CD, digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Washing Machine Heart"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2021189/mitski-washing-machine-heart-video/video/ |title=Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” Video |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=November 1, 2018 |accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock: Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |work=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
* [http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Washing Machine Heart"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2021189/mitski-washing-machine-heart-video/video/ |title=Mitski – “Washing Machine Heart” Video |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=November 1, 2018 |accessdate=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock: Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |work=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

2018-10-24T11:19:01Z

SpaceSong: /* Life and career */ not upcoming anymore

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock: Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |work=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
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Mitski

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SpaceSong: for the hundredth time, WP:BLP, WP:CS, WP:RS

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
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Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/canadian-albums|title=Mitski Chart History: Canadian Albums|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|SCO]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/billboard-200|title=Mitski Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 99 || 56 || 40 || 64 || 52 || 6 || — || 3 || 7
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. It was followed by ''[[Puberty 2]]'' (2016) and ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' (2018), released on [[Dead Oceans]] to further acclaim.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official Charts Company|SCOT]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official Charts Company|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 56 || 40 || 64 || — || — || — || —
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' was released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL (FL)]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/57e63/Mitski-Be-The-Cowboy|title=Mitski - Be The Cowboy|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|website=www.irma.ie|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official Charts Company|SCOT]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/|title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official Charts Company|UK]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49790/mitski/|title=MITSKI {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| — || — || — || — || 19 || 5 || 18 || 32
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| 187 || 56 || 40 || 64 || — || — || — || —
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' was released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' was released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| — || — || — || —
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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SpaceSong: added info regarding band

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski performing in Boston, 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter and musician. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she served as the vocalist for the short-lived [[progressive metal|prog-metal]] band Voice Coils,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/voice-coils-pro |title=Voice Coils = prog metal from mems of Mitski, Roomrunner, Extra Life, Porches & more, playing 7" release show at DbA |work=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=September 12, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2018}}</ref> and began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Mitski – Chart history: Top Rock Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Alternative Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush |title=Lush |website=Bandcamp |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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SpaceSong: Moved section to the Bury Me at Makeout Creek article as it only mentions a song from that album.

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17, through Dead Oceans.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video,<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> and the third and final single to precede the album, "Two Slow Dancers", was released on August 9 alongside a lyric video.<ref name="TSD"/> ''Be the Cowboy'' is set to be released on August 17.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Music |work=[[Apple Music]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Slow Dancers"<ref name="TSD">{{cite web|last=Daramola|first=Israel|url=https://www.spin.com/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers-listen/|title=Mitski – "Two Slow Dancers"|work=Spin|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Colburn|first=Randall|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/mitski-two-slow-dancers/|title=Mitski shares the wistful, starry-eyed "Two Slow Dancers": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|date=August 9, 2018|accessdate=August 9, 2018}}</ref>
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
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[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|Double Double Whammy}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through Double Double Whammy. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through Double Double Whammy. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: Double Double Whammy
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between the Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| rowspan="4"| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"<ref>{{cite web |last=Geffen |first=Sasha |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-song-premiere-and-interview-townie-mitski |title=Exclusive Song Premiere And Interview: 'townie,' Mitski |work=[[Interview Magazine]] |date=September 16, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018 |quote=We're also excited to premiere "Townie," the rollicking second single from Bury Me at Makeout Creek.}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Don't Smoke"<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Jack |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/mitski-i-dont-smoke |title=Mitski, "I Don't Smoke" |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will"<ref>{{cite web |last=Capri |first=Katie |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/i-will-by-mitski |title=Stream "I Will" by Mitski |work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]] |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| "Townie"
| 2014
| Allyssa Yohana
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/11/sunday-video-mitski-townie |title=Sunday Video: Townie |work=[[Rookie (magazine)|Rookie]] |date=November 9, 2014 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/09/mitski-get-animated-in-the-video-for-townie |title=Mitski Gets Animated In The Video For "Townie" |work=[[The Fader]] |date=March 9, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

2018-06-28T02:28:13Z

SpaceSong: /* Life and career */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

2018-06-28T02:28:06Z

SpaceSong: /* Life and career */

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred to[[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

2018-06-28T02:20:02Z

SpaceSong: /* Life and career */ +

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, where she studied studio compositions. During her time at Purchase College, she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013), as student projects.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/in-sight-out-mitski |title=In Sight Out: Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=September 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's orchestral and classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from New York City]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Retired from Sad, New Career in Business]]''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business|title=Retired from Sad, New Career in Business|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
[[Category:American women of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. She grew up surrounded by her father's Smithsonian folk recordings and mother's 1970s [[Japanese pop]] CDs. Because of her father's job, which she prefers to not disclose, she and her family moved frequently, living in thirteen countries, including [[Turkey]], [[China]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], before eventually settling in [[New York City]].<ref name="DO">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/records/puberty-2 |title=Puberty 2 |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 17, 2018 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American but not fully either", a feeling that is often reflected in her music, which occasionally discusses issues of belonging.<ref name="DO"/> Mitski expressed the tension of being a private person and her discomfort with the attention that comes with being in the public eye, therefore preferring to keep her personal life private.<ref>{{cite web |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html |title=Mitski's 'Puberty 2' Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 2, 2016 |accessdate=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from the [[Adventure Time (season 8)|eighth season]] of ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business|title=Retired from Sad, New Career in Business|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com/}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Life and career==
Mitski Miyawaki was born on September 27, 1990 in [[Japan]] to an American father and Japanese mother. Growing up moving between at least thirteen countries on multiple continents, she eventually settled in the United States and moved to [[New York City]] for college. After enrolling at [[Hunter College]] to study film, she decided to pursue music instead and transferred [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she recorded and [[self-released]] her piano-based first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Donelson |first=Marcy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mitski-mn0003327534/biography |title=Mitski {{!}} Biography & History |work=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> After graduating, she began work on her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album represented a sonic departure from Mitski's classical piano background found in her first two albums, exchanging it for raw, impulsive guitar.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> She announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', on March 1, 2016, and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and was produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski is biracial,<ref>{{cite web|last=Min |first=Lilian |url=https://bitchmedia.org/article/mitski%E2%80%99s-new-album-%E2%80%9Cpuberty-2%E2%80%9D-hits-all-sad-sweet-spots |title=Mitski’s New Album "Puberty 2" Hits All the Sad, Sweet Spots |publisher=Bitch Media |date=June 16, 2016 |accessdate=2016-08-03}}</ref> and she was born in [[Japan]] and grew up surrounded by her mother's 1970s pop CDs. Her family moved frequently, from [[Japan]] to [[Malaysia]], [[China]], [[Turkey]], and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], among other countries before finally settling in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/20/lo-fi-solo-rocker-mitski-new-album-puberty-2|title=Mitski: ‘Why is it so hard to understand that I'm in control?'|last=Moss|first=Emma-Lee|date=June 20, 2016|website=the Guardian|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> Her music reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American, but not fully either," and discusses issues of belonging.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mitski.bandcamp.com|title=Latest News : Puberty 2|website=Mitski.bandcamp.com|accessdate=June 17, 2016}}</ref> Mitski has stated that she is uncomfortable with the attention that comes with being in the public eye and prefers keeping her personal life private.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html|title=Mitski’s ‘Puberty 2’ Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=June 2, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
On November 1, 2016 she was made an "honorary vixen" of ''[[The Harvard Lampoon]]'', an undergraduate humor publication at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BMR3MrPgMkw/?taken-by=mitskileaks|title=Instagram post by Mitski • Nov 1, 2016 at 7:22pm UTC|website=Instagram|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business|title=Retired from Sad, New Career in Business|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
[[Category:American musicians of Japanese descent]]
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[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com/}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Career==
While studying at the [[SUNY Purchase]] Conservatory of Music, Mitski [[self-released]] her first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She trained in studio composition at SUNY Purchase. After graduating, Mitski moved to [[New York City]] where she wrote and recorded her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was later released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref> In February 2015, Mitski was included in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s "10 Artists You Need to Know" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-february-2015-20150219/mitski-20150213|title=10 Artists You Need To Know: February 2015|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=February 13, 2015|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On March 1, 2016, Mitski announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski is biracial,<ref>{{cite web|last=Min |first=Lilian |url=https://bitchmedia.org/article/mitski%E2%80%99s-new-album-%E2%80%9Cpuberty-2%E2%80%9D-hits-all-sad-sweet-spots |title=Mitski’s New Album "Puberty 2" Hits All the Sad, Sweet Spots |publisher=Bitch Media |date=June 16, 2016 |accessdate=2016-08-03}}</ref> and she was born in [[Japan]] and grew up surrounded by her mother's 1970s pop CDs. Her family moved frequently, from [[Japan]] to [[Malaysia]], [[China]], [[Turkey]], and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], among other countries before finally settling in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/20/lo-fi-solo-rocker-mitski-new-album-puberty-2|title=Mitski: ‘Why is it so hard to understand that I'm in control?'|last=Moss|first=Emma-Lee|date=June 20, 2016|website=the Guardian|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> Her music reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American, but not fully either," and discusses issues of belonging.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mitski.bandcamp.com|title=Latest News : Puberty 2|website=Mitski.bandcamp.com|accessdate=June 17, 2016}}</ref> Mitski has stated that she is uncomfortable with the attention that comes with being in the public eye and prefers keeping her personal life private.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html|title=Mitski’s ‘Puberty 2’ Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=June 2, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
On November 1, 2016 she was made an "honorary vixen" of ''[[The Harvard Lampoon]]'', an undergraduate humor publication at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BMR3MrPgMkw/?taken-by=mitskileaks|title=Instagram post by Mitski • Nov 1, 2016 at 7:22pm UTC|website=Instagram|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business|title=Retired from Sad, New Career in Business|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart |date=June 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohxu-pA7o64 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref name="Geyser"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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[[Category:American indie rock musicians]]
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[[Category:21st-century women singers]]

Mitski

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Mitski
| background = solo_singer
| image = Mitski at Paradise Rock Club (Boston, MA) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Mitski performing at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts
| caption = Mitski in 2016
| birth_name = Mitski Miyawaki
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|09|27}}
| birth_place = [[Japan]]
| origin = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|musician}}
| years_active = 2012–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Dead Oceans]]|[[Don Giovanni Records|Don Giovanni]]|[[Double Double Whammy]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://mitski.com/}}
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|bass|piano}}
}}

'''Mitski Miyawaki''' (born September 27, 1990), known [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Mitski''', is a Japanese-American singer-songwriter. She embarked on her musical career while studying at [[Purchase College]]'s Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: ''Lush'' (2012), and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013). After graduating, Mitski released in 2014 her critically acclaimed third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'' through [[Double Double Whammy]]. Her fourth studio album ''[[Puberty 2]]'' was released in 2016 to further acclaim, and her fifth studio album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' is set to be released in 2018.

==Career==
While studying at the [[SUNY Purchase]] Conservatory of Music, Mitski [[self-released]] her first and second albums, ''Lush'' (2012) and ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview |title=Taking All of Mitski |work=Impose Magazine |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She trained in studio composition at SUNY Purchase. After graduating, Mitski moved to [[New York City]] where she wrote and recorded her third studio album, ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]'', which was later released on November 11, 2014 through [[Double Double Whammy]]. The album garnered critical acclaim from numerous publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19990-mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek/|title=Mitski:Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=November 14, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/premiere-brooklyn-newcomer-mitskis-spellbinding-i-will |title=Premiere - Brooklyn Newcomer Mitski's Spellbinding 'I Will' |publisher=NME |date= 2014-10-21 |accessdate=January 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mitski-bury-me-at-makeout-creek-20141218|title=Bury Me At Makeout Creek Album Review|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 18, 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/arts/music/mitski-leaves-her-mark-at-the-knitting-factory.html?_r=1|title=Holding the Audience Hostage, With a Wail;Mitski Leaves Her Mark at the Knitting Factory|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref> In February 2015, Mitski was included in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s "10 Artists You Need to Know" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/10-new-artists-you-need-to-know-february-2015-20150219/mitski-20150213|title=10 Artists You Need To Know: February 2015|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=February 13, 2015|accessdate=February 9, 2016}}</ref>

On December 22, 2015, Mitski signed with [[Dead Oceans]] before releasing new music the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/blog/2015/12/new-artist-dead-oceans-signs-mitski |title=New Artist // Dead Oceans Signs Mitski |work=Dead Oceans |date=December 22, 2015 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On March 1, 2016, Mitski announced her fourth studio album, ''[[Puberty 2]]'', and shared the lead single, "Your Best American Girl".<ref name="YBAM">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/03/mitski-announces-new-album-puberty-2-shares-lead-single-your-best-american-girl-listen |title=Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, shares lead single "Your Best American Girl" |date=March 2, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> She released another single, "Happy", before the release of the album on June 17.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/mitski-was-happy-once-on-new-single-listen/|title=Mitski was "Happy" once on new single — listen|date=May 3, 2016 |work=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref> The album was recorded over a two-week period at Acme Studios in [[Westchester County, New York]], and produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1874145/qa-mitski-goes-back-to-her-roots-on-puberty-2/franchises/interview/|title=Q&A: Mitski Goes Back To Her Roots On Puberty 2|date=8 June 2016|publisher=}}</ref> The album received widespread acclaim from music critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/puberty-2/mitski |title=Reviews for Puberty 2 by Mitski |work=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref>

On February 21, 2017, the [[Pixies]] announced US tour dates with Mitski as a supporting act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/71781-pixies-add-us-tour-dates |title=Pixies Add U.S. Tour Dates With Mitski |work=Pitchfork |date=February 21, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On May 1, a [[compilation album]] consisting of 100 songs by different artists titled ''Our First 100 Days'' was released. It includes Mitski's cover of [[One Direction]]'s song "[[Four (One Direction album)|Fireproof]]". The compilation aims to raise funds for organizations that support causes threatened by [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed policies.<ref name="Fireproof"/> Mitski played a cover of the song back in 2015, but that version has since been taken down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/72721-mitski-covers-one-directions-fireproof-listen/ |title=Mitski Covers One Direction's "Fireproof": Listen |work=Pitchfork |date=April 7, 2017 |accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> Mitski also covered [[Frank Sinatra]]'s 1951 classic "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]" for the ''7-Inches For Planned Parenthood'' compilation album, which also includes songs by [[Björk]], [[Bon Iver]], [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and more.<ref name="Fool"/> On October 4, [[Lorde]] announced Mitski will be an opening act for selected dates as part of her [[Melodrama World Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/run-the-jewels-and-mitski-touring-with-lorde |title=Run the Jewels and Mitski Touring With Lorde |work=Pitchfork |date=October 4, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref> On November 1, a short film starring Mitski called ''Sitting'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sodomsky |first=Sam |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-stars-in-new-short-film-sitting-watch |title=Mitski Stars in New Short Film SITTING |work=Pitchfork |date=November 1, 2017 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>

On April 20, 2018, Mitski teamed up with the [[experimental music|experimental]] band [[Xiu Xiu]] on the song "Between two Breaths" for the soundtrack of the sci-fi comedy film ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'', based on the short story [[How to Talk to Girls at Parties|of the same name]].<ref name="BTB"/> On May 14, 2018, Mitski's upcoming fifth studio album, ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'', was made available for pre-order without prior announcement. It is set to be released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-the-cowboy/1373892692 |title=Be the Cowboy by Mitski on Apple Muic |work=[[iTunes]] |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The lead single, "Geyser", was released on the same day alongside its accompanying music video.<ref name="Geyser">{{cite web |last=Boilen |first=Bob |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/14/610868651/mitski-shares-and-talks-about-new-song-and-album |title=Mitski Shares And Talks About New Song And Album |website=[[NPR]] |date=May 14, 2018 |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The second single, "Nobody", was released on June 26 accompanied by a music video.<ref name="Nobody">{{cite web |url=https://deadoceans.com/news/mitski-nobody-single-video/ |title=Mitski Presents New Single, "Nobody", and Accompanying Video |work=[[Dead Oceans]] |date=June 26, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mitski is biracial,<ref>{{cite web|last=Min |first=Lilian |url=https://bitchmedia.org/article/mitski%E2%80%99s-new-album-%E2%80%9Cpuberty-2%E2%80%9D-hits-all-sad-sweet-spots |title=Mitski’s New Album "Puberty 2" Hits All the Sad, Sweet Spots |publisher=Bitch Media |date=June 16, 2016 |accessdate=2016-08-03}}</ref> and she was born in [[Japan]] and grew up surrounded by her mother's 1970s pop CDs. Her family moved frequently, from [[Japan]] to [[Malaysia]], [[China]], [[Turkey]], and the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], among other countries before finally settling in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/20/lo-fi-solo-rocker-mitski-new-album-puberty-2|title=Mitski: ‘Why is it so hard to understand that I'm in control?'|last=Moss|first=Emma-Lee|date=June 20, 2016|website=the Guardian|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref> Her music reflects her cross-cultural identity as "half Japanese, half American, but not fully either," and discusses issues of belonging.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mitski.bandcamp.com|title=Latest News : Puberty 2|website=Mitski.bandcamp.com|accessdate=June 17, 2016}}</ref> Mitski has stated that she is uncomfortable with the attention that comes with being in the public eye and prefers keeping her personal life private.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/arts/music/mitski-puberty-2-interview.html|title=Mitski’s ‘Puberty 2’ Mines Her Scars for Raw Meaning|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=June 2, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 16, 2016}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
On November 1, 2016 she was made an "honorary vixen" of ''[[The Harvard Lampoon]]'', an undergraduate humor publication at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BMR3MrPgMkw/?taken-by=mitskileaks|title=Instagram post by Mitski • Nov 1, 2016 at 7:22pm UTC|website=Instagram|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

The song "Francis Forever" was covered by [[Marceline the Vampire Queen]] in the episode "The Music Hole" from ''[[Adventure Time]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sheshredsmag.com/adventure-time-marceline-mitski/|title=She Shreds Magazine - Marceline Covers Mitski on Adventure Time|date=June 24, 2016|work=She Shreds Magazine|accessdate=March 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/heatseekers-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Independent Albums|US Indie]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/independent-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Rock Albums|US Rock]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/rock-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Alternative Albums|US Alt.]] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/music/mitski/chart-history/alternative-albums |title=Kelela – Chart history: Independent Albums |work=Billboard |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Lush''
|
* Released: January 31, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/lush|title=Lush|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Retired from Sad, New Career in Business''
|
* Released: August 1, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business|title=Retired from Sad, New Career in Business|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: self-released
* Format: Digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Bury Me at Makeout Creek]]''
|
* Released: November 11, 2014
* Label: [[Double Double Whammy]]
* Format: [[Phonograph record|LP]], [[Compact disc|CD]], digital download
| — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Puberty 2]]''
|
* Released: June 17, 2016
* Label: [[Dead Oceans]]
* Format: LP, CD, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]], digital download
| 5 || 18 || 32 || 19
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Be the Cowboy]]''
|
* Released: August 17, 2018
* Label: Dead Oceans
* Format: LP, CD, digital download
| colspan="4" {{TBA|To be released}}
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details.
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Audiotree Live''
|
* Released: July 5, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitski.bandcamp.com/album/mitski-audiotree-live|title=Mitski - Audiotree Live|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref>
* Label: [[Audiotree]]
* Format: Digital download
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name
|-
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Love / Late Spring"<ref>{{cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1681429/mitski-first-lovelate-spring-stereogum-premiere/news |title=Mitski – "First Love/Late Spring" (Stereogum Premiere) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=May 14, 2014 |accessdate=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
| 2014
| ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek''
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"<ref name="YBAM"/>
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| ''Puberty 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"<ref name="Happy"/>
|-
! scope="row"| "Between the Breaths"<ref name="BTB">{{cite web |last=Yoo |first=Noah |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mitski-links-with-xiu-xiu-for-new-song-between-the-breaths |title=Mitski Links With Xiu Xiu for New Song "Between the Breaths" |work=Pitchfork |date=April 20, 2018 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|(with [[Xiu Xiu]])}}
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties (Soundtrack)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"<ref name="Geyser"/>
| rowspan="2"| ''Be the Cowboy''
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"<ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Fireproof"<ref name="Fireproof">{{cite web|url=https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/album/our-first-100-days|title=Our First 100 Days|website=Bandcamp|accessdate=May 15, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[One Direction]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''Our First 100 Days''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I'm a Fool to Want You]]"<ref name="Fool">{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Julia |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1968040/mitski-im-a-fool-to-want-you-frank-sinatra-cover/music |title=Mitski – "I'm A Fool To Want You" (Frank Sinatra Cover) |work=[[Stereogum]] |date=October 19, 2017 |accessdate=June 26, 2018}}</ref> {{small|([[Frank Sinatra]] cover)}}
| 2017
| ''7-Inches for Planned Parenthood''
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos, showing year released and directors
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:7em;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="width:0.5em;"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
| rowspan="7"| 2013
| Ryan Galloway
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Friedlander |first=Emilie |url=http://www.thefader.com/2013/10/14/miley-cyrus-sinead-o-connor-female-se/ |title=How FKA Twigs is Pushing Female Sexuality Beyond Miley Cyrus and Sinead |work=[[The Fader]] |date=14 October 2013 |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Shame"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Shame |date=July 2, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ocDcD9Z8w |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Humpty"
| rowspan="3"| Jovon Outlaw
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Humpty |date=July 17, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ9O_2l5ln0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Class of 2013"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Class of 2013 |date=July 24, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0O7gAQEFU |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want You"
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - I Want You |date=August 8, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kO12tP3SE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear"
| Heather Barcelo
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear |date=August 22, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAQJYh3ljI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Circle"
| Alan Wertz
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Circle |date=August 29, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gHWLbgSUbI |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Townie"
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Faye Orlove
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Townie (Official Video) |date=January 26, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAX4sckx5l0 |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Your Best American Girl"
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Happy"
| Maegan Houang
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Happy (Official Video) |date=May 23, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ0O2vDT0VE |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "A Burning Hill"
| Bradley Rust Gray
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - A Burning Hill (Official Video) |date=October 11, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ffnue9zMEY |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Geyser"
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Zia Anger
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Mitski - Your Best American Girl (Official Video) |date=April 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_hDHm9MD0I |website=YouTube |accessdate=May 14, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Nobody"
| Christopher Good
| <ref name="Nobody"/>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=June 20, 2016 |title=Reclaiming rock : Mitski uses the tropes of indie rock to make something novel |department=The Critics. Pop Music |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=18 |pages=70–72 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/mitski-miyawaki-and-chicago-rappers}}

==External links==
*[http://mitski.com/ Official website]

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jonna Lee
| background = solo_singer
| image = ionnalee-Jonna Lee.jpg
| caption = Lee performing in 2017
| birth_name = Jonna Emily Lee Nilsson
| alias = ionnalee
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Linköping]], Sweden
| origin = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| genre = {{hlist|[[Synthpop]]|[[indie pop]]|[[electropop]]|[[dream pop]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer|filmmaker}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|keyboards|drums|harmonica|synthesizer}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Razzia Records|Razzia]]|To whom it may concern.}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[iamamiwhoami]]|[[Röyksopp]]|[[Barbelle]]}}
| website = {{URL|ionnalee.com}}
}}

'''Jonna Emily Lee''' (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and visual director. Lee is best known for being the creator and artist of audiovisual online project [[iamamiwhoami]] who have since 2009 released their audiovisual series online, gathering a large online following. She has since her first solo album collaborated with music producer and artist [[Claes Björklund]] who is also a member of iamamiwhoami. In 2017, Lee started using the moniker '''ionnalee''' for her new solo project with the release of her debut solo song [https://open.spotify.com/album/1kPhZG8JR7J9ldwN1TyAup SAMARITAN].

Lee is touring with Norwegian duo [[Röyksopp]] in 2017. She is also a visual director under the pseudonym of WAVE together with [[John Strandh]]. She is also the founder of the independent label To whom it may concern.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twimc.cc|title=To whom it may concern. SHOP|website=To whom it may concern. SHOP}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Linköping]], Lee grew up in the small village of [[Fågelsta]] with her mother and siblings. No one in her family had any musical background but Lee had an interest in music as a young child, and ran away from home to [[London]] in her teens due to trying conditions at home. In 2002, Lee moved to [[Stockholm]], where she became a part of the underground indie scene. She started recording her own records that were released through her website until she was signed by the Swedish indie label, [[Razzia Records]], in the spring 2007. She released two solo albums and one EP through Razzia Records between 2007 and 2009, but left the label in 2010 and started the independent label "To whom it may concern." to release the audiovisual projects of [[iamamiwhoami]].

==Career==
Lee released her first solo album ''10 Pieces, 10 Bruises'' on Swedish label Razzia Records on 10 October 2007. The first single was "Dried Out Eyes," followed by "And Your Love," a duet with [[Ed Harcourt]], who also produced three tracks on the album. Lee produced the rest of the record with her collaborator, [[Claes Björklund]] who is a member of [[Travis (band)|Travis]] in London. [[Supergrass]] drummer [[Danny Goffey]] plays drums on the record. Some songs were recorded in Goffey's house in England.

In September 2008, she released a five-track EP titled ''This War''. Her second studio album ''This Is Jonna Lee'', produced by [[Claes Björklund]] and Lee herself, was released in February 2009.

In October 2009, she released a version of the industrial electro band [[Nitzer Ebb]]'s song "Violent Playground". The band celebrated it by uploading Lee's version on their website along with an interview with her.

Between December 2009 and December 2016, Lee has released music and films under the pseudonym [[iamamiwhoami]] together with producer [[Claes Björklund]] and their visual collaborators.

Lee worked as a presenter for the live program P3 SESSION [[Sveriges Radio P3]] between 2009 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2938&artikel=3081730 |title=Jonna Lee ny programledare för P3 Live Session |publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=7 September 2009 |accessdate=20 February 2012 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

==Awards, accolades and recognition==
''This Is Jonna Lee'' was chosen as the "Next Big Thing" on iTunes USA's front page in May 2009.

Lee performed at [[SXSW]] in Austin, Texas in March 2010. After SXSW, she was in the Top 5 for the SXSW 2010 [[Next Big Sound]] list, which tracks how fast music artists are adding fans across various social networking platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nextbigsound.com/sxsw|title=Analytics and Insights for the Music Industry - Next Big Sound|website=nextbigsound.com}}</ref>

In 2010, Lee received a Manifest Award nomination for Best Singer-Songwriter.<ref>[http://www.manifestgalan.se/122.aspx ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812160947/http://www.manifestgalan.se/122.aspx |date=12 August 2010}}</ref>

Lee has won [[iamamiwhoami#Awards and nominations|three awards]] as [[iamamiwhoami]].

==iamamiwhoami==
{{main article|iamamiwhoami}}
In March 2010, there was considerable speculation that Lee was the artist featured in the [[viral marketing]] videos on [[YouTube]] uploaded by the mysterious [[iamamiwhoami]], although her management claimed to be unaware of her involvement.<ref>{{cite web|last=Montgomery |first=James |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633956/20100315/id_2995877.jhtml |title='Iamamiwhoami': Is Swedish Singer Jonna Lee Behind Viral Campaign? |publisher=MTV |date=15 March 2010 |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7511381/Mystery-over-identity-of-YouTube-star-iamamiwhoami.html |title=Mystery over identity of YouTube star iamamiwhoami |publisher=The Telegraph |date=24 March 2010 |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7071611.ece] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7071611.ece |date=15 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McKnight |first=Connor |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/958935/bloggers-possibly-crack-iamamiwhoami-mystery |title=Bloggers (Possibly) Crack 'IAMAMIWHOAMI' Mystery |work=Billboard |date=18 March 2010 |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> According to rraurl.com and [[MTV Brasil]], the music video for iamamiwhoami's track, "o" was directed by Viktor Kumlin, who's also the director of Lee's music video, "Something So Quiet".<ref>http://207.218.201.243/videos/1582/iamamiwhoami_-_o{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This later proved to be wrong.

Lee eventually came to be unofficially identified as iamamiwhoami, when she released the music video titled "t" on her channel.<ref>{{cite web|author=iamamiwhoami |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW89Pv8QrX4 |title=t |publisher=YouTube |date=30 June 2010 |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> She also appears identifiable in the forthcoming music videos released and has performed live at the 2011 Way Out West Festival in [[Gothenburg]], Sweden. The project has garnered award nominations and has won a [[Grammis]] Award in 2010 for being 'Innovator of the Year'. iamamiwhoami's debut album [[Kin (iamamiwhoami album)|''kin'']] was released in June 2012 under the label To whom it may concern. via Co-Operative Music, and Lee was credited as the artist, co-producer, songwriter and visual producer of iamamiwhoami, officially confirming that she is iamamiwhoami (which was already known by then).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangonpr.com/campaigns/press-release/iamamiwhoami-kin-3rd-september-album-release-kin-video-trailer|title=iamamiwhoami // kin 3rd September Album Release // kin Video Trailer|publisher=Bang on PR|accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref> Lee eventually did an interview with [[The Guardian]] in August 2012, and confirmed that she was in the "process of developing iamamiwhoami", also commenting that she was still the "same person", but "found other sides of [herself]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Cragg|first=Michael|title=The ethereal world of Jonna Lee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/11/iamamiwhoami-jonna-lee|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 August 2012}}</ref>

==ionnalee==
On 24 February 2017, To whom it may concern., alongside [[Comme des Garçons]] and [[Dover Street Market]], announced the release of a new single by Lee, "Samaritan", and that it was to be released under the new artistic alias of ionnalee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/twimclabel/posts/1243326095783385|title=To whom it may concern.|last=|first=|date=2017-02-24|website=Facebook|access-date=}}</ref> Following the announcement, an Instagram account for the project was launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/ionnalee/|title=@ionnalee|last=|first=|date=2017-02-24|website=Instagram|access-date=}}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> One week later, it was announced that To whom it may concern. would be releasing the single on March 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/twimclabel/posts/1249793601803301|title=To whom it may concern.|last=|first=|date=|website=Facebook|access-date=}}</ref> The [[iamamiwhoami]] YouTube channel uploaded a teaser for the accompanying music video for "SAMARITAN".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiDRTjUt2_I|title=introducing; ionnalee|last=|first=|date=|website=YouTube|access-date=}}</ref> The official music video was released on March 10 on the same channel. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVWOZqsIm_0|title=ionnalee; SAMARITAN|first=|last=iamamiwhoami|date=10 March 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref>

On 2 June 2017, the second single "Not Human" with its accompanying music video followed.

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
* ''10 Pieces, 10 Bruises'' (2007)
* ''This Is Jonna Lee'' (2009)

===Extended plays===
* ''This War'' (2008)

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Dried Out Eyes"
| 2007
| rowspan="3"| ''10 Pieces, 10 Bruises''
|-
! scope="row"| "And Your Love" {{small|(with [[Ed Harcourt]])}}
| rowspan="2"| 2008
|-
! scope="row"| "I Wrote This Song"
|-
! scope="row"| "My High"
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| rowspan="3"| ''This Is Jonna Lee''
|-
! scope="row"| "Lake Chermain"
|-
! scope="row"| "Something So Quiet"
|-
! scope="row"| "Samaritan" {{small|(as ionnalee)}}
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| rowspan="2" {{TBA}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Not Human" {{small|(as ionnalee)}}
|}

===Guest appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "What It Takes" {{small|(as Jonna Nilsson)}}
| 2004
| ''Babylonsjukan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Babylonsjukan: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |type=liner notes |others=Various artists |publisher=Juju Records |year=2004 |id=JUJUCD042}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Violent Playground"
| 2009
| ''There's a Razzia Going On Volume 2''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/theres-a-razzia-going-on-vol-2/id374939737?l=en |title=There's a Razzia Going On, Vol. 2 by Various Artists |publisher=[[iTunes Store]] (SE) |accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref>
|}

===Albums with iamamiwhoami===
* ''[[Kin (iamamiwhoami album)|Kin]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Bounty (album)|Bounty]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Blue (iamamiwhoami album)|Blue]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Concert in Blue]]'' (2015)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Jonna Lee}}
* [https://ionnalee.com/ ionnalee]
* [http://towhomitmayconcern.cc/ To whom it may concern.]

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