Mitski: 'Drunk Walk Home' SXSW 2016 | NPR MUSIC FRONT ROW

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We have the benefit of hindsight when it comes to 1950s and '60s pop music. Songs about motorcycle crashes and broken hearts sound quaint now, but the sweet harmonies and four-on-the-floor beats reflected real anxieties of teens and twentysomethings. Mitski Miyawaki - who records under her first name - makes music that looks to that era, both in style and substance. The 25-year-old Brooklyn songwriter channels the "pop" reflection of everyday trauma. This is realness, often riddled with feedback, but more often sung in quiet and determined desperation.
This is why when she played our SXSW showcase, you could be forgiven in thinking that her songs about loss, heartbreak, aimlessness and identity carry a dark weight. Largely culling from 2014's Bury Me At Makeout Creek, Mitski's set was spare in its instrumentation, but cavernous in emotion. "Townie," the particularly doomy "I Don't Smoke" and the feedback-squealing closer "Drunk Walk Home" derailed into fuzz and wild vocal acrobatics, while "First Love" felt like a bedroom confessional.
But Mitski also performed two songs from the forthcoming Puberty 2, a record that opens up her sonic and lyrical palette. "Once More to See You," getting a first taste here, is like something out of a cloudy dream, with a space between guitar notes that's deliberate, yet disorienting. Mitski lets her voice breathe through the pauses like a lounge singer left alone in a velvet room. When she spoke with NPR about "Your Best American Girl," she said, "I am half Japanese, and it came from wanting to just fit into this very American person's life and simply not being able to." In Austin, it's a scorcher, riddled with sludgy distortion and crashing cymbals as if someone set off fireworks just above the stage. -- LARS GOTRICH
CREDITS
Producers: Saidah Blount, Mito Habe-Evans, Otis Hart; Technical Director: Josh Rogosin; Director: Mito Habe-Evans; Videographers: Nickolai Hammar, Katie Hayes Luke, Cameron Robert, A.J. Wilhelm, Lizzie Chen; Editor: Niki Walker; Audio: Timothy Powell/Metro Mobile; Assistant Audio Engineer: Loretta Rae; Production Assistants: Erin Conlon, Nathan Gaar; Editors: Niki Walker, Kara Frame. Photography: Adam Kissick. Special Thanks: SXSW, Stubb's BBQ; Executive Producer: Anya Grundmann.
Support for NPR Music comes from Blue Microphone.

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  • @SortaSnowy
    @SortaSnowy4 жыл бұрын

    Mitski: The Band: The entire audience: Mitski's earplug: 🟢

  • @qwpy

    @qwpy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Does it glow pink in the night tho?

  • @Cloud99464

    @Cloud99464

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@qwpy 👀

  • @baludlad2173
    @baludlad21733 жыл бұрын

    i can't believe mitski invented music

  • @netizenrealness
    @netizenrealness5 жыл бұрын

    invented screaming

  • @MrBabima
    @MrBabima5 жыл бұрын

    her screams make me feel some type of way

  • @guadalupesantos8002
    @guadalupesantos80025 жыл бұрын

    how are her screams ON TUNE

  • @dariashevchenko708

    @dariashevchenko708

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brand new kind of extreme vocal

  • @heathermarcum4

    @heathermarcum4

    2 жыл бұрын

    cause its mitski.

  • @lilovuu222

    @lilovuu222

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dariashevchenko708 brand new city

  • @ginnylvjy
    @ginnylvjy Жыл бұрын

    when i cant scream, Mitski does it for me

  • @joshuapocalypse
    @joshuapocalypse8 жыл бұрын

    Powerful stuff! Listening to this on my drunk walk home, I want to cry and be angry at the same time. Thank you, Mitski!

  • @pain-tf2lp

    @pain-tf2lp

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wanted to like but I'm loving the 111 on it

  • @elfido5091
    @elfido50913 жыл бұрын

    listening to this while angrily doing my eyeliner, love you mitski

  • @candycanelover101

    @candycanelover101

    Жыл бұрын

    WAIT STOP ME TOO

  • @babykillingcadillac6719
    @babykillingcadillac67199 ай бұрын

    mitski is one of those artists that sounds just as good live if not better than in studio. she’s genuinely so talented

  • @lovespiral5downwards
    @lovespiral5downwards4 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to this every day for the rest of my life and I would never get bored of it.

  • @gachaguy4528

    @gachaguy4528

    Жыл бұрын

    I actually do listen to this every day and i am, in fact, not bored of it

  • @ilawinterburn2111

    @ilawinterburn2111

    9 ай бұрын

    If I had to pick one artist to listen to for the rest of my days it would be Mitski

  • @kais105
    @kais1057 жыл бұрын

    so much better live! ahhhhhhhhHHHHHhhHh

  • @pooja-jb2dt

    @pooja-jb2dt

    3 жыл бұрын

    AGREED

  • @exceptmegansays
    @exceptmegansays8 жыл бұрын

    stay safe

  • @clarityonyx
    @clarityonyx2 жыл бұрын

    i cant stop listening to this song someone stop me

  • @mitskiloml
    @mitskiloml2 жыл бұрын

    1:43 OMG THAT PART

  • @coolguycandy2156
    @coolguycandy21562 жыл бұрын

    im not joking when i say i got chills

  • @dydb3
    @dydb37 жыл бұрын

    she's amazing

  • @heathermarcum4
    @heathermarcum42 жыл бұрын

    god shes perfect

  • @comradehermit9320
    @comradehermit93204 жыл бұрын

    Little known fact; Jesus is actually pronounced Mitski.

  • @marissaburdock6550

    @marissaburdock6550

    4 жыл бұрын

    So is God funnily enough

  • @pokkle4626

    @pokkle4626

    2 жыл бұрын

    How dare you associate an existing goddess to a make believe god with a toxic fandom, the disrespect!

  • @sleepy_s1845

    @sleepy_s1845

    2 жыл бұрын

    Let’s not..

  • @pebblelive

    @pebblelive

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleepy_s1845 it’s a joke…

  • @francisforever6172

    @francisforever6172

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought she didnt liked begin called a 'god'..

  • @ameliatheweirdo
    @ameliatheweirdo Жыл бұрын

    Grite minha deusa GRITE

  • @kopnijmnie
    @kopnijmnie5 жыл бұрын

    I will retire to the salton sea At the age of 23 For I'm starting to learn I may never be free But though I may never be free Fuck you and your money I'm tired of your money And I sit on the curb 'cause it's the prettiest night With no one else in sight You know I wore this dress for you These killer heels for you See the dark it moves With every breath of the breeze

  • @meow.9536
    @meow.95362 жыл бұрын

    LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @realvinestaff
    @realvinestaff10 ай бұрын

    mitski 😮😮

  • @rhubarb1856
    @rhubarb18563 жыл бұрын

    lol i love this song

  • @AeJayAreepKu
    @AeJayAreepKu3 жыл бұрын

    Mitski just gave birth to Yoko Ono

  • @lukaslourd
    @lukaslourd2 ай бұрын

  • @n4nnabis
    @n4nnabis5 ай бұрын

    a primeira mulher do mundi

  • @danni_2618
    @danni_26183 жыл бұрын

    I was sent here from TikTok and I'm glad but raging

  • @zasddsaf
    @zasddsaf8 жыл бұрын

    raaaaahhhhhhhh

  • @lissa3424
    @lissa34247 ай бұрын

  • @yenleaks
    @yenleaks5 жыл бұрын

    Fuck yes

  • @SchizoMuch
    @SchizoMuch6 жыл бұрын

    Also, anyone know the name of the guitarist?

  • @hilichrui

    @hilichrui

    3 ай бұрын

    Its mitski hope this helps

  • @SchizoMuch

    @SchizoMuch

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@hilichruiMitski plays bass in this video. The guitarist is called Callan

  • @hilichrui

    @hilichrui

    3 ай бұрын

    @@SchizoMuch thanks i didnt know this:D

  • @SchizoMuch

    @SchizoMuch

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@hilichruiif you were being sarcastic I didn't catch that 😅 sorry

  • @hilichrui

    @hilichrui

    3 ай бұрын

    @@SchizoMuch I WASNT I GENUINLY DIDNT KNOW😭 THANKS ANYWAY

  • @SunjayVideos
    @SunjayVideos4 жыл бұрын

    anyone else listening to this to cope with Sanders dropping out and all hopes of addressing the existential threat of climate change using the current two party-system evaporating?

  • @mot1614

    @mot1614

    4 жыл бұрын

    Let this radicalise you. Organise, it's the only way

  • @ceciliamarques7832

    @ceciliamarques7832

    4 жыл бұрын

    He didn't exactly dropped out, he just stopped campaigning but you can still vote for him. But yeah I get you......

  • @nashira4673

    @nashira4673

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cecília Marques stopped campaigning and endorsed the other guy. Be real.

  • @lula6355

    @lula6355

    3 жыл бұрын

    seeing this comment on november 2nd is,,, weird

  • @Pairs_bananas
    @Pairs_bananas10 күн бұрын

    2:08

  • @supa_de_pui_capybara
    @supa_de_pui_capybara6 күн бұрын

    AHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHH ❤

  • @helewapo5204
    @helewapo5204 Жыл бұрын

    it made me choke (in the good way)

  • @jesusmacias8433
    @jesusmacias84332 жыл бұрын

    hello

  • @SchizoMuch
    @SchizoMuch7 жыл бұрын

    What is she yelling in 1:42?

  • @amismart4762

    @amismart4762

    6 жыл бұрын

    wonton?

  • @Mikakitten1724

    @Mikakitten1724

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ami Smart LMAO now I can’t I hear that 😂😂

  • @rockyroad179

    @rockyroad179

    6 жыл бұрын

    “1, 2!!!” Is what she says

  • @floof4794

    @floof4794

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought i was “WHATS UP”.

  • @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2

    @236_muhammadfadlirakananda2

    5 жыл бұрын

    SchizoMuch sis said “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

  • @gynaosjav6003
    @gynaosjav6003 Жыл бұрын

    AAAAAAAAA

  • @AvaBruno
    @AvaBruno5 жыл бұрын

    ... decadence ...

  • @natasha807
    @natasha8072 жыл бұрын

    Ew.

  • @sikisiki7458

    @sikisiki7458

    2 жыл бұрын

    what

  • @j3llycatz460

    @j3llycatz460

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ew? Can you explain why?

  • @yoko6659

    @yoko6659

    2 жыл бұрын

    i hate u

  • @kluu880

    @kluu880

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nawww ur high or something this is a musical masterpiece

  • @mitskilover13

    @mitskilover13

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me when u

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