Mitski: 'Your Best American Girl' 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.
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  • @josecxrnxlx
    @josecxrnxlx8 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered her, and I can tell that I'm not gonna leave this girl.

  • @Hometatti

    @Hometatti

    3 жыл бұрын

    well did you?

  • @josecxrnxlx

    @josecxrnxlx

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Hometatti omg thank you for answering this! it brought me back to the memories of that day where i stayed awake till morning just to listen to all of her music. i've built such a strong bond with mitski's music, can't believe it's just 4 years.

  • @vikaslokesh3581

    @vikaslokesh3581

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@josecxrnxlx it’s so cool that you’ve been a fan over the past 5 years!

  • @dariothomas3392

    @dariothomas3392

    2 жыл бұрын

    i guess Im pretty off topic but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?

  • @alfonsobaker948

    @alfonsobaker948

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Dario Thomas Flixportal

  • @tamakimiyawaki3991
    @tamakimiyawaki39918 жыл бұрын

    my favorite artist of all time. so excited to see what she does next

  • @lanny007

    @lanny007

    3 жыл бұрын

    its been 5 years....

  • @shouldawouldacoulda347
    @shouldawouldacoulda3477 жыл бұрын

    she inspires me so fucking much, I love her omg

  • @michaela234
    @michaela2348 жыл бұрын

    1:56 NO WORDS. So dope.

  • @Bo00o27
    @Bo00o277 жыл бұрын

    She sounds so sad in this performance, and I did go through a lot of her performances on KZread ;_;

  • @baktre
    @baktre8 жыл бұрын

    Pitch is amazing, volume is way too wishy washy.

  • @elliottbarletta5220
    @elliottbarletta52208 жыл бұрын

    this song kicks ass

  • @peski4939
    @peski49398 жыл бұрын

    Sound guy needs speaking to whoever oversaw that sound check needs to find a new line of work

  • @SosoClaraboya

    @SosoClaraboya

    3 жыл бұрын

    Terrible!

  • @ckpemac5268

    @ckpemac5268

    2 жыл бұрын

    well it gives a new vibe to the song at least...

  • @user-tj2dw6vz9m
    @user-tj2dw6vz9m4 жыл бұрын

    Since I watched Mitski at last summer Fuji Rock Festival, I've wanted to be her best Japanese Boy.

  • @watchnatnow
    @watchnatnow8 жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of this guy I'm currently head over heals for. Met him through a close friend a month ago when he was in town visiting. We had an instant connection in just three days. It won't work out, though. He lives far away, and has a girlfriend. He doesn't know how I feel, either. Oh, the wonders of life.

  • @cougarman8

    @cougarman8

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tell him

  • @watchnatnow

    @watchnatnow

    8 жыл бұрын

    I wish. If he broke up with his girlfriend on his own terms, then I would tell him. Otherwise, I must keep silent. :-/

  • @jaydlor949

    @jaydlor949

    8 жыл бұрын

    Wow. I hope fate brings you two together :) If not, then at lease you guys still have this great connection :)

  • @MrJMB122

    @MrJMB122

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fuck it tell him!!

  • @piledriverwxltz

    @piledriverwxltz

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope you went after it!

  • @avictorbell2835
    @avictorbell28354 жыл бұрын

    This song just keeps getting better every time you hear it

  • @valerieee1469
    @valerieee1469 Жыл бұрын

    mitski is a dream to me. literally. im in love with her despite knowing that its not real at all. like to me she represents an ideal, an aesthetic personified. in a way its quite harmful to be so passionate about something that has never and will never exist and is probably setting me uo for dissapointment, but it makes me happy for the time being

  • @user-xl7wv1jg5k
    @user-xl7wv1jg5k8 жыл бұрын

    beautiful&powerful voice&amazing guitar sound!

  • @Funrecord
    @Funrecord2 жыл бұрын

    I discovered her from Spotify

  • @marnett1ee
    @marnett1ee Жыл бұрын

    I have no words, I just love her

  • @mazzystar5342
    @mazzystar53425 жыл бұрын

    precious

  • @jasongary4925
    @jasongary49258 жыл бұрын

    Full-body chills.

  • @giannaglossy868
    @giannaglossy8682 ай бұрын

    she always gives me chills

  • @babi6269
    @babi62692 жыл бұрын

    te amo mitski

  • @jaydlor949
    @jaydlor9498 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could've been there, or to all of her live performances. It would be a more chilling experience :)q

  • @thegreattwitch
    @thegreattwitch7 жыл бұрын

    I absurdly love her albums, bit kind of shocked how half baked the live stuff I've seen sounds.

  • @STEVENABROWNE
    @STEVENABROWNE8 жыл бұрын

    NPR any chance of uploading the entire performance in one piece?

  • @jonassantos5255
    @jonassantos52558 жыл бұрын

    Alanis Morrisette+Pixies+Tori Amos= THIS!

  • @josefkasares82

    @josefkasares82

    7 жыл бұрын

    u forgot pj harvey

  • @rebeccabollea

    @rebeccabollea

    Жыл бұрын

    @@josefkasares82 and bjork

  • @lukaslourd
    @lukaslourd2 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @crazygood4
    @crazygood48 жыл бұрын

    They need to tighten up the songs for live performances though. Love the song, but this is a bit sloppy

  • @TheNinetySecond

    @TheNinetySecond

    8 жыл бұрын

    It's mostly just the mix for me. Someone need to fire their sound tech.

  • @crazygood4

    @crazygood4

    8 жыл бұрын

    Good observation, I getcha

  • @crazygood4

    @crazygood4

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lots of artists change their song between the recording and live environment, but this song is played poorly. The arrangement doesn't have too much to do with it. I love her music, I just think this performance in particular was off. Just my opinion though, I see what you mean too

  • @TimVerheijen
    @TimVerheijen10 ай бұрын

    It isn't until 2:21 that she gives it the power it deserves!

  • @bermudessilva
    @bermudessilva7 жыл бұрын

  • @namenameson6722
    @namenameson67227 жыл бұрын

    'Going to see her on Wednesday. I'm not sure what to expect tbh.

  • @areyousureaboutthat5500

    @areyousureaboutthat5500

    Жыл бұрын

    how was it

  • @myla4444
    @myla4444 Жыл бұрын

    nahh they said her first name was mitski in the description

  • @MrDanbloom
    @MrDanbloom7 жыл бұрын

    Published on Apr 6, 2016We 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

  • @valerieee1469

    @valerieee1469

    Жыл бұрын

    its interesting that they added the detail about her name while neglecting the fact that her name is actually Mitsuki Miyawaki and Mitski was just a stylistic choice

  • @iwillnevergetone5
    @iwillnevergetone56 жыл бұрын

    headstock tuner

  • @OwArAnAiMNOIS
    @OwArAnAiMNOIS3 жыл бұрын

    Sound check person didn't check the guitar...

  • @tameusman8328
    @tameusman83287 жыл бұрын

    zero vpu

  • @catwarcat
    @catwarcat7 жыл бұрын

    She needs to find good bassist and she should play guitar. That's the way to do good performance.

  • @kluu880

    @kluu880

    2 жыл бұрын

    She’s much better with bass

  • @valerieee1469

    @valerieee1469

    Жыл бұрын

    thats a very 1 dimensional mindset. you can perform well while playing bass.

  • @catwarcat

    @catwarcat

    Жыл бұрын

    @@valerieee1469 I just saw it for first time in 5 years, you're right.

  • @valerieee1469

    @valerieee1469

    Жыл бұрын

    @@catwarcat that makes me happy, im glad you agree :)

  • @ferhzzz
    @ferhzzz7 жыл бұрын

    sorry, the record is so much better than this one

  • @SimonMadsen
    @SimonMadsen7 жыл бұрын

    i can't resist girls like that, hah, what a focus on beauty which she has then become herself, body and depth, although we all have to let go of such and they are not the most important, and she is only just beginning to touch base, hope she will accell

  • @valerieee1469

    @valerieee1469

    Жыл бұрын

    excuse me?

  • @SimonMadsen

    @SimonMadsen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@valerieee1469 yeah she is beauty

  • @jcsrb
    @jcsrb7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, this blows. Studio version ftw.

  • @valerieee1469

    @valerieee1469

    Жыл бұрын

    incorrect, L

  • @Cbrophy412
    @Cbrophy4127 жыл бұрын

    This guitar playing is...BAD!!!!!!!

  • @cheetos2709

    @cheetos2709

    2 ай бұрын

    Blocked

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