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Mitski Miyawaki Born Mitsuki Laycock Is A Japanese-American Singer And Songwriter. Born In Mie Prefecture Japan To An American Father And A Japanese Mother She Moved Frequently While Growing Up Due To Her Father's Job At The United States Department Of State Living In Turkey China Malaysia The Czech Republic And The Democratic Republic Of Congo Before Settling In The United States. She Sang In A Choir In High School And Was 18 When She Wrote Her First Song On The Piano. She Self-Released Her First Two Albums Lush And Retired From Sad New Career In Business While Studying Studio Composition At Purchase College's Conservatory Of Music. The Albums Were Originally Made As Her Senior Project. Her Third Studio Album Bury Me At Makeout Creek Was Released In 2014 On The Label Double Double Whammy. Mitski Signed With Dead Oceans In 2015 And Released Puberty 2 Be The Cowboy And Laurel Hell The Last Of Which Made The Top Ten In Several Countries. In 2022 The Guardian Dubbed Her The "best Young Songwriter" In The United States. That Same Year She Co-Wrote "This Is A Life" For The Film Everything Everywhere All At Once Which Earned Her An Academy Award Nomination For Best Original Song. Her Seventh Studio Album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Was Released In 2023.
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Mitski - Be The Cowboy
"A Pearl" Is An Exploration Of The Lingering Effects Of Heartache Trauma And Grief. The Narrator Is Dealing With The Aftermath Of An Experience That Has Left Them With A 'pearl In Their Head'. This Pearl Symbolizes The Emotional Scars They Are Left To Grapple With And The Idea Of Rolling It Around Evokes The Image Of Them Trying To Find A Way To Come To Terms With The Past They Can't Forget. The Refrain Of "sorry I Don’t Want Your Touch" Implies That While They Aren’t Dead To Emotion They Aren't Able To Bring Themselves To Move On Yet And Accept Love Back Into Their Life. The Bridge Expresses A Sense Of Loneliness As The Narrator Has A Deep-Seated Need That They Cannot Fill By Themselves. Ultimately This Song Is A Meditation On How Pain Can Linger And How It Can Shape A Person’s Inner Life.
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Mitski Miyawaki Born Mitsuki Laycock Is A Japanese-American Singer And Songwriter. Born In Mie Prefecture Japan To An American Father And A Japanese Mother She Moved Frequently While Growing Up Due To Her Father's Job At The United States Department Of State Living In Turkey China Malaysia The Czech Republic And The Democratic Republic Of Congo Before Settling In The United States. She Sang In A Choir In High School And Was 18 When She Wrote Her First Song On The Piano. She Self-Released Her First Two Albums Lush And Retired From Sad New Career In Business While Studying Studio Composition At Purchase College's Conservatory Of Music. The Albums Were Originally Made As Her Senior Project. Her Third Studio Album Bury Me At Makeout Creek Was Released In 2014 On The Label Double Double Whammy. Mitski Signed With Dead Oceans In 2015 And Released Puberty 2 Be The Cowboy And Laurel Hell The Last Of Which Made The Top Ten In Several Countries. In 2022 The Guardian Dubbed Her The "best Young Songwriter" In The United States. That Same Year She Co-Wrote "This Is A Life" For The Film Everything Everywhere All At Once Which Earned Her An Academy Award Nomination For Best Original Song. Her Seventh Studio Album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We Was Released In 2023.
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"A Pearl" is an exploration of the lingering effects of heartache, trauma and grief. The narrator is dealing with the aftermath of an experience that has left them with a 'pearl in their head'. This pearl symbolizes the emotional scars they are left to grapple with, and the idea of rolling it around evokes the image of them trying to find a way to come to terms with the past they can't forget. The refrain of "sorry, I don’t want your touch" implies that while they aren’t dead to emotion, they aren't able to bring themselves to move on yet and accept love back into their life. The bridge expresses a sense of loneliness, as the narrator has a deep-seated need that they cannot fill by themselves. Ultimately, this song is a meditation on how pain can linger, and how it can shape a person’s inner life. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Published: 10 Oct 2022, 20:50
Be The Cowboy Is The Fifth Studio Album By Japanese-American Musician Mitski Released On August 17 2018 Through Dead Oceans. Produced By Longtime Collaborator Patrick Hyland The Album Widens Mitski's Palette With A Return To The Piano Featured On Her First Two Records Alongside Synthesizers Horns And The Guitar That Became Her Signature Instrument. Upon Its Release Be The Cowboy Received Widespread Acclaim From Music Critics Who Later Ranked It Among The Best Albums Of 2018. It Was Preceded By The Singles "Geyser" "Nobody" And "Two Slow Dancers". Be The Cowboy Was Mitski's First Album To Chart On The Billboard 200 And Also Entered The Charts In Canada Ireland And The United Kingdom.