Mitski: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@Beabadoobee]

I think I’m in love

[@andrea-fj6tt]

talent recognizing talent

[@traderjoas]

it's you

[@awesomeface265]

BEABADOOBEE

[@user-jz4tt6vb6e]

bea?? 0_o

[@59michaelash]

She should play bass!

[@tarynnago8205]

i burst into tears at "can i dream for a few months more?"

[@indubitablyzara]

it's "I'll leave what I'm chasing for the other girls to pursue" that always gets me (but the whole thing, really)

[@cereal_21]

literally same

[@theindependent-official5884]

idk about you, but i lose it at "mom"

[@sentimentalgeek_]

the raw scream of mom gets me each and every time

[@lizzy4300]

@@sentimentalgeek_ Same😢

[@tiredb973]

i’m so glad mitski invented the whole world she’s so considerate

[@aubreymichelle13]

It was very nice of her

[@isabelle9812]

fr

[@BEERBOMB113]

I love this

[@jodecics]

tru

[@samzstashz]

exactly

[@leothelion6245]

When she was yelling into that guitar.........she gets it

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

yeah 🧎🏽‍♀️

[@brain0068]

I think she the very few who do get it but she GETS it yknow?

[@RossyR0ss]

Replying incase this comment gets 500+ replys

[@leothelion6245]

ANYWAYS thanks for the likes please send me money

[@louisaamabel708]

🧎 🧎‍♂️

[@andiem8575]

Mitski with exposed acne scream singing into her guitar has been constantly in my head since I saw this years ago and tbh it’s why I get up every day the raw energy in this is so powerful

[@veronicaryder7553]

honestly same, came back to this video again and I don't know how to stop feeling

[@eloisemae1325]

She’s so beautiful ♥️

[@HectorNazarioFiammE]

this performance keeps me alive, often.

[@wesleycarson9254]

38 year old man here and this gave me that anything is possible mysterious, depressed feeling of my late teens again. I haven't felt that in a long time. Thank you mitski. Inspiring

[@stargirl2094]

@@NoName-fo7mz learn empathy

[@jhonestebanramirezquintana8918]

I think she deserves a new performance here

[@Yuyu-il5pd]

Ikr

[@muppetfriend]

i love mitski, she makes me feel like an inside out sock

[@j.o.g.j]

This is very well put

[@ilikefrogs5548]

why does this make so much sense

[@oksanarose6879]

this is the funniest comment i’ve ever read in my life bless you

[@mesajenniges1876]

no youve got a point

[@idedimi]

thank you so much for articulating this experience

[@grantboyer3529]

the control of the shakiness in her voice reminds me of johnny cash but with teenage angst i’m all here for it.

[@burntforest633]

@@OctopusWhoSeesAll that's not vibrato, more of a tremolo.

[@bashmeesh]

Yes Johnny Cash, I was trying to think of what that reminded me of

[@nasjordan2598]

@@bashmeesh huh....reminds me kind of dolores O'riordan

[@phroad317]

johnny cash uses vibrato what she does is weird and i personally think it sound like a teenage boy going through puberty

[@zazz1103]

@@phroad317 almost like its a song about puberty

[@maggie5807]

When I was 18 I laid in bed and listened to this and cried so hard because I hated myself and everything so much. I’m 24 now and life is beautiful.

[@sanjivaniebhalla3760]

im 18 this gave me hope

[@hrdscum]

glad you're doing better now

[@tecitodechai]

@@sanjivaniebhalla3760 same

[@kennedypaiuk6847]

do you promise?

[@MsXenyy1]

Yes things gets eventually better

[@antonmedina7591]

this is not an npr video this is therapy

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

free therapy :]

[@viktawrialoughy9818]

it's the other way around homegirl let's get you a doctor

[@urmomisgay6853]

okay home girl it’s okay let’s call the doctor

[@Cutekumavt]

Your therapy, my self harm we are not the same 😌✨

[@waterlemon9838]

I literally watched this after my thesis breakdown

[@lesbiasian]

my favorite quote of hers: "i've gotten a lot of complaints saying that I can't play guitar, and it's true, i'm a keyboardist. but I do this because for a lot of girls it's kind of scary to try to start playing guitar cause you feel like you immediately won't be good enough. so I'm telling you right now, I can't play guitar and I'm playing guitar on stage. you can just start where you can."

[@eloisemae1325]

Awwwww I’m thirteen and i got a really cool electric guitar and a really great amp for Christmas and I’ve signed up for online classes and it is scaerryyyuy and my fingers hurt T-T but practice makes progress and I’ll get better with timee 💕 🎸 🎶

[@angelbabe1287]

@@eloisemae1325 me too but i have a lot getting in my way

[@barryscanlon3575]

@@eloisemae1325 if you want to be good, you will be good in the future. Be patient and devoted, and try not to compare yourself to others. Instead compare yourself to you in the past, and you'll realise how much progress you're making. Good luck!

[@bashmeesh]

Love!!!!

[@eloisemae1325]

@@barryscanlon3575 AAA- thanks your so nice ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ

[@eleanor7024]

It’s like she’s playing alone in her room, except we’re all watching her. Such an intimate and vulnerable performance. thank you mitski

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

"mom, im tired" *instant tears*

[@Yvesening]

Yep🥲

[@om0_o]

"can i dream for a few months more" screaming, crying, throwing up

[@isabelle9812]

@@om0_o shitting, vomiting, bleeding, screeching, howling, foaming from mouth

[@om0_o]

@@isabelle9812 ok, calm down

[@isabelle9812]

​@@om0_o real

[@kaylapagan8451]

her control is crazy. She can even control.. when she chooses not to control her voice ?

[@ImmaBrainGremlin]

The "lack of control" is an illusion created by skill.

[@adhesiveghost2834]

i think it’s a stylistic choice to show vulnerability but i could be wrong

[@Hannah-nh5qj]

She reminds me of Fiona Apple or Janis Joplin.

[@vdoza33]

@@Hannah-nh5qj or like a bootleg angel olson

[@Hannah-nh5qj]

@@vdoza33 Idk who Angel Olsen is, but I’m not comparing artists as an insult like you’re trying to- I’m pointing out vocal similarities between other great artists and the one I’m listening to.

[@easong2148]

I'm a 67 year old white guy. Mitski is the most radical thing I've heard in about 20 years. Simply awesome.

[@midoriayami9867]

Real

[@Swaggylicous]

Real and I haven’t even been on this earth for 20 years yet

[@finn8762]

the raw almost uncomfortable sounds of the first two songs are soothed SO DEEPLY by the last. she knows exactly what she's doing and it's incredible

[@micky_knuckles]

This.

[@roesto]

finn ! Yes!

[@potato.pancake]

people don’t understand that she intentionally does this!!! they say she sounds terrible but it’s art honey (she sounds incredible anyway; she’s literally mitski)

[@dominospikza]

finn ! she’s an amazing performer. all of her artistic endeavors are so calculated and intentional. i love her for it

[@spitgorge2021]

@Cosmin Eduard ok cosmin eduard

[@retroTiko]

ok but how can she sing without crying

[@_anhedonia]

Tiko ikr i cannot listen to class of 2013 without bawling my eyes out let alone sing it

[@teapeaa]

Im sure she cried so many times writing her music and singing it to herself over and over in her privacy

[@reece2217]

Daniela class of 2013 is so raw that it makes me want to cry till i have no tears left l

[@cpretzel2558]

I saw the bury me at makeout creek tour years ago and she cried on stage when she closed with last words of a shooting star. You could of heard a pin hit the ground in that moment. Everyone in the room was shook and holding back tears too.

[@bobsbigboy_]

Cuz it aint that deep. Songs are mid

[@theblacksheep2374]

Im so happy mitski invented teenage years

[@crownde]

I'm so happy she invented years

[@Lionwithbowtie]

Happy by Mitski???

[@oforlikelalune1506]

0:02 Townie 2:17 Class of 2013 3:33 (SHE DOES THE THING WITH THE GUITAR) 4:33 Last Words of a Shooting Star

[@jackson-zo8pt]

THANK YOU for the guitar timestamp, i love when she screams during class of 2013

[@nopalito6424]

We are ALL here for the screams

[@sophiam4980]

TOWNIE WAS SO GOOD

[@elyssepolice]

Thank you

[@eva.b5354]

@@sophiam4980 IT WAS IMPECCABLE AH

[@andie4464]

dear me in the future when you come back to this video again, i hope you’re okay.

[@maryam4259]

are you okay

[@boosouls]

are you okay?

[@andie4464]

no lol

[@LuluguimaS2]

I’m wishing the same for me

[@kristinepinlac2796]

I hope you'll be okay now and always. And for the times that you don't, that's okay too. I hope that you've found the strength to be happier. There's nothing wrong with you then and there's especially nothing wrong with you now. There is no one right way to live and life isn't a race so make whatever you will out of your life, just know that you don't have to live it alone. You deserve the world and I love you

[@eli7465]

I can't believe mitski invented 2013! She's so powerful 😍

[@wonderhoy9049]

Ikr🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍

[@tubingtubing1]

Oh my dear. Her music is like a punch from my 15-year-old self and a hug from my 34-year-old self in return. I love messy beautiful girlhood!

[@vickisigh2674]

omg you described it so perfectly....

[@justmart4455]

@@vickisigh2674 word

[@alohaworld]

A beautiful sentiment

[@kozhikkaalan]

the fuck? how did you capture it so perfectly

[@son2425]

Lol I love this!

[@hannahweedon9336]

Mistki made me feel confident in my own skin. You can write using simple chord progressions, you can have acne, you can be a singer, you can be all the things

[@alessandrafunaro9829]

Hannah Weedon i really needed to read this thank u so much

[@alien_from_andromeda]

Hannah Weedon RIGHT! She’s amazing

[@holamamelo2514]

you can be mediocre and still be famous it's what you're trying to say

[@muribs8137]

@@holamamelo2514 and you can avoid being a total asshole

[@mrkeng1]

@@holamamelo2514 and what you get with complex music if nobody listen it?

[@lovehrz]

i think mitski's music can be described in one word as raw. it's not for people who like polished sounds. mitski's music is meant to be a knife to the gut, a punch to the eye. it's meant to make u feel the pain, & also to make u embrace it as a part of u.

[@bushman6964]

It sure gives me pain, in my ears

[@biggaylol5438]

@@bushman6964 im gonna get rid of ur ears coward

[@Thouxanbangeo]

@@bushman6964boohoo be a man

[@cj.lambert]

working for the knife

[@judyelkadi]

WHY ARE YOU GUYS SKIPPING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO CLASS OF 2013??!! I WILL NOT TOLERATE THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS TOWNIE.

[@sophiam4980]

FR THE VOCALS IN TOWNIE ARE UNMATCHED

[@judyelkadi]

@@sophiam4980 RIGHT???

[@souptheirl1482]

EXACTLY

[@thecityhatesyou]

RIGHT?

[@acedia2]

SO TRUE

[@ferthefert]

Therapy is very expensive, Mitski’s music is free

[@rain-cb3ze]

Trye

[@washingmachine2]

no, we need help

[@ferthefert]

@@washingmachine2 yes bug we are also ✨broke✨☺️💅

[@j.o.g.j]

The catra pfp and this comment is kinda worrying

[@lia928]

CATRA PFP AND MITSKI I WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND

[@aria6725]

shes the prettiest person ever

[@robin-ps8rm]

isnt she :)

[@zosia2030]

My day be so fine but then boom. Class of 2013 by mitski. Sobbing rn

[@Loh24158]

Me rn

[@angelicacarnis]

me being an entrapta kinnie with mommy issues and seeing this comment

[@una9906]

something about your mista pfp really completes the comment, thank you

[@zosia2030]

@@una9906 I thank you 😳

[@thisishalloween5589]

Same the mommy issues hit hard lol

[@PragmaticOptimist]

06:01: "and you'd say you love me and look in my eyes but I know through mine you were looking in yours" ...speechless

[@rubyreduxx]

optimistic nihilist ouch... mah heart

[@jamesgrandjean6138]

Last Words is such a great song. One of my favs of hers

[@SunjayVideos]

i can't believe how Mitski invented breaking eye contact

[@ajh1aa]

she’s literally a lyrical genius

[@loganmohler737]

Powerful

[@linss626]

we all have unresolved childhood trauma but we all thought why get a therapist when you can watch mitski scream into a guitar

[@monicasanto77]

“looking like a big pulsing void and radiating pain”

[@joaosantos-uj9uw]

iconic queen

[@Ellie-jr4zy]

Literally my favorite void wow queen

[@ttt8527]

mitski's music makes me want to burn a house down in slow motion

[@RaRa-vf3zx]

I’m sorry what?

[@mill8722]

THIS😍

[@johnr8820]

What the frick is wrong with you

[@alegria1813]

In slowmo

[@jakemachineuwu]

i cant tell if thats a good thing or a bad thing but okay

[@mirimelissafromvenus]

The way she unapologetically shows up with her raw emotions and intensity throughout the whole thing. The way she dares to break open and wear her wounds like diamonds, so proudly. Nothing inspires me more and there's nothing i admire more than that about her.

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

This girl sees clear melody in her mind. I am envious.

[@bandaatube]

I'm going to cry at this comment its so true

[@matrocious]

M. Utley which channel is on and is it daytime or night

[@KiddingProductions]

she absolutely blew me away when she started screaming into the guitar. went through so many emotions in these 8 minutes.

[@catemiller2161]

Sometimes you don’t want a solution, you just want to be angry and upset and take your time resolving those feelings by yourself. Screaming along to this session in my car at work on my lunch really helped me today.

[@Honeyapplepear]

I feel like this was so intimate, like it’s just her in a room without an audience or cameras. She’s just playing for herself and it’s so awesome.

[@Vann-jn3jc]

Completely agree.

[@teetoo6669]

...there is a camera tho

[@badappple]

there is an audience too?

[@Honeyapplepear]

@@badappple 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@badappple]

@@Honeyapplepear whats up

[@marg3685]

Her voice sounds like she's yelling really quiet it's so good her lyrics are beautiful

[@illeanaestrada4903]

ur user 💀💀 but yes

[@777Contradi]

@@illeanaestrada4903 and what's wrong with it 💀

[@Sasha-jo4tw]

@@777Contradi it was probably something different a year ago

[@fionagallagherapologist5968]

please invite her again PLEASE

[@Jessica-kv2ob]

I'm not a musician, so I don't know how bad her voice is, or how bad is the way she plays the guitar, but what I do know is that she's special, her music means something powerful to me, I can feel her, I can feel her music and her voice in my heart and in my mind. this tiny concert is one of my favorites.

[@evl457]

it's totally moving and just grabs you. And her poetry is good

[@jinxtux4114]

this is so sweet

[@planeofimmanence2157]

There is simply different ways to play don’t let anyone tell you that there is good or bad ways of playing. What is revolutionary is almost always first seen as a mistake.

[@alien_from_andromeda]

Jessica that means she’s good💕 if she makes you feel deeply and whole heartedly then she’s amazing

[@Neuroneos]

It's called grunge.

[@WoodlandT]

This is the first I'm seeing of Mitski. I'm totally blown away. Seems to me she has such control of her voice that she can make it sound like its shaky or like anything else I'd imagine. Creative purity is off the charts. She's fascinating.

[@TheNinjapancake14]

Bjork control

[@eyereflected]

@Ribeye Robert D bc bjorks more well known and been around longer? LOL

[@azmxivq]

since no one did it, 0:00 - Townie 2:32 - Class Of 2013 4:39 - Last Words Of A Shooting Star thank me later.

[@rihanuchka]

Bless your heart, i hope youre okay now

[@_marso_marsel_6000]

Hope you okay now too

[@reeeeneeustaquio374]

Thanks you

[@samlee2562]

Thanks me later..

[@littlebodybigheart357]

Thank you :)

[@cherryaleex]

Yes I Have Mommy Issues

[@mercedesinfantee3566]

same my mom told me she hated me not that long ago😕

[@aylsa]

@@mercedesinfantee3566 i'm so sorry.

[@alena3464]

ayo same 🥶

[@leuvenfra]

i love all of you🥺

[@cara9511]

@@mercedesinfantee3566 tell her you hate her back even if you dont

[@Vampyre_Brat]

class of 2013 is the rawest shit i've ever seen

[@Topfington]

Her music is so personal to her. And yet I can feel that hollowness of what she was feeling at the time

[@kmjdlc]

as a senior in high school class of 2013 hit me hard. it’s so scary growing up and having to make such life defining decisions. i want to make my parents proud, i don’t want to be a failure. sometimes i just want to be young again. i haven’t cried to many songs. god she’s so real and amazing.

[@furamingo1390]

omggg same samee

[@vsheng]

100% feel your pain rn especially

[@Zoe-fd8ll]

yeah ❤️

[@willowbagley6170]

Ya know the one good thing about having a dad who you always disappoint and are never good enuff for is that you dont have to worry about making them proud because it will never come

[@Wonder.house7]

bro SAME i feel exactly like this Mitski is so so good

[@val71999]

I love the bits where she's singing "badly". the screaming in class of 2013 especially. it's so raw and powerful and she's not afraid to sound real instead of sounding good. it's so much more beautiful and meaningful this way.

[@RoyaleExtreme]

This is my favorite NPR performance and one I revisit often. It's such an incredibly flawed performance; she's off-pitch half the performance and her guitar playing is all over the place. But oh my god, there's something so raw and vulnerable that hits me on a deep personal level that I just can't explain. I think you either immediately understand, or you hate it.

[@madelineolia]

dont lie to yourself

[@Dimysam]

There are people who judge performances like a gymnastics competition and there are people who listen to the music.

[@jx3376]

@@RoyaleExtreme i agree but I also think it’s not as bad as you described, and I also know you weren’t saying it was really bad, so I’m just adding further thoughts on what you said! But it’s “bad” in the way that punk music is bad, which is a genre that’s respected for what it is. I think her singing is beautiful actually, like objectively? It’s like art-punk femme emo folk. It would be weird to overly judge it since every performance by any artist is full of idiosyncrasies. This performance is clearly very special. (To be clear, not disagreeing or arguing w ur main points, was just adding on to your thoughts!) :)

[@MISSMADISONMEDIA]

Björk vibes?

[@caitlinistired1050]

I love how she always goes “… thenx :)”

[@snseofsilnce]

3:34 "mom" Mitski sang, calmly.

[@mapl_xx6346]

i really don’t know if I should laugh or cry rn

[@binaanand3218]

@@mapl_xx6346 let's cry together😭

[@Natureenthusiast333]

I was sobbing and this made me giggle like a mf 😭

[@marcus.taylorsversion8448]

THE GOBLET OF FIRE REFERENCE

[@ImWeirdAndILikeIt]

I've heard Class of 2013 multiple times, I'd even watched this version before, but as someone graduating from college in a few months, it really kicked in this time and listening her sing about the real fears of failure and feeling like a burden on your parents while still mourning your childhood/youth absolutely made me cry this time. Mitski's lyrics may be beautiful and poetic, but there's nothing vague about them; they hit right to the heart of the most specific relatable fears and desires and I love her so much for it.

[@catemiller2161]

First time I heard this song was in my last semester of college just as covid was getting bad in America and we were all going into lockdown. I was so scared about my future and whether I should move home or move out, and class of 2013 was a real comfort to me. All I wanted was for my mom to tell me things were going to be okay, just like when I was little-but with the world falling apart, our government’s lack of response, and everyone losing their jobs, I had little hope. Things are better now-I’ve got a steady job and I decided to move out-but there are times I still just want my mom to tell me things will be okay.

[@joselocalau123]

what i love is that she appeals to universal feelings through very specific experiences. So maybe i am not asian american or biracial, but i still feel Your best american girl deep in my gut because it talks about feeling like you’re not enough, like you will never fit in

[@izzycoronado7147]

here bc of that one Reductress headline "Therapist Unknowingly in Constant Competition with Mitski’s Tiny Desk Concert"

[@athena2448]

SAME😭

[@aleuimay2309]

mitski singing raw is actually something that can be so personal

[@cartoondeathnoises8756]

I see a lot of comments about how bad her bass skills are but like...her music is mostly about the lyricism and emotion and poetry, so I honestly think it would take away from the raw emotion in her songs if she were to play anything more than the simple chords and riffs that she does play. But, it's all subjective, you can think whatever you want about her songs, I just wanted to put in my two cents.

[@raemiller6035]

I feel that way about The White Stripes, too!

[@lennardvaarten7791]

Bass? She didn't play bass here?

[@leuvenfra]

that's a funny looking bass for sure

[@avileo]

it's bcs she said in an interview her instruments are simply to accompany her. when making a new song, she'll focus on the melody first, so that anyone can sing it even when there's nothing to accompany them

[@marcbaigrie2295]

That's a guitar

[@rotroom]

crazy how much emotion she can convey just playing the guitar open e standard tuning

[@wormzinmymilk]

her music is like an open wound and these live performances are like ripping the bandaid off, bleeding, vulnerable, real. every part of this fills me with pure emotion. i wouldve never guess how much i would cry over some songs, but thats the power it has.

[@ev9099]

try not to cry mitski tiny desk concert edition

[@henrypickerill7313]

No makeup, no autotune, just one amazing singer and one electic guitar

[@aurora1349]

what beautiful beautiful rage she's got

[@SCWoodbury2009]

I dig her angst.

[@lyonsvalley8197]

it took me a couple of listens but class of 2013 had me teary eyed like when i listened to my smashing pumpkins and death cab for cutie cds... it hurts but in a way that is familiar and comfortable. i hope one day i can get to that level of musicianship

[@jamaigar]

she has an ocean of it. Her songs are also weirdly arranged, something that is not quite represented here. It's a blast

[@kazenwatson]

also why is she literally criminally underrated not only did she make lush as a school project and she studied at conservatory for composition, she deserved all the Grammys in the world

[@MakeLuvWorldWide]

although true, I love witnessing that each year her star has continued to rise and she’s been gaining even more recognition and popularity

[@emeluzun4731]

townie: There's a party and we're all going And we're all growing up Somebody's driving and he will be drinking And no one's going back 'Cause we've tried hungry and we've tried full and Nothing seems enough So tonight, tonight The boys are gonna go for More more more And I want a love that falls as fast As a body from the balcony, and I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don't know what I'm waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be Smell that, it's wet grass, and smoke in my hair I think I've had enough But he wants a finale and I came prepared And we're not going back And I've tried sharing and I've tried caring And I've tried putting out But the boys boys boys keep coming on for More more more And change change change is gonna come, but When when when? And I want a love that falls as fast As a body from the balcony, and I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don't know what I'm waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be And I want a love that falls as fast As a body from the balcony, and I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat Though I don't know what I'm waiting for I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be class of 2013: Mom, I'm tired Can I sleep in your house tonight? Mom, is it alright If I stay for a year or two? Mom, I'll be quiet It would be just to sleep at night And I'll leave once I figure out How to pay for my own life too Mom, would you wash my back? This once, and then we can forget And I'll leave what I'm chasing For the other girls to pursue Mom, am I still young? Can I dream for a few months more? last words of a shooting star: All of this turbulence wasn't forecasted Apologies from the intercom And I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy They'll think of me kindly When they come for my things They'll never know how I'd stared at the dark in that room With no thoughts Like a blood-sniffing shark And while my dreams made music in the night Carefully I was going to live You wouldn't leave till we loved in the morning You'd learned from movies how love ought to be And you'd say you love me and look in my eyes But I know through mine you were Looking in yours And did you know the liberty bell is a replica Silently housed in its original walls And while its dreams played music in the night Quietly It was told to believe I always wanted to die clean and pretty But I'd be too busy on working days So I am relieved that the turbulence wasn't forecasted I couldn't have changed anyways I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy Goodbye

[@ahucian5663]

thank youuu!!

[@nana-kc8ew]

thank you

[@13gudadod]

2:32

[@13gudadod]

4:48

[@tgldude777333]

She has such a beautiful, powerful anger that she's channeled into beautiful art, and she wears it proudly. Her music is an ode to the messier sides of ourselves that we're taught to repress. At least, that's what it meant to me.

[@noel-bg3ei]

this was exactly what I was thinking

[@Hungergameslover1312]

I am so desperately longing for the day where hearing "Class of 2013" won't have the power to make me break out into tears

[@realsoon1612]

I dig it. She didn't sing into the guitar pickup so much to get her voice picked up (standard coiled pickups need a much rougher kinetic energy generated by a magnetic moving body) as to get the strings to resonate sympathetically. That's the sort of technique early 20th century classical composers used to get unusual timbres on pianos and harps and things, and it's no less bad-ass today IMO. Her voice is pretty damn silky too, when she moves it in that direction.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

Her Strat has humbucking pickups at the bridge and neck so they might react differently to a pressure wave. My Tele has one at the neck. I'm going to try this. BTW did you see the LP she played on Colbert? Sweet!

[@zakiyahgrayson359]

I sing into my ukulele and I thought I was just being weird oh my god-

[@kardez506]

Zakiyah Grayson check out Radiohead’s 2001 gorge performance. Mainly the the ending of the song “climbing up the walls”

[@chicana_barbie9288]

What genre is mitski in? (music wise ofc)

[@dom-ru5cc]

@@chicana_barbie9288 indie most of the time

[@TheAnjelHarte]

The steel balls on this fantastic fantastic artist to come on here bare faced, raw, amelodic, and SCREAMING INTO A OPEN-STRUMMED GUITAR........ and then revealing the lilting beauty of her voice in the last song.... im such a lesbian

[@bug6235]

3:35 literally crying and shaking and throwing up and bangnig my head against a wwall I LOVE HER SO FUCKNIG MUCH

[@suzanearaujo4234]

When she starts Class of 2013 dear god IT HURTS

[@oIivilo]

Suzane Araujo like a hot knife every time.

[@ricardomorin7863]

Seeing her grab the empty water bottle after her last song, forgetting for a split second that she finished it after the previous song, then not knowing what to do with it, I can relate to that

[@BlueeeBanisters]

funny how she says "thank u :D" after leaving me all broken in a million pieces

[@kalmia_k]

Mitski really woke up put on a tanktop went to tiny desk and made us emotional

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

Don’t shame the tank top

[@glaciier4923]

as a closeted bisexual who deals with suicidal thoughts by myself, there's something so powerful about class of 2013 that i wish i could share with my friends, but i can't without being exposed. the secrecy and closeness with which i hold her music to my heart makes it so much more powerful and so much more lonelier, but im just grateful that someone out there wrote a song i can wail along to when im alone in the shower edit : thank you all for your kind words, im in a much better situation as of now. im glad to find out that im not alone in feeling this but im also saddened. remember, you are loved, always. don't be afraid to talk to someone :)

[@emailing]

hi, rando here, so tell me if this is weird, but i'm glad mitski's work brings you this comfort i hope you're doing fine. i'm sorry you have to deal with these thoughts alone, i hope you get through them when they arise

[@caralineg6568]

you might like a song called gold star by the greeting committee. it's written by a lesbian, and i don't know if the words will resonate with you at all, but to me they are a direct punch to the face. Every time I listen to that song, it's like i'm staring in a mirror.

[@TheDominicProject]

most secrets are lighter than they seem. gl x

[@Headsplinter88]

Not so in the closet anymore after that comment.

[@Threeofteeth]

i hope you’re doing better now bb, i’m kinda struggling too i came out as bi a couple months ago and i’m starting to think i’m a lesbian but i’m too scared to say anything and it’s a very lonely struggle. you’re always welcomed to vent to me bc i think i can understand to a certain extent :)

[@hihellohowareyoutoday]

Last words of a shooting star is perhaps the most beautifully written and heartbreaking song I’ve ever heard (though class of 2013 is a close second)

[@nelm5250]

she is beautiful in so many ways

[@isscaas]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@dsonyay]

Nel M just not by the definition

[@chelseaag1928]

dsonyay Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some of us like what we see.

[@jessicaspurrell_]

“she didn’t sing the last note right in class of 2013 its out of tune” no hunny. She just didn’t resolve the chord and ended it on major seventh it’s called dissonance

[@joselocalau123]

yaaaaassss🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rishita7944]

hello i love you i love this comment

[@whales2983]

THANK YOU

[@jeffersonmcgee9560]

Bruuuh

[@pierceclegg825]

Oh yea duh

[@paranoidandroidd00]

a lot of girls in my classes have seen this video, and make fun of the class of 2013 performance, and it makes me so unbelievably upset because like do you not hear the words coming out of her mouth or hear the raw emotion shes putting into her lyrics??? even if they have a stable relationship with their mothers or have never had any trouble with their upbringing, it is still one of her most (imo) powerful and emotional songs and honestly the way she screams into her guitar makes it that much more intense.

[@ferthefert]

Townie: daddy issues Class of 2013: mommy issues Last words of a shooting star: issues

[@haidyn2405]

precisely

[@bugbugbugbugbugbug]

Exactly 🤠

[@remy2710]

i’m a townie person

[@starlight7089]

@@remy2710 I'm more of a class of 2013 person :')

[@magdalenajaravega616]

i am:

[@tarynnago8205]

i didnt understand townie when i first heard it. ive just started my first semester of uni and the lyrics hit me square in the chest

[@abbi7025]

this is me currently right now

[@ameyveram]

okay but I feel like no one talks about the last words of a shooting star. I mean its one of my favorites and it deserves more recognition especially the part that goes "did you know the liberty bell is a replica silently housed in its original walls" because the way I feel when she sings it is just indescribable

[@noel-bg3ei]

art in it's rawest form.

[@yepisuredolikecats3979]

It actually makes me extremely happy to see her with acne, like me

[@evildeadening9826]

same

[@esgib1385]

i love acne, it’s just so beautiful to me for some reason. I have it myself, and i like it, it’s a part of who i am

[@abbylololol1671]

The way she doesn't cover her face at all just helps to build a vibe for me, she's being so genuine and sincere

[@spider-swift]

She just looks so... normal and down to Earth, it makes me really happy :)

[@mistressbcm]

Like us, friend, like us

[@nin_.444]

she literally plays my three favorite songs by her in order in this I'm the chosen one guys

[@jamesgrandjean6138]

Last words of a shooting star is one of the most poetic and sad songs ever. I just love this woman so much.

[@spyke2856]

mitski: "mom will you wash my back this once and then we can forget and I'll leave what I'm chasing for the other girls to pursue" the npr employees who came in thinking this was gonna be a normal day at work: 👀

[@gabrielledennis549]

"I always wanted to die clean and pretty, but I'd be too busy on working days."

[@hellokittyswife9989]

lamo they cried

[@ihsmmiallt]

i thought it was "watch my back"

[@yooomooru]

I always cry with this specific video of Mitski, it has so much feeling.

[@josephsinterlude]

literally the live emotion is soooo authentic and heartfelt.

[@janelyons8941]

low key sobbing to Mitski on Saturday morning, so raw

[@auntrobert8521]

Same here ?? ? ? :')

[@John-xz9ur]

same! well Thursday night but damn that first song

[@justmart4455]

@@John-xz9ur Thursday night!

[@moanalyssa6244]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@atlas5335]

mood

[@Bucketoriley]

her music would be great as an ending song in a movie

[@Sean-lv6fx]

Yep, I wrote a screenplay and had one of her songs in mind to come on when the credits roll.

[@ArtificialFertilizer]

Well actually she did a track for a movie soundtrack few months ago

[@verenas3536]

And beginning and ending

[@raraei]

ArtificialFertilizer what movie is it?

[@nadhiradisarosalina9706]

Ma. Eira Clara Baccay i think its the turning (2020), and the song she did is called cop car

[@kieran1183]

I feel like Mitski’s music encapsulates exactly how it feels be young, growing up, and in love.

[@Angela8779]

i've always liked Last Words of a Shooting Star but i've always been lost in the melody of the song. I talked about it again and someone commented to me thag Mitski was a lyrical genius so I checked the lyrics and cried. These past few months have been hard so this song really sits close to home. I'm just happy I can listen to her turmoil and feel what the song makes me feel but lets me breathe after and lets me recover.

[@mgpattison]

I think the dichotomy in the comment section between the people who worship this performance versus people who hate it is so fascinating. Like, it inspires a lot of emotion, that's certain at least.

[@sapphicism]

4:11 such an emotional line and then it just ends so abruptly?!?! MITSKI MY TEARS WONT CRAWL BACK INTO MY EYES

[@madelinezappala2]

fucking raw mitski, never stop.

[@corvid2910]

Class of 2013 is that feeling of being a small child, after a scarring lucid dream crawling, sobbing, to your mom’s room begging to sleep in her bed with her. Just one night, you won’t shuffle or be loud, it’ll be just one night. Please mom, I’m scared. Ill be quiet.

[@rondeanichi3633]

stop you are making me tear up

[@garbagepilebonk]

I cried

[@nobody-qc7xc]

bye i cried

[@lux____602]

Cool, crying even more now

[@donutpond]

class of 2013 is the feeling of being a teenager waking up with a nightmare but forcing yourself to stay in your own bed because you're supposed to be too old to be afraid of things anymore

[@sanjunipero5332]

She seemed so depressed here it’s so nice to see that she’s happier now in her more recent concerts

[@nathanmorris2848]

Class of 2013 is almost better than the recording. Her voice is more raw and the guitar just suits it better. It’s all really haunting

[@Mr123tubbs]

I'm going to be honest, I get chills when she screams into her guitar.

[@faithhaneul]

how does she not cry

[@giannacamposo8030]

i 😃 am 😃 sobbing 😃

[@SamChaneyProductions]

Every time I hear Class of 2013, I die a sad and painful, beautiful death and am born anew.

[@ayaduhh]

Watching this for the first time as a 13 year old girl, I felt something indescribable till this day. She’s one of my role models

[@islaradcliffe6158]

as a 16 y/o who experienced what u are experiencing right now (i discovered mitski at 13) I’m proud of u

[@Eeli2008]

In fact, the quirkiness or chaos is the key. And I mean she has released a couple of fabulous albums, not some random newcomer or what. People just tend to hate what they're not familiar with.