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The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.

Mitski

I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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Any Fact Guidance Kind Know Look Problematic
I could never enter that dream. That all-American white culture is something that is inherited instead of attained.
MITSKI

Attain Country Culture Dream Enter Inherited never Something
I think growing up the way I did has made me a lot more objective, and that’s important in the process of writing and trying to look at subjective matter that way.
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Grow Important Made Matter More Objective Process Subjective Think Try Way
I feel like I’ve always wanted to live in one place and stay in one place, but I always end up choosing things that make me travel.
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Always Choose Feel Like Make One Place Stay Thing Travel Want
I can’t read in a car, because I’ll get sick. It’s almost instant.
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Almost Can Car Get Infant Read Sick
Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I’ve watched them since I was very young, and I’ve been greatly shaped by them.
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Greatly Movie Raise Shape Since Them Very Watch Young
I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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Always Anywhere Country Fit Grew Survive Up
You always want what you can’t have, and that all-American thing, from the day I was born,
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All Always Born Country Day From Have Thing Want What
I have this thing about being acknowledged and accepted by institutions.
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Accept Acknowledge Being Have Institution Thing
I remember I took a music course in junior year of high school, and some girl brought in ‘Teardrops On My Guitar,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t this song great?’ And everyone was like, ‘Who’s Taylor Swift?’ And now, every time I listen to Taylor Swift, I remember that moment.
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Brought Course High Honor Music Remember School Took Year
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
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Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
I think it’s our responsibility as artists to not only fight for our art but fight for the communities that are the reason we’re able to continue making art, especially since, in Brooklyn’s case, we as artists somehow made it ‘cool’ enough for the bigger money-making industries to start taking over.
MITSKI

Able Artist Communities Fight Our Reason Responsibility Think
Then you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m bending a lot,’ and they’re just standing there existing, and I’m bending around them. But you can’t blame them: they don’t realise it; that’s just how they already existed. It’s hard.
MITSKI

Already Balme Bend Around Exist Hard Lot Realise Start
I try to be regimented and try to stay healthy and work out and eat properly and go to sleep. And not get too caught up in the industry in my regular life, so I can save all my expression and energy for my art.
MITSKI

Eat Go Healthy Out Properly Regimented Sleep Stay Try Work
What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.
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Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token
I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
MITSKI

Anything Care Emotion Expres Make Music Nostalgic

The whole ‘grunge-girl’ comparisons certainly are the easiest to pick out, and I appreciate that music journalists are rushed.

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