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I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.

Mitski

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 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 think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I’m from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.
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Around Form Identity Know Think Whole
I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.
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Brain Control Entered Growth Influence Kid Out Thing Think
I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
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Anyone Ask Assume Been Hobby Offend Strangely Time Whether
I hate that my opinions are gonna be on record… that my opinions of other artists are going to be on record.
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Artist Gonna Hate Opinion Other Record
I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.
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Alone Happiness Maintain Obsessed Think Try
Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they’re still musicians, and they’re still making art.
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Artist Hard Indie might Musician Pop Rally Same Thing 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 want to be a musician’s musician. I want to be an everyone’s musician.
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Everyone Musical Musician Want
People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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Being Call People Specific Start Treat Way
When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to… I finally feel like myself.
MITSKI

Feel Finally Like Myself Onstage Perform Want Way
As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
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Always Better Color Competent Consider Everybody Fifty Hundred Percent Room Woman
I’m punk, but I love gold.
MITSKI

Gold Punk Love
I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.
MITSKI

Abroad Communities Insular International Life Love Most
I tend to not want to do that anymore. It’s not even that I don’t like it anymore: it’s that I keep trying to find ways for people to dislike me.
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Anymore Dislike Even Keep Me People Tend Try Way

I lived abroad most of my life in insular international communities.

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