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Mitski

Whenever I’ve tried to ingratiate myself to an existing community, I tend to give too much, to become whatever it is they want me to be. It’s something I do automatically – I’ve learnt to immediately adapt.
MITSKI

Comunity Exist Ingratiate Myself Whenever Tried
I was one of those girls people called ‘intense.’
MITSKI

Call Girl Intense One People Those Was
I guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
MITSKI

Can Dance Guess Move Playful Say Serious Too Twist
I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
MITSKI

Always Anywhere Country Fit Grew Survive Up
As a woman of color, I always have to be at 150 percent and better than everybody in the room to be considered competent.
MITSKI

Always Better Color Competent Consider Everybody Fifty Hundred Percent Room Woman
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.
MITSKI

Another Female Mukttilayer Problem Sgrink Symbol Token
All the time. I feel like I’m not taken seriously.
MITSKI

All Feel Like Seriously Taken Time
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.
MITSKI

Greatly Movie Raise Shape Since Them Very Watch Young
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
I discovered I was an Asian American when I arrived in the U.S. I didn’t identify as that before I came here.
MITSKI

Arrive Before Come Country Discover Here Identity
If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me.
MITSKI

Belong Crisis Even Found Identity Itself Place
I don’t think ‘bleak’ is a bad thing.
MITSKI

Bad Bleak Thing Think
I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
MITSKI

Every Feel Privilege Resistance Such Turn
It’s very tempting, when somebody says they like this about you, to want to do that over and over.
MITSKI

Over Say Somebody Tempting Want When You
I’ve been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.
MITSKI

Anyone Ask Assume Been Hobby Offend Strangely Time Whether
I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
MITSKI

Belong Came Country Create Either Idea Realise

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