I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’
MITSKII guess you can say I ‘do the Twist.’ I like playful dance moves that aren’t too serious.
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Often I’ve had problems automatically bending to a lover’s will, becoming what I know they want me to be. Immediately, I learn all the music they love, listen to it, study it, instead of being like, ‘This is what I love!’
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I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there’s more people in the audience than I’m used to.
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Growing up, I never really felt like anything was my own. I moved a lot, and I never belonged anywhere.
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Oftentimes, the most important decisions I make are the ones I don’t put much thought into.
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I don’t care about making anything new. I make music to express an emotion, and if the emotion is nostalgic, so be it.
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I created this ‘ideal America.’ Finally I came to the U.S. and realised, ‘Oh, I don’t belong here, either.’
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People started calling me that, and I started being treated in a specific way.
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I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.
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Sometimes when I perform, and it’s obvious the audience is just there to party, or if I feel a wall between me and the audience, I get existential about it.
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I have my privileges, but I do feel like at every turn there is such resistance.
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My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.
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I’m so smart. I am good at doing math really quickly in my head.
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I know for a fact that I’m problematic. I shouldn’t be looked to for any kind of guidance.
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Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.
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I didn’t fit in anywhere when I grew up, but I was always American, so to survive,
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