Mitski

Also known as Mitski Miyawaki, Mitsuki Laycock, Mitsuki Miyawaki

Mitsuki Laycock (born September 27, 1990), also known as Mitski Miyawaki, and known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013), while studying composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. Her third studio album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, was released in 2014 on the label Double Double Whammy.

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Mitsuki Laycock Miyawaki, known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer, composer, and musician born in Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. She holds United States citizenship and resides in Nashville. Her musical career began in 2012, and she has been associated with record labels including Dead Oceans and Don Giovanni Records. Mitski plays the piano, guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit, and she speaks English.

Her work spans genres such as indie rock, punk rock, folk rock, folk punk, and alternative rock. Notable albums in her discography include *Bury Me at Makeout Creek*, *Puberty 2*, *Be the Cowboy*, and *Lush*. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mitski was educated at the State University of New York at Purchase.

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Mitsuki Miyawaki (born Mitsuki Laycock; September 27, 1990), known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012) and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business(2013) while studying studio composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. The albums were initially made as her senior project. Her third studio album, Bury Me at…

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Mitski: The Land — Self2025
Sitting — Our Heroine2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
Later... with Jools Holland — Self - Performer1992
Austin City Limits — Self1975
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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States
Active from: 1990

2010s2020salternativealternative rockalternative singer/songwriteralternative/indie rock

Discography

LUSH2012
Retired from Sad, New Career in Business2013
bury me at makeout creek2014
first love / late spring2014
I Don’t Smoke2014
I Will2014
Townie2014
Audiotree Live2015
Daytrotter Studio 4/29/20152015
Folkadelphia Session 4/26/20152015

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Listeners: 3,312,703
Total plays: 676,609,317

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Musical artist.caption: Mitski performing in 2023
Musical artist.birth_name: Mitsuki Laycock
Musical artist.alias: Mitski Miyawaki
Musical artist.birth_place: Mie Prefecture, Japan
Musical artist.years_active: 2012–present
Musical artist.origin: New York City, U.S.
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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Mie Prefecture
Occupation: singer
Languages spoken: English language
Notable work: The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Genre: J-pop
Instrument: bass guitar
Record label: Don Giovanni Records
Official website: mitski.com
Image: MitskiUnionChap111023 (13 of 30) (53252051563) (cropped).jpg
Residence: Nashville

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date of birth: 1990-09-27
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Commons category: Mitski
start of work period: 2012-00-00
social media followers: 440932
birth name: Mitsuki Laycock Miyawaki
hashtag: mitski
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song
topic's main category: Category:Mitski

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Contents

Early life
Career
2012–2017: Student albums, ''Bury Me at Makeout Creek'' and ''Puberty 2''
2018–2022: ''Be the Cowboy'' and ''Laurel Hell''
2023–2025: ''The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We''
2026–present: ''Nothing's About to Happen to Me''
Musical style
Public image
Views on the music industry
Views on her fanbase
Personal life
Backing band
Discography
Awards and nominations
References
Further reading
External links

Mitski signed with Dead Oceans in 2015 and released Puberty 2 (2016), Be the Cowboy (2018), and Laurel Hell (2022), the last of which made the top ten in several countries. In 2022, The Guardian dubbed her the "best young songwriter" in the United States of America. That same year, she co-composed "This Is a Life" with Son Lux for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Her seventh studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, was released in 2023. The album's third single, "My Love Mine All Mine", became Mitski's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Her eighth studio album, titled ''Nothing's About to Happen to Me'', was released on February 27, 2026.

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