Mitski

Profile Overview

Mitski Miyawaki (born Mitsuki Laycock; September 27, 1990), known professionally as Mitski, is an American musician and 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.
In 2015, Mitski signed with Dead Oceans 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 US. 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. Its single "My Love Mine All Mine" was Mitski's first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Her eighth studio album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, was released on February 27, 2026.