You think you know Mitski, but you have no idea.
“We approached it as, We have this sound in mind what can we use?'”
Mitski spoke with EW about all the films, music, and moods that inspired her beguiling new sound.
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But she’s already opened up, so she doesn’t know how to close it.
At the end of the movie, she stabs herself.
Something about that film and character was very inspiring for me."
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The video is like a visual representation of what happened to the character inGone Girl.
Alfred Hitchcock
“The first Hitchcock film I saw wasPsycho.
Hitchcock’s perspective is very misogynistic.
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His films are beautiful, but he’s obsessed with blonde, beautiful, old, mysterious female characters.
We’re seeing them through his perspective, which is the male gaze.
What are they thinking when they’re alone in their room?'”
My producer Patrick Hyland was very influenced by Tomita.
He’s very good at analog engineering and working with all the machines.
In Pink in the Night,' he recorded the sound of pure electricity running through the synth.
It’s really romantic."
I was exploring that for this album: the duality that exists as a performer.
You’re in your feelings, but you’re also outside of yourself, understanding that it’s kitschy.
The soundtrack is so grandiose.
Geyser' sounds veryDuneto me.
I have no shame about liking Toto."
I wrote that song in Malaysia between tours, and I didn’t have an instrument.
Nile Rodgers' guitar tone, that’s what I want.'"
There’s not so much live music anymore in recordings it’s computer music.
I keep errors and bad vocal takes because it makes it sound more live.
I’ll re-sing choruses separately rather than cut-and-paste.
It was just the groove and tone that we wanted for Me and My Husband.'
That era of songwriting is very adult, and that’s what I pursued for this album as well.
That’s a trap that, as musicians and entertainers, we all fall into.
On Twitter, people are like, I can’t wait to cry to your album!'
I’m heartbroken, but I still have to go to work.'"
