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Gorgeous or ugly? Mitski’s new album is going to divide listeners
Mitski’s eighth studio album blends theatrical indie rock and Americana, exploring themes of reclusiveness, fame, and mortality with a narrative set in a dilapidated inner-city apartment.
- On February 27, 2026, Mitski released her eighth studio album Nothing’s About to Happen to Me and debuted a Jared Hogan-directed video for 'If I Leave' filmed in Tansy House.
- Drawing from Shirley Jackson, Mitski frames the album around an agoraphobic protagonist living in a decaying home, exploring solitude, death, memory and rebirth with nods to Grey Gardens.
- Produced and engineered at Patrick Hyland's home, the album uses live, in-the-room instrumentation by her 2023 touring band and blends avant-garde indie-rock with banjos, fiddles, and a horn section.
- Critics caution that the album 'won't be for everyone' and describe it as stunning yet suffocating, while promotion includes a late-night performance on February 25 and an international tour later this year with residencies in New York, Los Angeles, and Sydney.
- Turning toward theater, Mitski’s 2023 breakthrough and TikTok presence, with over 2.5 million videos, highlight her artistic ambitions beyond pop.
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American singer-songwriter Mitski described her 2012 debut album Lush as a work by “someone who simply wrote her feelings and didn’t think about how her narrative was being conveyed”. This sentiment carries through all her subsequent releases, including her macabre eighth studio album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, released today (27 February). Mitski is known for her allegorical lyrics about love and lilting vocals. Her popularity on TikTok…
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