in the only heart breaker, it feels like mitski is saying she’s the only one making mistakes bc she’s the only one putting any effort at all into the relationship. the partner can’t screw up bc he’s not doing anything in the first place

LUSH IS A LYRICAL MASTERPIECE. HONESTLY THAT ALBUM IS INSANE AND SHE WROTE MOST OF IT AT 17 YEARS OLD. Liquid Smooth, Brand New City, Real Men, Eric, Pearl Diver, Wife, and Bag of Bones are INSANE. You will cry and get angry every song. Such a great album, and incredibly underrated.

For a lot of her dance-y and 80s type songs, specifically The Only Heartbreaker, mitski said “I needed to create something that was also a pep talk… Like, it’s time, we’re going to dance through this.”

2:22 Valentine Texas 6:14 Working for the Knife 11:53 Stay Soft 18:12 Everyone 23:24 Heat Lightning 29:57 The Only Heart Breaker 35:12 Love Me More 39:02 There's nothing left here for you 43:25 Should've been me 46:41 I guess 50:03 That's Our Lamp Faves: Stay Soft, Heat Lightning, Theres Nothing Left Here for You, I guess, That's Our Lamp Overall, this album has the Mitski gems I love but I found i didn't connect to many of the songs! I also may be a bit burnt out by the similar disco sounds that were infused in some of the songs. I like 80s if it's done in a unique way. I still really enjoyed the writing on many of the songs and Mitski's voice on songs like That's our Lamp is heavenly as always! What did you think? More reactions as well as different and new content coming soon!

When she’s singing I Guess…. She’s not only singing to her ex but to us fans too.. the real album closer. That’s why we love her.

Even though 'Laurel Hell' is not my favorite Mitski album, I do find a lot of it enjoyable. The song 'There's Nothing Left For You' in particular hits me like a gut punch every time. Your interpretations of Mitski's lyrics are always so insightful and interesting. It makes me appreciate Mitski's lyricism in different ways.

You're right Heat lightning is definitely one of the strongest tracks. the music and writing gives such visceral feels and visuals. its the track that would stand the test of time

Was waiting for this! Hoping to see you react to Lush and Retired from Sad too :) But anyways, I feel as if she'll still make music, considering she's mentioned several times that "music is the only thing she knows how to do". I could see her renewing her contract possibly, signing with a new label or maybe releasing independent if not

I think working for the knife is just about most people working 9 to 5 jobs and being unable to live comfortably "i cry a the start of every movie, i guess cause i wish i was making things to" is like living an uneventful life, as a kid people are taught that living a great life comes from having an important well-paying job which i guess is half-true but most people end up in retail or something. I think the knife is a metaphor for slowly dying, or slowly losing your life.

working for the knife = anti capitalism anthem

im so happy you've reacted to this album! ive been waiting for this and am so happy its finally here (: i think that overall the album is her talking to her music career, personified into a relationship. in thats our lamp, as she says "thats where you loved me", crowd ambience plays out over her vocals. i think this is her saying that she is loved on the stage, and anywhere else she isnt. even if thats not true, she feels that way, as she does consider her music to be what she is. she says "thank you for saving me" at the end of some of her concerts, and yeah…... i think this album is about what she is and what she isnt without music

definitely check out her past work - Lush is gorgeous front to back and some of her best writing to date and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business is by far the most incredible writing of her career, i could literally write essays about the lyrics on that album

it's not her last album, just her last album with dead oceans!!! she's just changing record labels, idk who spread the rumour that she's quitting. after be the cowboy, she also wasn't gonna quit music, she just stopped touring for a while and left social media for the sake of her mental health. i haven't heard that she was contractually obligated to put out something else?? but i did read somewhere that she felt obligated by HERSELF to release the songs she wrote on laurel hell. also, she's said a lot in the past that she couldn't quit music if she wanted to, that it's what it was meant to do, but idk if that applies here. i don't think she's actually quitting, and i sure hope not.

Yes!!! I missed you 🥲 Hope you’re doing well ❤️

yes!! i ve been waiting for you to react to this masterpiece

i’ve been waiting for this!!

I’ve been waiting for this since forever! I really enjoy your analyses.

been waiting for this!! love this reaction, you look stunning

YASSSS QUEEEEN SLAY, WE'VE BEEN WAITING

heat lightning is up there with my favorite mitski songs for sure. love your interpretations as always!

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE :)))

idk… it could also be referring to a partner, but to me “I guess” feels more like a funeral to her identity as a musician and artist. “It’s been you and me since before I was me” meaning that she’s always loved music and that was the only thing she could hold onto… Without it she doesn’t know how to live; what living without music is like. A LOT of her songs feel more like an intrapersonal approach rather then inter, as you said, and this is just another case - her relationship with music. P.S. - I really really love your videos, you NEED to check out “Lush”, you’ll love it !

She made another album and I think she’ll make more she was nuts at a really low place in her life and she felt like the industry was ruining her and stressing her like in working for the knife

IM SO EXCITED U HAVE THE BEST REVIEWS!

YESS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

I been waiting for this one… TURN IT UP ‼️‼️

I love your reaction videos to mitski albums. They are great !!

i love you and your content, it's always of quality and your reviews are so in-depth. unlike others, it really doesn't seem faked or staged, i loveee you for that! ❤️❤️ always waiting for your future content :)

Thank you for covering the album! It's been so long since the other Mitski videos I was worried you forgot about it but then I remember that you ALWAYS cover the albums in your comments lol. ALSO, when this album initially came out, there was a lot of discussion on whether or not "That's Our Lamp" is about an actual relationship between two people or Mitski's relationship with her fans. It's kind of known how Mitski fans (specifically younger people) are kind of 'weird' about Mitski, in a way that's like an insane amount of idolization that makes its way into not seeing Mitski as an actual human anymore. I kind of feel like Mitksi sacrifices her mental health to create content for her audience, which can ultimately let other people express themselves better. In the song, she says "You just don't like me, not like you used to", which can be interpreted as her knowing the difference in how her fans perceived her before her reach was so wide. Also [the next idea is not mine], when Mitski talks about being "in the room" it could be a metaphor for a place of comfort for her audience which is her emotionally raw music is "where you'll be waiting for me" and "that's where you loved me". But at the end of the song, she doesn't go into the room. She is just viewing it from a distance. As much as I love Mitski's music and the way she articulates her life, as well as ideas about people and relationships in general, I really hope she doesn't force herself to release music, or at least take a well-deserved hiatus.

love this!

I've been waiting for this since the last mitski vid

I hope you react to Mitski’s debut and second album one day! The lyrics and overall feel are very poetic and I feel like your analysis would be perfect.

You are becoming my favourite music reviewer

43:25 I think that should’ve been me is more about a relationship where her partner cheated on her. But she understands why and that’s why she feels like she’s failed and that’s the chorus “I’m sorry it should’ve been me” Re listen to it with those ideas in mind and you’ll see how sad and deep it truly is. One of my favorite songs on the album

You look gorgeous, love the video

PLEASE DO LUSH SOON ITS SO AMAZING I THINK YOURE GONNA LOVE IT SO MUCH!!

This album is so unique so beautiful so great! I absolutely love this one

initially i battled with the persona of this record, i sense she's revealing her struggle through her quarter-life crisis and the different avenues of vulnerability (self love, relationships, love for the earth itself) seeing "the only heartbreaker" being on president Obama's yearly playlist granted more excitement before the release. this feels like a compilation of time capsule ballads from another black hole

I hope she doesn’t quit she saved my life

EVERYONE IS SO GOODDDDD

I always thought that heat lightning was about insomnia. You stay in bed see the light coming from underneath your door and theres nothing you can do. Its just you and your thoughts trapped in bed until the morning comes. So, you surrender

AHHH so happy to see you back! [please give pang by Caroline polachek a go! It’s a phenomenal album

I love these videos!! If you can you should definitely listen to lush, or Retired from a Sad, new career in Business. Those two are probably my favourites:))

I love love love there’s nothing left for you and I guess. When I play I guess I feel like I’m inside a black cube and the end is about to happen to me. Btw on the land is inhospitable… she says something like “Don’t take this job from me” so in Mitski we trust

i think what the working for the knife part means is that her label doesnt let her have complete authority with her music and art like they don't let mitski have a certain way with her works like not letting her release them or making her change thins about herself and art in extension and mitski doesnt like that

loved the vid omgg, could you please also react to mitski’s lush album, it’s a lyrical masterpiece and i would love to hear your on it!!

Would love to see you react to Lucy Dacus!!

REACT TO LUSH TOO ITS HER FIRST ALBUM

Yesss, i was waiting for you to react to this. I hope you react to Lush im so excited.

AHHHHHH OH MY GOD BABES I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE❤️ i don't think this is her last album but i do think it'll be a while before. i guess sounds like an adieu to music tho so idek._. love your videos! keep up the good work! edit: imo stay soft is about an abusive relationship and mitski's using that as a metaphor for her relationship with music.

GOD BLESS

PLEASE REACT TO "LUSH" AND "RETIRED FROM SAD, NEW CAREER IN BUSINESS". I LOVE UR ANALYSIS AND THESE ALBUMS ARE MY FAVOURITES

About the heat lighting thing… I came up with this theory: usually what really scares us ( = makes us feel something strong) about a lighting is the sound, it catches us off guard and it can be pretty strong, while seeing it without sound is not as impactive. So I don’t really know what this might lead us to in the end, but…

I think I read this somewhere before but stay soft (imo) is an exploration of hypersexuality and being a women. Women are expected to "stay soft" and stay innocent, until they're not anymore. Then they're viewed as tainted, dirty, and hardened up. Alot of traumatized women in media are presented as hypersexual (which is a unhealthy coping mechanism caused by trauma). The lyrics "open up your heart, like the gates of hell" is basically saying you'll need to vulnerable and it'll feel like hell, but it'll be worth it- ie you need to find yourself and not base your identity around trauma. Also in the music video, mitski is seem being taken advantage of during a vulnerable moment by monsters with blonde hair and blue eyes, so there can possibly be a race metaphor there

Valentine Texas is apparently about her leaving a concert and she was in valentine Texas and she saw huge clouds and her first dust devil idk what was start is referring to

YESSSS

my fav is the only heartbreaker, it’s the best song in this album, personally

personally i don't think she'll set out a new album after this, I feel like with most of these songs and music videos tie all of her songs together neatly, it feels like an end album

What’s everyone’s favorite mitski albums ranked ? 1-Puberty 2 2-Burry me at make out creek 3-Be the cowboy 4-Lush 5-RFSNCIB

im crying this is so sad

What’s everyone’s favorite mitski albums ranked ? 1-Puberty 2 2-Burry me at make out creek 3-Be the cowboy 4-Lush 5-RFSNCIB (It pains me to put Lush so low on this list 😭)

definitely analize OK Computer by radiohead. lyrically deep and instrumentally unique and amazing

You should do fourth of july by sufjan steven!!

U should react to the phantoms revenge

Pretty sure mitski herself said that it should’ve been me is a more sympathetic look at someone who cheated on her which really makes sense when u listen to it again

Please react to lush or puberty 2 in my opinion they are the best albums

u should react to aldous harding (::

i think this is lyrically her weakest (but like she's mitski so it's still good) but it's personally still one of my favs along with puberty 2 and retired from sad. i think you'll love her first 2 projects, retired from sad especially. also, i honestly thought this album was not for me but i just kept listening and i just fell in love with it. working for the knife, love me more, should've been me, heat lightning, valentine texas, and that's our lamp are my favs.

Random, but "Stay Soft" made me think of "U-fig" from system of a down.... Because of beaten and eaten

i need lush and retired from sad pleaase

I share the same sediment about how this album sonically is very lacking, especially the whole 80’s vibe and instrumentation she tries to execute. It doesn’t feel like she truly knows what to make each song sound like, especially when they sound very bland (everyone, I guess, love me more to name a few) it doesn’t really have that Mitski sound,. And it’s not the 80’s vibe itself that makes it not sound like Mitski, Mitski has had a pretty varied catalogue of songs that range from punk, orchestral, piano ballads, indie pop etc. It’s just this 80’s sound has a lot left to be desired

you should really listen to Joanna Newsom, great songwriter.

I think that was her weakest lyrical project, there wasn't much depth to the songwriting in comparison to her previous records... I can't wait for you to record a Lush/Retired from Sad reaction video if you haven't listened to them yet, since some of her best songs come from these albums. Loved your video and the insights, Sher! I hope you're doing well. 🥰

mitski new album flopped

❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 you just made my night