Mitski: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубліковано 30 сер 2015
  • August 31, 2015by BOB BOILEN
    Watching Mitski perform at my desk, there are moments when I was worried for her. In her opening song, "Townie," the boys "are driving and they'll be drinking" - and a verse later, Mitski sings of love in ways that feel vengeful, not fruitful.
    And I want a love that falls as fast
    As a body from the balcony, and
    I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground
    I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat
    Though I don't know what I'm waiting for
    I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be
    Moments later, she holds her guitar high with her mouth close to the pickup, which acts like a microphone as she screams to her mother for help:
    Mom, would you wash my back?
    This once, and then we can forget
    And I'll leave what I'm chasing
    For the other girls to pursue
    Mom, am I still young?
    Can I dream for a few months more?
    Then, she closes with a song of dying in the hope of leaving a tidy room and being well-regarded when they come get her things. If it all sounds depressing, it is, but the glimmer of beauty comes in her smile and laugh at the end of her set. It's part nerves, part angst, and it all makes for a heartfelt performance sans filters: That's why Mitski Miyawaki is such an incredible performer. At night, at a club with the lights down and drinks in hand, it can be more pensive for all - more thought-provoking. But here in an office, the starkness somehow makes her music even scarier.
    Set List
    "Townie"
    "Class Of 2013"
    "Last Words Of A Shooting Star"
    Credits
    Producers: Bob Boilen, Morgan Walker; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Walker, Lani Milton; Assistant Producer: Elena Saavedra Buckley; photo by Lydia Thompson/NPR

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  • @retroTiko
    @retroTiko 5 років тому +22516

    ok but how can she sing without crying

    • @_anhedonia
      @_anhedonia 4 роки тому +1373

      Tiko ikr i cannot listen to class of 2013 without bawling my eyes out let alone sing it

    • @teapeaa
      @teapeaa 4 роки тому +1096

      Im sure she cried so many times writing her music and singing it to herself over and over in her privacy

    • @reece2217
      @reece2217 4 роки тому +410

      Daniela class of 2013 is so raw that it makes me want to cry till i have no tears left l

    • @cpretzel2558
      @cpretzel2558 4 роки тому +460

      I saw the bury me at makeout creek tour years ago and she cried on stage when she closed with last words of a shooting star. You could of heard a pin hit the ground in that moment. Everyone in the room was shook and holding back tears too.

    • @bobsbigboy_
      @bobsbigboy_ 4 роки тому +7

      Cuz it aint that deep. Songs are mid

  • @leothelion6245
    @leothelion6245 5 років тому +9408

    When she was yelling into that guitar.........she gets it

    • @fionagallagherapologist5968
      @fionagallagherapologist5968 3 роки тому +62

      yeah 🧎🏽‍♀️

    • @brain0068
      @brain0068 3 роки тому +121

      I think she the very few who do get it but she GETS it yknow?

    • @RossyR0ss
      @RossyR0ss 3 роки тому +12

      Replying incase this comment gets 500+ replys

    • @leothelion6245
      @leothelion6245 3 роки тому +28

      ANYWAYS thanks for the likes please send me money

    • @louisaamabel708
      @louisaamabel708 3 роки тому +1

      🧎 🧎‍♂️

  • @tiredb973
    @tiredb973 2 роки тому +9997

    i’m so glad mitski invented the whole world she’s so considerate

  • @maggie5807
    @maggie5807 2 роки тому +2151

    When I was 18 I laid in bed and listened to this and cried so hard because I hated myself and everything so much. I’m 24 now and life is beautiful.

  • @lesbiasian
    @lesbiasian 3 роки тому +25237

    my favorite quote of hers: "i've gotten a lot of complaints saying that I can't play guitar, and it's true, i'm a keyboardist. but I do this because for a lot of girls it's kind of scary to try to start playing guitar cause you feel like you immediately won't be good enough. so I'm telling you right now, I can't play guitar and I'm playing guitar on stage. you can just start where you can."

    • @eloisemae1325
      @eloisemae1325 3 роки тому +570

      Awwwww I’m thirteen and i got a really cool electric guitar and a really great amp for Christmas and I’ve signed up for online classes and it is scaerryyyuy and my fingers hurt T-T but practice makes progress and I’ll get better with timee 💕 🎸 🎶

    • @angelbabe1287
      @angelbabe1287 3 роки тому +51

      @@eloisemae1325 me too but i have a lot getting in my way

    • @barryscanlon3575
      @barryscanlon3575 3 роки тому +193

      @@eloisemae1325 if you want to be good, you will be good in the future. Be patient and devoted, and try not to compare yourself to others. Instead compare yourself to you in the past, and you'll realise how much progress you're making. Good luck!

    • @bashmeesh
      @bashmeesh 3 роки тому +5

      Love!!!!

    • @eloisemae1325
      @eloisemae1325 3 роки тому +10

      @@barryscanlon3575 AAA- thanks your so nice ʕ•̫͡•ʕ•̫͡•ʔ•̫͡•ʔ

  • @kaylapagan8451
    @kaylapagan8451 3 роки тому +17407

    her control is crazy. She can even control.. when she chooses not to control her voice ?

    • @ImmaBrainGremlin
      @ImmaBrainGremlin 3 роки тому +1102

      The "lack of control" is an illusion created by skill.

    • @adhesiveghost2834
      @adhesiveghost2834 3 роки тому +555

      i think it’s a stylistic choice to show vulnerability but i could be wrong

    • @Hannah-nh5qj
      @Hannah-nh5qj 3 роки тому +150

      She reminds me of Fiona Apple or Janis Joplin.

    • @vdoza33
      @vdoza33 3 роки тому +8

      @@Hannah-nh5qj or like a bootleg angel olson

    • @Hannah-nh5qj
      @Hannah-nh5qj 3 роки тому +176

      @@vdoza33 Idk who Angel Olsen is, but I’m not comparing artists as an insult like you’re trying to- I’m pointing out vocal similarities between other great artists and the one I’m listening to.

  • @eleanor7024
    @eleanor7024 3 роки тому +1103

    It’s like she’s playing alone in her room, except we’re all watching her. Such an intimate and vulnerable performance. thank you mitski

  • @feryourmomslover4412
    @feryourmomslover4412 3 роки тому +8864

    Townie: daddy issues
    Class of 2013: mommy issues
    Last words of a shooting star: issues

  • @muppetfriend
    @muppetfriend 3 роки тому +25178

    i love mitski, she makes me feel like an inside out sock

    • @j.o.g.j
      @j.o.g.j 3 роки тому +504

      This is very well put

    • @ilikefrogs5548
      @ilikefrogs5548 3 роки тому +346

      why does this make so much sense

    • @oksanarose6879
      @oksanarose6879 3 роки тому +174

      this is the funniest comment i’ve ever read in my life bless you

    • @mesajenniges1876
      @mesajenniges1876 3 роки тому +115

      no youve got a point

    • @idedimi
      @idedimi 3 роки тому +86

      thank you so much for articulating this experience

  • @cherryaleex
    @cherryaleex 3 роки тому +4133

    Yes I Have Mommy Issues

    • @mercedesinfantee3566
      @mercedesinfantee3566 3 роки тому +62

      same my mom told me she hated me not that long ago😕

    • @aylsa
      @aylsa 3 роки тому +37

      @@mercedesinfantee3566 i'm so sorry.

    • @alena3464
      @alena3464 3 роки тому +9

      ayo same 🥶

    • @leuvenfra
      @leuvenfra 3 роки тому +16

      i love all of you🥺

    • @cara9511
      @cara9511 3 роки тому +10

      @@mercedesinfantee3566 tell her you hate her back even if you dont

  • @linss626
    @linss626 3 роки тому +681

    we all have unresolved childhood trauma but we all thought why get a therapist when you can watch mitski scream into a guitar

  • @theblacksheep2374
    @theblacksheep2374 5 місяців тому +148

    Im so happy mitski invented teenage years

    • @crownde
      @crownde 5 місяців тому +9

      I'm so happy she invented years

  • @Beabadoobee
    @Beabadoobee 5 років тому +16657

    I think I’m in love

  • @judyelkadi
    @judyelkadi 3 роки тому +10483

    WHY ARE YOU GUYS SKIPPING STRAIGHT AHEAD TO CLASS OF 2013??!! I WILL NOT TOLERATE THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS TOWNIE.

  • @eli7465
    @eli7465 2 роки тому +567

    I can't believe mitski invented 2013! She's so powerful 😍

    • @wonderhoy9049
      @wonderhoy9049 2 роки тому +9

      Ikr🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍

    • @zombies.in.space.
      @zombies.in.space. 6 місяців тому +5

      the fact that she invented the year 2013 and then every year before and after is just so heartwarming. truly an inspiration

  • @macncheeselvr
    @macncheeselvr 2 роки тому +354

    I wish mitski was never embarrassed about this tiny desk concert vid, she’s amazing and so powerful in here it’s mind blowing.

    • @evee4365
      @evee4365 9 місяців тому +21

      how was she embarassed?

    • @milsdiary
      @milsdiary 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@evee4365her appearance, at least I think that's why.

  • @tarynnago8205
    @tarynnago8205 4 роки тому +8878

    i burst into tears at "can i dream for a few months more?"

    • @indubitablyzara
      @indubitablyzara 4 роки тому +253

      it's "I'll leave what I'm chasing for the other girls to pursue" that always gets me (but the whole thing, really)

    • @cereal_21
      @cereal_21 3 роки тому +14

      literally same

    • @theindependent-official5884
      @theindependent-official5884 3 роки тому +207

      idk about you, but i lose it at "mom"

    • @sentimentalgeek_
      @sentimentalgeek_ 3 роки тому +109

      the raw scream of mom gets me each and every time

    • @lizzy4300
      @lizzy4300 3 роки тому +5

      @@sentimentalgeek_ Same😢

  • @fionagallagherapologist5968
    @fionagallagherapologist5968 3 роки тому +6523

    "mom, im tired" *instant tears*

    • @Yvesening
      @Yvesening 2 роки тому

      Yep🥲

    • @om0_o
      @om0_o Рік тому +148

      "can i dream for a few months more" screaming, crying, throwing up

    • @isabelle9812
      @isabelle9812 Рік тому +66

      @@om0_o shitting, vomiting, bleeding, screeching, howling, foaming from mouth

    • @om0_o
      @om0_o Рік тому +22

      @@isabelle9812 ok, calm down

    • @isabelle9812
      @isabelle9812 Рік тому +9

      ​@@om0_o real

  • @jhonestebanramirezquintana8918
    @jhonestebanramirezquintana8918 6 місяців тому +90

    I think she deserves a new performance here

  • @lovehrz
    @lovehrz 2 роки тому +323

    i think mitski's music can be described in one word as raw. it's not for people who like polished sounds. mitski's music is meant to be a knife to the gut, a punch to the eye. it's meant to make u feel the pain, & also to make u embrace it as a part of u.

    • @bushman6964
      @bushman6964 2 роки тому +4

      It sure gives me pain, in my ears

    • @biggaylol5438
      @biggaylol5438 2 роки тому +1

      @@bushman6964 im gonna get rid of ur ears coward

  • @antonmedina7591
    @antonmedina7591 3 роки тому +6200

    this is not an npr video this is therapy

  • @finn8762
    @finn8762 5 років тому +7235

    the raw almost uncomfortable sounds of the first two songs are soothed SO DEEPLY by the last. she knows exactly what she's doing and it's incredible

    • @micky_knuckles
      @micky_knuckles 4 роки тому +27

      This.

    • @rodietodie
      @rodietodie 4 роки тому +1

      finn ! Yes!

    • @potato.pancake
      @potato.pancake 4 роки тому +221

      people don’t understand that she intentionally does this!!! they say she sounds terrible but it’s art honey (she sounds incredible anyway; she’s literally mitski)

    • @dominospikza
      @dominospikza 3 роки тому +61

      finn ! she’s an amazing performer. all of her artistic endeavors are so calculated and intentional. i love her for it

    • @spitgorge2021
      @spitgorge2021 3 роки тому +23

      @Cosmin Eduard ok cosmin eduard

  • @catemiller2161
    @catemiller2161 3 роки тому +105

    Sometimes you don’t want a solution, you just want to be angry and upset and take your time resolving those feelings by yourself. Screaming along to this session in my car at work on my lunch really helped me today.

  • @azmxivq
    @azmxivq 3 роки тому +1380

    since no one did it,
    0:00 - Townie
    2:32 - Class Of 2013
    4:39 - Last Words Of A Shooting Star
    thank me later.

  • @grantboyer3529
    @grantboyer3529 4 роки тому +10626

    the control of the shakiness in her voice reminds me of johnny cash but with teenage angst i’m all here for it.

    • @burntforest633
      @burntforest633 3 роки тому +71

      @@OctopusWhoSeesAll that's not vibrato, more of a tremolo.

    • @bashmeesh
      @bashmeesh 3 роки тому +36

      Yes Johnny Cash, I was trying to think of what that reminded me of

    • @nasjordan2598
      @nasjordan2598 2 роки тому +6

      @@bashmeesh huh....reminds me kind of dolores O'riordan

    • @phroad317
      @phroad317 2 роки тому +5

      johnny cash uses vibrato what she does is weird and i personally think it sound like a teenage boy going through puberty

    • @zazz1103
      @zazz1103 2 роки тому +18

      @@phroad317 almost like its a song about puberty

  • @andiem8575
    @andiem8575 4 роки тому +23514

    Mitski with exposed acne scream singing into her guitar has been constantly in my head since I saw this years ago and tbh it’s why I get up every day the raw energy in this is so powerful

    • @veronicaryder7553
      @veronicaryder7553 3 роки тому +360

      honestly same, came back to this video again and I don't know how to stop feeling

    • @eloisemae1325
      @eloisemae1325 3 роки тому +257

      She’s so beautiful ♥️

    • @HectorNazarioFiammE
      @HectorNazarioFiammE 3 роки тому +128

      this performance keeps me alive, often.

    • @wesleycarson9254
      @wesleycarson9254 2 роки тому +223

      38 year old man here and this gave me that anything is possible mysterious, depressed feeling of my late teens again. I haven't felt that in a long time. Thank you mitski. Inspiring

    • @stargirl2094
      @stargirl2094 2 роки тому +159

      @@NoName-fo7mz learn empathy

  • @mirimelissa7343
    @mirimelissa7343 2 роки тому +147

    The way she unapologetically shows up with her raw emotions and intensity throughout the whole thing. The way she dares to break open and wear her wounds like diamonds, so proudly. Nothing inspires me more and there's nothing i admire more than that about her.

  • @caitlinistired1050
    @caitlinistired1050 3 роки тому +47

    I love how she always goes “… thenx :)”

  • @feryourmomslover4412
    @feryourmomslover4412 3 роки тому +10629

    Therapy is very expensive, Mitski’s music is free

    • @rain-cb3ze
      @rain-cb3ze 3 роки тому +3

      Trye

    • @washingmachine2
      @washingmachine2 3 роки тому +71

      no, we need help

    • @feryourmomslover4412
      @feryourmomslover4412 3 роки тому +52

      @@washingmachine2 yes bug we are also ✨broke✨☺️💅

    • @j.o.g.j
      @j.o.g.j 2 роки тому +18

      The catra pfp and this comment is kinda worrying

    • @lia928
      @lia928 2 роки тому +14

      CATRA PFP AND MITSKI I WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND

  • @andie4464
    @andie4464 3 роки тому +2652

    dear me in the future when you come back to this video again, i hope you’re okay.

    • @maryam4259
      @maryam4259 3 роки тому +15

      are you okay

    • @boosouls
      @boosouls 3 роки тому +7

      are you okay?

    • @andie4464
      @andie4464 3 роки тому +93

      no lol

    • @LuluguimaS2
      @LuluguimaS2 3 роки тому +3

      I’m wishing the same for me

    • @kristinepinlac2796
      @kristinepinlac2796 3 роки тому +14

      I hope you'll be okay now and always. And for the times that you don't, that's okay too. I hope that you've found the strength to be happier. There's nothing wrong with you then and there's especially nothing wrong with you now. There is no one right way to live and life isn't a race so make whatever you will out of your life, just know that you don't have to live it alone. You deserve the world and I love you

  • @Topfington
    @Topfington 2 роки тому +80

    Her music is so personal to her. And yet I can feel that hollowness of what she was feeling at the time

  • @bug6235
    @bug6235 2 роки тому +71

    3:35 literally crying and shaking and throwing up and bangnig my head against a wwall I LOVE HER SO FUCKNIG MUCH

  • @tubingtubing1
    @tubingtubing1 6 років тому +8458

    Oh my dear. Her music is like a punch from my 15-year-old self and a hug from my 34-year-old self in return. I love messy beautiful girlhood!

    • @vickisigh2674
      @vickisigh2674 5 років тому +103

      omg you described it so perfectly....

    • @justmart4455
      @justmart4455 5 років тому +11

      @@vickisigh2674 word

    • @alohaworld
      @alohaworld 4 роки тому +14

      A beautiful sentiment

    • @kozhikkaalan
      @kozhikkaalan 4 роки тому +41

      the fuck? how did you capture it so perfectly

    • @son2425
      @son2425 4 роки тому +4

      Lol I love this!

  • @ttt8527
    @ttt8527 6 років тому +5828

    mitski's music makes me want to burn a house down in slow motion

    • @RaRa-vf3zx
      @RaRa-vf3zx 5 років тому +4

      I’m sorry what?

    • @mill8722
      @mill8722 5 років тому +1

      THIS😍

    • @johnr8820
      @johnr8820 4 роки тому +3

      What the frick is wrong with you

    • @alegria1813
      @alegria1813 4 роки тому +1

      In slowmo

    • @jakemachineuwu
      @jakemachineuwu 3 роки тому +4

      i cant tell if thats a good thing or a bad thing but okay

  • @izzycoronado7147
    @izzycoronado7147 3 роки тому +23

    here bc of that one Reductress headline "Therapist Unknowingly in Constant Competition with Mitski’s Tiny Desk Concert"

  • @Hungergameslover1312
    @Hungergameslover1312 3 роки тому +61

    I am so desperately longing for the day where hearing "Class of 2013" won't have the power to make me break out into tears

  • @hannahweedon9336
    @hannahweedon9336 6 років тому +7763

    Mistki made me feel confident in my own skin. You can write using simple chord progressions, you can have acne, you can be a singer, you can be all the things

    • @alessandrafunaro9829
      @alessandrafunaro9829 5 років тому +65

      Hannah Weedon i really needed to read this thank u so much

    • @alien_from_andromeda
      @alien_from_andromeda 5 років тому +18

      Hannah Weedon RIGHT! She’s amazing

    • @holamamelo2514
      @holamamelo2514 4 роки тому +33

      you can be mediocre and still be famous it's what you're trying to say

    • @muribs8137
      @muribs8137 4 роки тому +331

      @@holamamelo2514 and you can avoid being a total asshole

    • @markengelbert30
      @markengelbert30 4 роки тому +24

      @@holamamelo2514 and what you get with complex music if nobody listen it?

  • @jessicaspurrell_
    @jessicaspurrell_ 3 роки тому +6016

    “she didn’t sing the last note right in class of 2013 its out of tune” no hunny. She just didn’t resolve the chord and ended it on major seventh it’s called dissonance

  • @kieran1183
    @kieran1183 2 роки тому +40

    I feel like Mitski’s music encapsulates exactly how it feels be young, growing up, and in love.

  • @hihellohowareyoutoday
    @hihellohowareyoutoday 2 роки тому +118

    Last words of a shooting star is perhaps the most beautifully written and heartbreaking song I’ve ever heard (though class of 2013 is a close second)

  • @monicasanto77
    @monicasanto77 5 років тому +2849

    “looking like a big pulsing void and radiating pain”

  • @oforlikelalune1506
    @oforlikelalune1506 5 років тому +4182

    0:02 Townie
    2:17 Class of 2013
    3:33 (SHE DOES THE THING WITH THE GUITAR)
    4:33 Last Words of a Shooting Star

    • @jackson-zo8pt
      @jackson-zo8pt 5 років тому +345

      THANK YOU for the guitar timestamp, i love when she screams during class of 2013

    • @nopalito6424
      @nopalito6424 4 роки тому +164

      We are ALL here for the screams

    • @sophiam4980
      @sophiam4980 3 роки тому +58

      TOWNIE WAS SO GOOD

    • @elyssepolice
      @elyssepolice 3 роки тому +12

      Thank you

    • @eva.b5354
      @eva.b5354 3 роки тому +10

      @@sophiam4980 IT WAS IMPECCABLE AH

  • @easong2148
    @easong2148 5 місяців тому +18

    I'm a 67 year old white guy. Mitski is the most radical thing I've heard in about 20 years. Simply awesome.

  • @sapphicism
    @sapphicism 2 роки тому +52

    4:11 such an emotional line and then it just ends so abruptly?!?! MITSKI MY TEARS WONT CRAWL BACK INTO MY EYES

  • @KiddingProductions
    @KiddingProductions 7 років тому +2976

    she absolutely blew me away when she started screaming into the guitar. went through so many emotions in these 8 minutes.

  • @PragmaticOptimist
    @PragmaticOptimist 5 років тому +2933

    06:01: "and you'd say you love me and look in my eyes but I know through mine you were looking in yours"
    ...speechless

    • @rubyreduxx
      @rubyreduxx 4 роки тому +35

      optimistic nihilist ouch... mah heart

    • @jamesgrandjean6138
      @jamesgrandjean6138 4 роки тому +81

      Last Words is such a great song. One of my favs of hers

    • @SunjayVideos
      @SunjayVideos 4 роки тому +77

      i can't believe how Mitski invented breaking eye contact

    • @ajhia9522
      @ajhia9522 3 роки тому +22

      she’s literally a lyrical genius

    • @loganmohler737
      @loganmohler737 3 роки тому

      Powerful

  • @nin_.444
    @nin_.444 6 місяців тому +23

    she literally plays my three favorite songs by her in order in this I'm the chosen one guys

  • @Yara-ov1ii
    @Yara-ov1ii 3 роки тому +35

    yes bestie scream at that guitar😌

  • @zosia2030
    @zosia2030 3 роки тому +3133

    My day be so fine but then boom. Class of 2013 by mitski. Sobbing rn

    • @Loh24158
      @Loh24158 3 роки тому +9

      Me rn

    • @angelicacarnis
      @angelicacarnis 3 роки тому +11

      me being an entrapta kinnie with mommy issues and seeing this comment

    • @una9906
      @una9906 2 роки тому +3

      something about your mista pfp really completes the comment, thank you

    • @zosia2030
      @zosia2030 2 роки тому +3

      @@una9906 I thank you 😳

    • @thisishalloween5589
      @thisishalloween5589 Рік тому

      Same the mommy issues hit hard lol

  • @Vampyre_Brat
    @Vampyre_Brat 8 років тому +719

    class of 2013 is the rawest shit i've ever seen

  • @faithhaneul
    @faithhaneul Рік тому +17

    how does she not cry

  • @mary-pf1tu
    @mary-pf1tu 3 роки тому +69

    she tells me its okay to be at war with everything around me and even myself but at the same time she recognizes that deep down i crave peace and acceptance

  • @cartoondeathnoises8756
    @cartoondeathnoises8756 4 роки тому +5307

    I see a lot of comments about how bad her bass skills are but like...her music is mostly about the lyricism and emotion and poetry, so I honestly think it would take away from the raw emotion in her songs if she were to play anything more than the simple chords and riffs that she does play. But, it's all subjective, you can think whatever you want about her songs, I just wanted to put in my two cents.

    • @raemiller6035
      @raemiller6035 3 роки тому +47

      I feel that way about The White Stripes, too!

    • @lennardvaarten7791
      @lennardvaarten7791 3 роки тому +146

      Bass? She didn't play bass here?

    • @leuvenfra
      @leuvenfra 3 роки тому +160

      that's a funny looking bass for sure

    • @avileo
      @avileo 2 роки тому +125

      it's bcs she said in an interview her instruments are simply to accompany her. when making a new song, she'll focus on the melody first, so that anyone can sing it even when there's nothing to accompany them

    • @marcbaigrie2295
      @marcbaigrie2295 2 роки тому +6

      That's a guitar

  • @marg3685
    @marg3685 4 роки тому +1475

    Her voice sounds like she's yelling really quiet it's so good her lyrics are beautiful

    • @illeanaestrada4903
      @illeanaestrada4903 3 роки тому +3

      ur user 💀💀 but yes

    • @777Contradi
      @777Contradi 2 роки тому

      @@illeanaestrada4903 and what's wrong with it 💀

    • @Sasha-jo4tw
      @Sasha-jo4tw 2 роки тому +4

      @@777Contradi it was probably something different a year ago

  • @aria6725
    @aria6725 2 роки тому +61

    shes the prettiest person ever

  • @mortal_meatbag
    @mortal_meatbag 2 роки тому +15

    she walks the line between delicate and devastating so gracefully. mitski forever

  • @Honeyapplepear
    @Honeyapplepear 4 роки тому +6199

    I feel like this was so intimate, like it’s just her in a room without an audience or cameras. She’s just playing for herself and it’s so awesome.

    • @Vann-jn3jc
      @Vann-jn3jc 2 роки тому +7

      Completely agree.

    • @teetoo6669
      @teetoo6669 2 роки тому +42

      ...there is a camera tho

    • @badappple
      @badappple 2 роки тому +28

      there is an audience too?

    • @Honeyapplepear
      @Honeyapplepear 2 роки тому

      @@badappple 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @badappple
      @badappple 2 роки тому

      @@Honeyapplepear whats up

  • @WoodlandT
    @WoodlandT 7 років тому +3036

    This is the first I'm seeing of Mitski. I'm totally blown away. Seems to me she has such control of her voice that she can make it sound like its shaky or like anything else I'd imagine. Creative purity is off the charts. She's fascinating.

    • @TheNinjapancake14
      @TheNinjapancake14 5 років тому +48

      Bjork control

    • @pockywasp8909
      @pockywasp8909 4 роки тому +45

      @Ribeye Robert D bc bjorks more well known and been around longer? LOL

  • @valeriaz1219
    @valeriaz1219 2 роки тому +12

    MOM WOULD YOU WASH MY BACKKKK THIS ONCE AND THEN WE CAN FORGET

    • @valeriaz1219
      @valeriaz1219 2 роки тому +3

      AND ILL LEAVE WHAT IM CHASING FOR THE OTHER GIRLS TO PERSUE

  • @VictorFlores-nw9wy
    @VictorFlores-nw9wy 3 роки тому +23

    You are here for Class of 2013 AGAIN???? are you okay?

    • @whales2983
      @whales2983 2 роки тому

      nah i'm here for townie xoxo

    • @_LoveLandFrog_
      @_LoveLandFrog_ 2 роки тому +1

      I’m here for the liberty bell that’s a replica held in it’s original walls.

    • @jeanpierrepolenareff8401
      @jeanpierrepolenareff8401 2 роки тому

      No and it wasn't a phase it's a chemical imbalance I needed medication

  • @MUtley-rf8vg
    @MUtley-rf8vg 8 років тому +3075

    This girl sees clear melody in her mind. I am envious.

    • @bandaatube
      @bandaatube 7 років тому +93

      I'm going to cry at this comment its so true

    • @matrocious
      @matrocious 7 років тому +1

      M. Utley which channel is on and is it daytime or night

  • @ev9099
    @ev9099 3 роки тому +460

    try not to cry mitski tiny desk concert edition

  • @AnthonyGoesToGigs
    @AnthonyGoesToGigs 2 роки тому +14

    “I don’t wanna take antidepressants. What if I lose my sparkle, huh?”
    The sparkle: 3:35

  • @lecarrenoirlecarrenoir530
    @lecarrenoirlecarrenoir530 Рік тому +23

    this will be in my kid’s history book

  • @aleuimay2309
    @aleuimay2309 3 роки тому +1404

    mitski singing raw is actually something that can be so personal

  • @val71999
    @val71999 3 роки тому +1860

    I love the bits where she's singing "badly". the screaming in class of 2013 especially. it's so raw and powerful and she's not afraid to sound real instead of sounding good. it's so much more beautiful and meaningful this way.

    • @RoyaleExtreme
      @RoyaleExtreme Рік тому +85

      This is my favorite NPR performance and one I revisit often. It's such an incredibly flawed performance; she's off-pitch half the performance and her guitar playing is all over the place. But oh my god, there's something so raw and vulnerable that hits me on a deep personal level that I just can't explain. I think you either immediately understand, or you hate it.

    • @madelineolia
      @madelineolia Рік тому +3

      dont lie to yourself

    • @Dimysam
      @Dimysam Рік тому +26

      There are people who judge performances like a gymnastics competition and there are people who listen to the music.

    • @jx3376
      @jx3376 9 місяців тому +10

      @@RoyaleExtreme i agree but I also think it’s not as bad as you described, and I also know you weren’t saying it was really bad, so I’m just adding further thoughts on what you said! But it’s “bad” in the way that punk music is bad, which is a genre that’s respected for what it is. I think her singing is beautiful actually, like objectively? It’s like art-punk femme emo folk. It would be weird to overly judge it since every performance by any artist is full of idiosyncrasies. This performance is clearly very special. (To be clear, not disagreeing or arguing w ur main points, was just adding on to your thoughts!) :)

    • @MISSMADISONMEDIA
      @MISSMADISONMEDIA 6 місяців тому

      Björk vibes?

  • @anidiotsandwich2132
    @anidiotsandwich2132 3 роки тому +29

    Lyrics:
    *Townie*:
    There's a party and we're all going
    And we're all growing up
    Somebody's driving and he will be drinking
    And no one's going back
    'Cause we've tried hungry and we've tried full and
    Nothing seems enough
    So tonight, tonight
    The boys are gonna go for
    More more more
    And I want a love that falls as fast
    As a body from the balcony, and
    I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground
    I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat
    Though I don't know what I'm waiting for
    I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be
    Smell that, it's wet grass, and smoke in my hair
    I think I've had enough
    But he wants a finale and I came prepared
    And we're not going back
    And I've tried sharing and I've tried caring
    And I've tried putting out
    But the boys boys boys keep coming on for
    More more more
    And change change change is gonna come, but
    When when when?
    And I want a love that falls as fast
    As a body from the balcony, and
    I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground
    I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat
    Though I don't know what I'm waiting for
    I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be
    And I want a love that falls as fast
    As a body from the balcony, and
    I want a kiss like my heart is hitting the ground
    I'm holding my breath with a baseball bat
    Though I don't know what I'm waiting for
    I am not gonna be what my daddy wants me to be
    Class of 2013:
    Mom, I'm tired
    Can I sleep in your house tonight?
    Mom, is it alright
    If I stay for a year or two?
    Mom, I'll be quiet
    It would be just to sleep at night
    And I'll leave once I figure out
    How to pay for my own life too
    Mom, would you wash my back?
    This once, and then we can forget
    And I'll leave what I'm chasing
    For the other girls to pursue
    Mom, am I still young?
    Can I dream for a few months more?
    Last Words Of A Shooting Star:
    All of this turbulence wasn't forecasted
    Apologies from the intercom
    And I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy
    They'll think of me kindly
    When they come for my things
    They'll never know how I'd stared at the dark in that room
    With no thoughts
    Like a blood-sniffing shark
    And while my dreams made music in the night
    Carefully
    I was going to live
    You wouldn't leave till we loved in the morning
    You'd learned from movies how love ought to be
    And you'd say you love me and look in my eyes
    But I know through mine you were
    Looking in yours
    And did you know the liberty bell is a replica
    Silently housed in its original walls
    And while its dreams played music in the night
    Quietly
    It was told to believe
    I always wanted to die clean and pretty
    But I'd be too busy on working days
    So I am relieved that the turbulence wasn't forecasted
    I couldn't have changed anyways
    I am relieved that I'd left my room tidy
    Goodbye

  • @aise1756
    @aise1756 Рік тому +64

    I simply love last words of a shooting star, at the same time that the song is calming the song sounds like the end of life, the freedom of death

  • @kmjdlc
    @kmjdlc 3 роки тому +3905

    as a senior in high school class of 2013 hit me hard. it’s so scary growing up and having to make such life defining decisions. i want to make my parents proud, i don’t want to be a failure. sometimes i just want to be young again. i haven’t cried to many songs. god she’s so real and amazing.

    • @furamingo1390
      @furamingo1390 3 роки тому +6

      omggg same samee

    • @vsheng
      @vsheng 3 роки тому +10

      100% feel your pain rn especially

    • @Zoe-fd8ll
      @Zoe-fd8ll 3 роки тому

      yeah ❤️

    • @willowbagley6170
      @willowbagley6170 3 роки тому +5

      Ya know the one good thing about having a dad who you always disappoint and are never good enuff for is that you dont have to worry about making them proud because it will never come

    • @Wonder.house7
      @Wonder.house7 3 роки тому +2

      bro SAME i feel exactly like this Mitski is so so good

  • @Jessica-kv2ob
    @Jessica-kv2ob 7 років тому +2581

    I'm not a musician, so I don't know how bad her voice is, or how bad is the way she plays the guitar, but what I do know is that she's special, her music means something powerful to me, I can feel her, I can feel her music and her voice in my heart and in my mind. this tiny concert is one of my favorites.

    • @evl457
      @evl457 5 років тому +125

      it's totally moving and just grabs you. And her poetry is good

    • @jinxtux4114
      @jinxtux4114 5 років тому +24

      this is so sweet

    • @planeofimmanence2157
      @planeofimmanence2157 5 років тому +179

      There is simply different ways to play don’t let anyone tell you that there is good or bad ways of playing. What is revolutionary is almost always first seen as a mistake.

    • @alien_from_andromeda
      @alien_from_andromeda 5 років тому +23

      Jessica that means she’s good💕 if she makes you feel deeply and whole heartedly then she’s amazing

    • @Neuroneos
      @Neuroneos 4 роки тому +26

      It's called grunge.

  • @ravioliava
    @ravioliava 3 роки тому +9

    I can't even her voice is just so beautiful and so breathtaking. And it was soo creative how she sang into the guitar which I think that was my favorite part.

  • @ayaduhh
    @ayaduhh 2 роки тому +16

    Watching this for the first time as a 13 year old girl, I felt something indescribable till this day. She’s one of my role models

    • @islaradcliffe6158
      @islaradcliffe6158 Рік тому +1

      as a 16 y/o who experienced what u are experiencing right now (i discovered mitski at 13) I’m proud of u

  • @wormzinmymilk
    @wormzinmymilk 4 роки тому +708

    her music is like an open wound and these live performances are like ripping the bandaid off, bleeding, vulnerable, real. every part of this fills me with pure emotion. i wouldve never guess how much i would cry over some songs, but thats the power it has.

  • @ImWeirdAndILikeIt
    @ImWeirdAndILikeIt 5 років тому +1622

    I've heard Class of 2013 multiple times, I'd even watched this version before, but as someone graduating from college in a few months, it really kicked in this time and listening her sing about the real fears of failure and feeling like a burden on your parents while still mourning your childhood/youth absolutely made me cry this time.
    Mitski's lyrics may be beautiful and poetic, but there's nothing vague about them; they hit right to the heart of the most specific relatable fears and desires and I love her so much for it.

    • @catemiller2161
      @catemiller2161 3 роки тому +7

      First time I heard this song was in my last semester of college just as covid was getting bad in America and we were all going into lockdown. I was so scared about my future and whether I should move home or move out, and class of 2013 was a real comfort to me. All I wanted was for my mom to tell me things were going to be okay, just like when I was little-but with the world falling apart, our government’s lack of response, and everyone losing their jobs, I had little hope. Things are better now-I’ve got a steady job and I decided to move out-but there are times I still just want my mom to tell me things will be okay.

    • @joselocalau123
      @joselocalau123 3 роки тому

      what i love is that she appeals to universal feelings through very specific experiences. So maybe i am not asian american or biracial, but i still feel Your best american girl deep in my gut because it talks about feeling like you’re not enough, like you will never fit in

  • @pooppee4392
    @pooppee4392 3 роки тому +11

    4:19 no, thank you mitski.

  • @manuelbrunet6266
    @manuelbrunet6266 2 роки тому +1

    Pure harmony and truthfull introspection...I would love if today's music was more like hers

  • @snseofsilnce
    @snseofsilnce 3 роки тому +1480

    3:34 "mom" Mitski sang, calmly.

  • @aurora1349
    @aurora1349 4 роки тому +329

    what beautiful beautiful rage she's got

  • @Sam-js7jj
    @Sam-js7jj Рік тому +16

    Class of 2013 is such a beautifully painful song. I have to almost ration myself with listening to it bc I’ve still never listened without crying

    • @sharonious666
      @sharonious666 Рік тому

      sitting here crying wondering the exact same thing, just brings up something so raw and she executes it so well.

  • @Vann-jn3jc
    @Vann-jn3jc 2 роки тому +10

    Its amazing how Mitski is able to be so vulnerable with the audience. I busted out crying, she makes me feel so seen.

  • @ricardomorin7863
    @ricardomorin7863 3 роки тому +481

    Seeing her grab the empty water bottle after her last song, forgetting for a split second that she finished it after the previous song, then not knowing what to do with it, I can relate to that

  • @kalmiakid9592
    @kalmiakid9592 3 роки тому +615

    Mitski really woke up put on a tanktop went to tiny desk and made us emotional

  • @mekayladossantos2810
    @mekayladossantos2810 3 роки тому +12

    this woman is incredibly beautiful

  • @Krystal_Leigh
    @Krystal_Leigh 2 роки тому +10

    I love how Mitski wears her bare face.

  • @yepisuredolikecats3979
    @yepisuredolikecats3979 4 роки тому +950

    It actually makes me extremely happy to see her with acne, like me

    • @evildeadening9826
      @evildeadening9826 3 роки тому +9

      same

    • @esgib1385
      @esgib1385 3 роки тому +33

      i love acne, it’s just so beautiful to me for some reason. I have it myself, and i like it, it’s a part of who i am

    • @abbylololol1671
      @abbylololol1671 2 роки тому +27

      The way she doesn't cover her face at all just helps to build a vibe for me, she's being so genuine and sincere

    • @spider-swift
      @spider-swift 2 роки тому +9

      She just looks so... normal and down to Earth, it makes me really happy :)

    • @mistressbcm
      @mistressbcm 2 роки тому +1

      Like us, friend, like us

  • @cozierhoezier4307
    @cozierhoezier4307 2 роки тому +5

    Can't believe I missed on mitski for so many years, I love love love her

  • @angel-wd9rj
    @angel-wd9rj 2 роки тому +9

    i dont want to take antidepressants, i might lose my sparkle
    their sparkle:

  • @txtnines
    @txtnines 3 роки тому +187

    POV: you are very sad

    • @txtnines
      @txtnines 3 роки тому +5

      The way i come here like every month 😭😭

    • @dead2519
      @dead2519 3 роки тому

      that is correct

    • @pudding1255
      @pudding1255 3 роки тому

      Oh so sad

    • @prithvithakur7950
      @prithvithakur7950 3 роки тому +1

      @@txtnines i come here every day
      im not ok

  • @tarynnago8205
    @tarynnago8205 4 роки тому +488

    i didnt understand townie when i first heard it. ive just started my first semester of uni and the lyrics hit me square in the chest

    • @abbi7025
      @abbi7025 3 роки тому +6

      this is me currently right now

  • @rowanh420
    @rowanh420 3 роки тому +4

    this video is what made me fall in love with her music, it means so much to me

  • @cienna3028
    @cienna3028 2 роки тому +7

    she’s so beautiful

  • @spyke2856
    @spyke2856 3 роки тому +5710

    mitski: "mom will you wash my back this once and then we can forget and I'll leave what I'm chasing for the other girls to pursue"
    the npr employees who came in thinking this was gonna be a normal day at work: 👀

    • @gabrielledennis549
      @gabrielledennis549 3 роки тому +517

      "I always wanted to die clean and pretty, but I'd be too busy on working days."

    • @hellokittyswife9989
      @hellokittyswife9989 3 роки тому +48

      lamo they cried

    • @ihsmmiallt
      @ihsmmiallt 2 роки тому +24

      i thought it was "watch my back"

  • @tgldude777333
    @tgldude777333 5 років тому +1015

    She has such a beautiful, powerful anger that she's channeled into beautiful art, and she wears it proudly. Her music is an ode to the messier sides of ourselves that we're taught to repress. At least, that's what it meant to me.

    • @noel-bg3ei
      @noel-bg3ei 4 роки тому +9

      this was exactly what I was thinking

  • @nikkg.l2361
    @nikkg.l2361 2 роки тому +6

    mitski, i love you

  • @laila-lj2dx
    @laila-lj2dx 2 роки тому +8

    i remember watching this not knowing any songs or words , and i just went to a mitski concert singing every single word along i love her

  • @glaciier4923
    @glaciier4923 4 роки тому +4909

    as a closeted bisexual who deals with suicidal thoughts by myself, there's something so powerful about class of 2013 that i wish i could share with my friends, but i can't without being exposed. the secrecy and closeness with which i hold her music to my heart makes it so much more powerful and so much more lonelier, but im just grateful that someone out there wrote a song i can wail along to when im alone in the shower
    edit : thank you all for your kind words, im in a much better situation as of now. im glad to find out that im not alone in feeling this but im also saddened. remember, you are loved, always. don't be afraid to talk to someone :)

    • @emailing
      @emailing 4 роки тому +70

      hi, rando here, so tell me if this is weird, but i'm glad mitski's work brings you this comfort i hope you're doing fine. i'm sorry you have to deal with these thoughts alone, i hope you get through them when they arise

    • @caralineg6568
      @caralineg6568 3 роки тому +33

      you might like a song called gold star by the greeting committee. it's written by a lesbian, and i don't know if the words will resonate with you at all, but to me they are a direct punch to the face. Every time I listen to that song, it's like i'm staring in a mirror.

    • @TheDominicProject
      @TheDominicProject 3 роки тому +12

      most secrets are lighter than they seem. gl x

    • @Headsplinter88
      @Headsplinter88 3 роки тому +5

      Not so in the closet anymore after that comment.

    • @ceaofteeth
      @ceaofteeth 3 роки тому +17

      i hope you’re doing better now bb, i’m kinda struggling too i came out as bi a couple months ago and i’m starting to think i’m a lesbian but i’m too scared to say anything and it’s a very lonely struggle. you’re always welcomed to vent to me bc i think i can understand to a certain extent :)

  • @yardsnart4098
    @yardsnart4098 4 роки тому +6360

    hello fellow lesbians how we doing? anyone else melting?

  • @online-scribbler-67
    @online-scribbler-67 8 місяців тому +3

    I have watched this clip over and over and over again.

  • @LeifKendall1
    @LeifKendall1 2 роки тому +1

    She’s incredible! Loved her for years but this is extraordinary!!!

  • @SCWoodbury2009
    @SCWoodbury2009 8 років тому +3465

    I dig her angst.

    • @lyonsvalley8197
      @lyonsvalley8197 6 років тому +54

      it took me a couple of listens but class of 2013 had me teary eyed like when i listened to my smashing pumpkins and death cab for cutie cds... it hurts but in a way that is familiar and comfortable. i hope one day i can get to that level of musicianship

    • @jamaigar
      @jamaigar 5 років тому +31

      she has an ocean of it. Her songs are also weirdly arranged, something that is not quite represented here. It's a blast