Mitski - "Your Best American Girl" (Recorded Live for World Cafe)

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2016
  • Mitski performs "Your Best American Girl" for a World Cafe Session with host, David Dye. Recorded at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on 6/24/16.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 518

  • @julessophie1085
    @julessophie1085 2 роки тому +855

    "your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me, but I do, I do."
    THIS HITS SO DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE WHOSE CULTURAL BACKGROUND IS DIFFERENT FROM YOURS ISTG MITSKI IS A PRODIGY

    • @mitskisson
      @mitskisson Рік тому +9

      YESS YOU GET IT.

    • @lobbertlob
      @lobbertlob 4 місяці тому +10

      That is literally what the song is about

  • @leela3087
    @leela3087 3 роки тому +1579

    fun fact ! mitski created music !!

  • @ferhzzz
    @ferhzzz 7 років тому +2310

    I like the folk aspect of Mitski's songs, but I really wish her to earn enough money to buy wall of amps and kick the shit out of them with this chorus, cause it needs it a lot

  • @DruzaCardonikc
    @DruzaCardonikc 4 роки тому +1278

    I wish my mom approved of me.

    • @milladegerman1525
      @milladegerman1525 3 роки тому +65

      I’ve never had a comment hit this hard

    • @nocarsgo
      @nocarsgo 3 роки тому +42

      she didn't and i don't want her to

    • @kiahgray
      @kiahgray 3 роки тому +54

      the only approval you need is your own, so keep doing what you want and be happy doing it so that you can approve of who you’ve become, be someone YOU would approve of

    • @shawntell
      @shawntell 3 роки тому +1

      yeah

    • @notfaren2
      @notfaren2 3 роки тому +12

      homosexual

  • @duda-vf6gk
    @duda-vf6gk 3 роки тому +2820

    fun fact mitski created the entire universe
    SHE'S BACK I CANT BELIEVE IT

  • @ve6564
    @ve6564 3 роки тому +807

    hello woc

  • @nelyang5862
    @nelyang5862 4 роки тому +927

    I've perhaps listened to this song 500 times and it's only JUST occurred to me that it references the (v problematic) Miss Saigon song "Sun and Moon" where Vietnamese Kim sings about running away with White American Chris.

    • @juliem3583
      @juliem3583 4 роки тому +46

      Nel Yang i didnt even realize until now! i love mitskis lyrics 🥺

    • @isabellacani0102
      @isabellacani0102 3 роки тому +10

      Omg I just noticed that YES.

  • @PATHKOS
    @PATHKOS 7 років тому +882

    i want to marry this song

  • @ashleymiles2565
    @ashleymiles2565 3 роки тому +466

    Me: listening to mitski
    Also me: being distracted by the cute guitarist

  • @asseater0077
    @asseater0077 7 років тому +3599

    This song perfectly describes being a non white girl in love with a white guy

    • @cerys113
      @cerys113 3 роки тому +187

      thats what its about!

    • @azelearose
      @azelearose 3 роки тому +9

      She’s wlw

    • @Chris-cw4qi
      @Chris-cw4qi 3 роки тому +265

      @@azelearose I don’t think she ever confirmed that. Have you ever watched the music video. Cause it describes what this person said

    • @Chris-cw4qi
      @Chris-cw4qi 3 роки тому +17

      @@vathyteri 😐

    • @azelearose
      @azelearose 3 роки тому +3

      @@Chris-cw4qi no she has daif before she is a lesbian pic woman

  • @Mia-rf1pu
    @Mia-rf1pu 3 роки тому +1221

    She's such a comfort to many people... Wish she could release more songs in the future

    • @arirj844
      @arirj844 3 роки тому +77

      She took a break from music in 2019 with plans to eventually come back. And it was recently announced that she wrote the soundtrack to a graphic novel due to be released in May :))

    • @confetticupcake3647
      @confetticupcake3647 3 роки тому +6

      @@arirj844 YESSS

    • @jordanstone442
      @jordanstone442 2 роки тому +17

      today is the day!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @aa.delavega241
      @aa.delavega241 2 роки тому +17

      SHES BACK

    • @chelsmac3922
      @chelsmac3922 2 роки тому +4

      Guess what :)

  • @giorgiadiieso8641
    @giorgiadiieso8641 Рік тому +169

    Why is no one talking about the guitar solo. It is so good.

  • @hanim5701
    @hanim5701 3 роки тому +257

    fun fact; mitski actually made the first song in the world !!

  • @mnydiary
    @mnydiary 3 роки тому +246

    this definitely speaks about poc problems. i can relate

  • @g.kelley3759
    @g.kelley3759 6 років тому +768

    46 years old and just discovered Mitski, love this song

    • @hehautism1163
      @hehautism1163 4 роки тому +53

      G. Kelley 15 years old and just discovered Mitski. I also really love this song.

    • @gooopikachu157
      @gooopikachu157 4 роки тому +8

      Heh Autism Nice I’m the same age and just discovered Mitski

    • @user-qn5yr3wv6f
      @user-qn5yr3wv6f 3 роки тому +13

      @@gooopikachu157 I am 20 I am listening her since Lush. And I ma telling you she is very very talented her songs are magic.

    • @gooopikachu157
      @gooopikachu157 3 роки тому +1

      Punam Kumari I agree without a doubt she is honestly a great artist and she has amazing songs I enjoy listening to.

    • @annelace1280
      @annelace1280 3 роки тому +24

      12 and found mitski 🙏🏼

  • @gematelloeuiz9251
    @gematelloeuiz9251 3 роки тому +451

    Sometimes i wish i was american, things would be so much easier, im learning to accept my indigenous roots (im from Colombia) but its hard because im not the beauty standard and i feel like i will never be.

    • @bigmoose0_
      @bigmoose0_ 3 роки тому +19

      Same! I’m indigenous Peruvian though 😭

    • @yourfriendlyfanperson9175
      @yourfriendlyfanperson9175 3 роки тому +6

      I feel you so much!! I'm from Colombia as well!

    • @tatwrianna24
      @tatwrianna24 3 роки тому +33

      you’ll never be the beauty standard because you aren’t white. the beauty standard was only meant for white women and no matter how hard woc/black women try they’ll never live up to that. once you realize you’ll never fit into it you’ll be a lot happier. i’m a lot happier knowing that i’m my own center of beauty and that i don’t fit inside the norm.

    • @lgfhhgfhhguftff7150
      @lgfhhgfhhguftff7150 3 роки тому +11

      Hey as a American people are jerks here don’t let somebody’s standards apply to you be you

    • @hanna3937
      @hanna3937 3 роки тому +5

      you're lovely the way you are! the "beauty standard" isn't the only beautiful that exists in this world. there's so many beautiful people like you from everywhere around the world that don't understand how pretty they are, just because of the way society treats people that don't fit that make belief beauty standard. one day i hope you realize your worth and feel more than comfortable in your skin :)

  • @user-dh5pm9bv7n
    @user-dh5pm9bv7n 2 роки тому +76

    I don’t know how she doesn’t break down into a puddle of tears in the middle of her songs. I sure as hell do. 🥲

  • @seokjinnies180
    @seokjinnies180 3 роки тому +207

    Fun fact: Mitski created everything!!! She created music and playing guitar!! #mitskibestpersonever

  • @aatyrns6315
    @aatyrns6315 3 роки тому +2705

    fun fact mitski is god !! 😁😁
    edit: this comment was two years ago, get over it. this, shockingly, was the humor in 2021. the savior complexes are getting mad annoying and it isn't like she will ever see this. thanks!

  • @PrettyPrincess9609
    @PrettyPrincess9609 4 місяці тому +7

    As a black girl, this song brought back painful memories of being told I don’t like black girls because they are loud and ghetto and I don’t like dark skin girls. Often it was black men who told me this. I had to question every man I dated even my own race if they liked black girls. I was also bullied in school for being black and darker skin. I remember wishing I was lighter skin with straight hair and light eyes so that I would be treated better. 😓

    • @chunkyearwax1275
      @chunkyearwax1275 2 місяці тому +1

      SAME HERE. i love u so much holy crap i hope ur doing well ❤️

  • @MrDanbloom
    @MrDanbloom 7 років тому +376

    [Verse 1]
    If I could, I'd be your little spoon
    And kiss your fingers forevermore
    But, big spoon, you have so much to do
    And I have nothing ahead of me
    You're the sun, you've never seen the night
    But you hear its song from the morning birds
    Well I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star
    But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds
    [Pre-Chorus]
    Don't wait for me, I can't come
    [Chorus]
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think I do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl
    [Verse 2]
    You're the one
    You're all I ever wanted
    I think I'll regret this
    [Chorus]
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I finally do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think do

  • @pandora9671
    @pandora9671 2 роки тому +36

    i’ll never understand how she doesn’t break into tears while crying

  • @samanthalong4801
    @samanthalong4801 3 роки тому +78

    I think I could fall in love with her.

  • @mistertaylormoran
    @mistertaylormoran 6 років тому +159

    Hearts beat loud brought me here.

    • @arnoldjuniper4395
      @arnoldjuniper4395 5 років тому

      Me too

    • @leomn2652
      @leomn2652 5 років тому

      OMG same

    • @SuperKinsy
      @SuperKinsy 5 років тому +2

      Me too! I just watched it and loved it and the soundtrack. Especially this song, glad i've been introduced to Miski.

    • @AJMU26
      @AJMU26 3 роки тому

      Me too, wow...

    • @cjcourtney6997
      @cjcourtney6997 3 роки тому

      SAME but also I LOVE mitski

  • @lelrica6883
    @lelrica6883 3 роки тому +95

    I love the down tune of her voice when she sings “from the morning birds” jeeeez gets me every time! I absolutely love it

  • @LanaDelMitski
    @LanaDelMitski 3 роки тому +72

    I feel overwhelmed.
    Stunning voice.

  • @sandytraan
    @sandytraan 7 років тому +239

    i cried during this song yesterday when she performed it live i love mitski so much

  • @yungkim5834
    @yungkim5834 3 роки тому +94

    She even sounds amazing live 🤩

  • @martina-jl8je
    @martina-jl8je 2 роки тому +10

    you’re the one, you’re all i ever wanted

  • @mushroomlovr
    @mushroomlovr 3 роки тому +12

    i’ve never wanted to be a microphone more in my life

  • @lazybum6387
    @lazybum6387 2 роки тому +25

    honestly i cried when she came back. i thought i was too late on discovering her music as i remember that i was staring at her discography ending on 'nobody' thinking that it can possibly be her last song published. im so glad she came back when at the time she was the most needed

  • @savannahw1125
    @savannahw1125 4 роки тому +123

    Wish the chorus could be bigger live she needs a stage of amps

    • @DeriusW
      @DeriusW 3 роки тому +14

      the version on the album is more like that

    • @endermeap6488
      @endermeap6488 2 роки тому +2

      I like the somewhat softer version. I’m glad mitski tried multiple expressions of the song.

  • @meliaroswall4618
    @meliaroswall4618 3 роки тому +26

    I listen to this at least once a week

  • @user-rk4cj7pu8u
    @user-rk4cj7pu8u 3 роки тому +42

    fun fact mitski invented music

  • @seldcels2366
    @seldcels2366 2 роки тому +18

    i’ll never be tired of this song

  • @Anaballls
    @Anaballls Рік тому +7

    If I ever saw Mitski live I would literally drop to the floor in tears

  • @cjcourtney6997
    @cjcourtney6997 3 роки тому +56

    the way this song just takes over you-
    It genuinely makes me feel a different way
    I could blast this in my room forever and never get bored of it

  • @Not_a_couch
    @Not_a_couch 3 роки тому +25

    Fun fact! Mitski actually created life itself!

  • @sambamtymaam
    @sambamtymaam 3 роки тому +16

    i’m crying

  • @sevnn.6192
    @sevnn.6192 2 роки тому +4

    crying

  • @juliafreeman955
    @juliafreeman955 5 років тому +30

    I like the way how Mitski plays with sound and every time her songs sound different in live. she's so talented. I love her

  • @cigarettesaftermitski
    @cigarettesaftermitski Рік тому +5

    youre the sun

    • @Galaxyzzz__
      @Galaxyzzz__ Рік тому +3

      YOUVE NEVER SEEN THE NIGHT

    • @desuhiko
      @desuhiko Рік тому +1

      but you hear its songs from the morning birds !!

    • @cigarettesaftermitski
      @cigarettesaftermitski Рік тому

      @@desuhiko well, im not the moon… im not even a star

  • @katiethewise
    @katiethewise Рік тому +6

    The way her voice just naturally flows in this song, is just so beautiful.

  • @soda6687
    @soda6687 2 роки тому +4

    great now i have a crush on mitski AND the bassist

  • @haikult
    @haikult 9 місяців тому +3

    THE BEST VER OF THIS SONG PERIOD

  • @buglikeanang3l
    @buglikeanang3l 3 роки тому +9

    eat sleep breathe mitski

  • @kat4197
    @kat4197 3 роки тому +17

    mitski created everything 😁!!

  • @karebaree
    @karebaree 2 роки тому +9

    "your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me" 💔💔 :(

  • @benjiiidraws
    @benjiiidraws 5 років тому +79

    I’m so happy 90’s music is coming back

  • @abigailchloe
    @abigailchloe Рік тому +4

    great. now im crying.

  • @emily60928
    @emily60928 Рік тому +4

    tysm mitski for creating america!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏈🏈🏈🏈💸💸💸🍔🍔🍔

  • @rafofon6130
    @rafofon6130 Рік тому +4

    the best version of "you'r best american girl"🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @DylanMinecraftLover
    @DylanMinecraftLover 2 роки тому +15

    0:37 Nothing, I just want to hear this part like 500 times

  • @ynezlee
    @ynezlee Рік тому +5

    this is better then the studio version ngl

    • @valerieee1469
      @valerieee1469 Рік тому +2

      yeah mitski is one of few artists that actually sounds better live alot of the time and i love her for that

  • @honeywater339
    @honeywater339 2 роки тому +3

    i watch this everyday religiously

  • @rhinoceros2449
    @rhinoceros2449 2 роки тому +6

    Fun fact mitski is the best thing to ever happen to this entire universe🤗

  • @izzydif4190
    @izzydif4190 2 роки тому +10

    it must have been such a blessing to have her preform!!!!

  • @poofkie8102
    @poofkie8102 2 роки тому +6

    her songs always have me crying

  • @kimdracvla
    @kimdracvla 3 роки тому +6

    but mitski u are the moon

  • @searedsalmon4952
    @searedsalmon4952 8 місяців тому +3

    the bassist is also very pretty

  • @filli7342
    @filli7342 Рік тому +6

    I can't get over this performance

  • @AquilaBirdy
    @AquilaBirdy 6 років тому +54

    Just saw this in Hearts Beat Loud and I already loved it but I was so excited!!

  • @Mashypotato
    @Mashypotato 7 років тому +28

    the sound is amazing on this vid

  • @fakename3753
    @fakename3753 2 роки тому +7

    Just when I thought this song couldn’t break my heart anymore…

  • @valvallllllll993
    @valvallllllll993 3 роки тому +5

    i love how world cafe is liking all the cute comments abt mitski LOL

  • @jonbaxter2254
    @jonbaxter2254 6 місяців тому +1

    Keep coming back to this song. Such a raw voice.

  • @okrajoe
    @okrajoe 6 років тому +4

    Great performance

  • @Athena-pe5go
    @Athena-pe5go 3 роки тому +5

    MITSKI ILY I TOLD MY DOG ABOUT US

  • @paoolipoa
    @paoolipoa Рік тому +2

    I love her sm

  • @fika6393
    @fika6393 2 роки тому +3

    millionth time listening to this, i cant stop.

  • @tropicwave1
    @tropicwave1 5 років тому +21

    Your Best American Girl
    Mitski
    If I could, I'd be your little spoon
    And kiss your fingers forevermore
    But, big spoon, you have so much to do
    And I have nothing ahead of me
    You're the sun, you've never seen the night
    But you hear its song from the morning birds
    Well I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star
    But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds
    Don't wait for me, I can't come
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think I do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl
    You're the one
    You're all I ever wanted
    I think I'll regret this
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I finally do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think do

    Writer(s): Mitsuki Laycock
    ℗ 2016 Dead Oceans

  • @arnoldjuniper4395
    @arnoldjuniper4395 4 роки тому +7

    I love this so much

  • @pau4757
    @pau4757 7 місяців тому +9

    This song its not just about an non-white girl being in love with a white boy, but of accepting who you are and not being someone you're not... And put in a lovely way... All mixed with my mother's voice its just majestic...
    In conclusion, mitski is my mother, she raised me, she created me, she created music

  • @misonat
    @misonat Рік тому +3

    cant believe mitski created america

  • @vaquien
    @vaquien 2 роки тому +8

    no matter how many times i come back to this video, i always get the chills. her words are so powerful.

  • @MorgansArrow
    @MorgansArrow Рік тому +2

    This video gives me life

  • @larainemimimimi710
    @larainemimimimi710 2 роки тому +2

    im in tears

  • @mauryguzman3100
    @mauryguzman3100 2 роки тому +3

    Just cried watchin this. This song never fails to bring out my tears. I love Mitski. She gets it

  • @cloggy010
    @cloggy010 2 роки тому +3

    wonderful! love it!

  • @YouTube_gets_dumber_each_year
    @YouTube_gets_dumber_each_year 7 років тому +17

    awesome guitar tone

  • @bridget435
    @bridget435 3 роки тому +3

    i think about this video every day

  • @genericeric0102
    @genericeric0102 7 років тому +10

    fantastic

  • @annabanana_127
    @annabanana_127 3 роки тому +2

    this song is so amazing

  • @shabadooble
    @shabadooble Рік тому +1

    she is so beautiful. this song always makes me so emotional, especially when i read the stories of woc relating to this song.

  • @alejandracondo3753
    @alejandracondo3753 2 роки тому +8

    Sometimes I wish I wasn’t latina , my teacher called me spicy after I told him I was Colombian and Ecuadorian :( . Am I not seen human ?

  • @allanbs4123
    @allanbs4123 7 років тому +4

    IM IN LOVE

  • @myla4444
    @myla4444 Рік тому +1

    im crying i love this song so much

  • @Maemae15487
    @Maemae15487 Рік тому +1

    THIS SONG IS SO GOOD ISTG

  • @Texonicxx
    @Texonicxx 2 роки тому +5

    If I could, I'd be your little spoon
    And kiss your fingers forevermore
    But, big spoon, you have so much to do
    And I have nothing ahead of me
    You're the sun, you've never seen the night
    But you hear its song from the morning birds
    Well, I'm not the moon, I'm not even a star
    But awake at night I'll be singing to the birds
    Don't wait for me, I can't come
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think I do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be your best American girl
    You're the one
    You're all I ever wanted
    I think I'll regret this
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I finally do
    And you're an all-American boy
    I guess I couldn't help trying to be the best American girl
    Your mother wouldn't approve of how my mother raised me
    But I do, I think I do

  • @wildzebruh5509
    @wildzebruh5509 2 роки тому +3

    legendary

  • @biancamarvel9473
    @biancamarvel9473 5 років тому +14

    I saw a clip of this in Hearts Beat Loud and was awestruck by this entire performance. And that guitar is ❤

  • @hashbrownandeggs6362
    @hashbrownandeggs6362 3 роки тому +3

    so good my god 😩🧍🏻‍♀️

  • @gummybearshop9755
    @gummybearshop9755 3 роки тому +11

    Goddamn this rocks so fucking hard

  • @natfrohlich4750
    @natfrohlich4750 2 роки тому +1

    I love her so much !

  • @caluoliveira5835
    @caluoliveira5835 7 років тому +3

    U r helping me to finally do. tnk u for making me wonder about it.

  • @briandavitmusic9421
    @briandavitmusic9421 2 роки тому +2

    WHAT AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND

  • @heartmarce
    @heartmarce 2 роки тому +2

    i cant believe mitski created the world for fun you guys!! isnt that so cool??

  • @stfu1609
    @stfu1609 2 роки тому +11

    Fun fact: we’re all side characters living in Mitski’s world

  • @Tfististhis
    @Tfististhis 2 роки тому +1

    Nexttt level 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ye1586
    @ye1586 2 роки тому

    I LOVE YOU SM AHHHH