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"I'll Change for You" finds Mitski at her most vulnerable, offering to erase any part of herself that her partner might not want in exchange for their love. She channels these big feelings with a decidedly small arrangement, her backing band providing jazzy flourishes and drummer Bruno Esrubilsky employing a tightly-wound bossa nova groove.

The artist has described herself as a black hole where people can dump their feelings, but her music moves beyond ugly emotions toward catharsis. "Still, nobody wants me / And I know no one will save me, I'm just asking for a kiss / Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be all right," she sings on her 2018 nu-disco single "Nobody," her voice at once covetous and wistful.

Those days, it would seem, are gone. "Where's My Phone?" announces Mitski's eighth album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, on a note of anxious claustrophobia. Its insistent guitar chug harks back to the indie rock of Bury Me at Makeout Creek, but the song doesn't stay there for long, melting into a foreboding orchestral swell and chorus of wordless voices.

Mitski has announced her new album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, and revealed its lead single, "Where's My Phone?" Stream it below. Out on February 27th via Dead Oceans, Nothing's About to Happen to Me will feature Mitski accompanied by a live band and orchestra. According to a press release, the LP will find the singer "immersing herself in a rich narrative whose main character is a reclusive woman in an unkempt house."