"A tight, half-hour-ish concept album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me centers on a woman struggling to find balance between her internal and external worlds... a woman who may or may not be a stand-in for Mitski herself. The singer-songwriter has previously expressed how uncomfortable she is with the increased visibility and pressure that comes with being one of modern indie rock's most beloved and TikTok-approved artists."
"This is a melancholic yet gripping album that highlights Mitski's gift for marrying beauty and horror. Her incredible talent as a singer-songwriter is on full display, as her gorgeous voice can make the darkest thoughts sound tender and sweet while her lyrics turn from witty to shattering on a dime."
"Opener 'In A Lake' explores the wonderful promise of lonely anonymity in a big city. It builds from a gentle folk song about the dangers of living in a small town—'You gotta write your book early, or it gets written up in your place'—to eventually explode into a cacophony of drums, brass, and car horns."
Mitski's new album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, is a half-hour concept album centered on a woman navigating the tension between her internal and external worlds. The album's promotional materials—featuring literary quotes and whimsical cat illustrations—reflect the album's central contradiction. Mitski demonstrates her mastery of marrying beauty with horror, using her tender vocals to make dark thoughts sound sweet while her lyrics shift between wit and devastation. The sonic landscape mirrors this duality, with songs building from gentle folk arrangements into explosive crescendos of drums, brass, and urban noise. This work appears to address Mitski's discomfort with increased visibility and pressure as a celebrated indie rock artist, potentially using a character as a vehicle for expressing personal feelings while maintaining privacy.
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