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Mitski, born Mitsuki Laycock on September 27, 1990, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012) and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013), while studying composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. Her third studio album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, was released in 2014 on the label Double Double Whammy. Mitski signed with Dead Oceans in 2015 and released Puberty 2 (2016), Be the Cowboy (2018), and Laurel Hell (2022). Laurel Hell reached the top ten in several countries. In 2022, The Guardian described her as the "best young songwriter" in the United States. That year, she co-composed "This Is a Life" with Son Lux for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Her seventh studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, was released in 2023, with the single "My Love Mine All Mine" becoming her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Her eighth studio album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, was released on February 27, 2026.