{"id":1902,"date":"2016-09-07T01:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T08:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:15:23","slug":"mitski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/mitski","title":{"rendered":"Episode 83: Mitski"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Your Best American Girl&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder83-Mitski-1-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder83-Mitski-1.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder83-Mitski-1-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SongExploder83-Mitski-1-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_48a8f863-9de8-4326-b738-1ceb35153011&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/9f776f0c-f115-45d2-bbfd-5d42f5571589\/SongExploder142_ChristineandtheQueens.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mitski.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitski<\/a> has been making records since 2012. Her newest record, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mitski.bandcamp.com\/album\/puberty-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puberty 2<\/a><\/em>, came out in June 2016, and was critically acclaimed. <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/21970-puberty-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pitchfork gave it Best New Music status<\/a>. Her music has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QwwMRIYE46Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured in the television show Adventure Time<\/a>. In this episode, Mitski breaks down her song <a href=\"https:\/\/mitski.bandcamp.com\/track\/your-best-american-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Your Best American Girl,&#8221;<\/a> along with her long-time collaborator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/id_recording\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Hyland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy &#8220;Your Best American Girl&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/your-best-american-girl\/id1087128495?i=1087128509&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/mitski.bandcamp.com\/track\/your-best-american-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/mitski-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;Your Best American Girl&#8221; video<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_hDHm9MD0I?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Your Best American Girl&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 MP3 Mitski has been making records since 2012. Her newest record, Puberty 2, came out in June 2016, and was critically acclaimed. Pitchfork gave it Best New Music status. Her music has been featured in the television show Adventure Time. 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