A Psychological Analysis Of Mitski

What happens when a serious obsession with indie rock vocalist Mitski meets the open end of a psychology final project? A 35 minute deep dive into 12 of her most influential songs.
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[@cider5893]

I loved this anaylsis overall! However, "Crack Baby" is not a love sone, it has been confirmed by mitski in interviews that the song is about a sense of living your life without purpose, seeing your life in the third person; as if you aren't present in your own life. The thing that Mitski is searching for in this song is her youth when she didn't have a care in the world; something she can't remember. Hence, something she knows she wants and needs back.

[@ganymede8257]

.... I'm sorry if this comes of as mean but I don't think we listened to the same 'fireworks'. It's clearly about the sheer emotionless nullness that comes with depression, instead of a past lover.

[@americanus_ursus]

An important thing you forgot to mention about ‘A Pearl’ is that it took poetic inspiration from Lush’s ‘Pearl Diver,’ equating the Pearl to an old memory that the narrator holds on too, whether rolling around in your head or searching the deepest depths of the ocean.
Another cool detail is that the humming tune heard at the beginning and end of Pearl Diver can be heard briefly just before “there is a hole that you fill”

[@chierryy]

this was so well made that it genuinely brought tears to my eyes. you worded the meaning of her music and its impact so meticulously in a way that is easy to understand even from an outside perspective. i have been dedicatedly obsessed with mitski’s music on a deranged level and i am so so so happy this was on my recommended. seriously the best and realest music analysis of mitski’s music that ive ever watched

[@idiot.with.the.painted.face.]

right!! ive never related to a comment sm!!

[@CherryXXCola]

Why is this the only Mitski analysis on RUclips and also SOOO GOOD but it has no recognition ??

[@user-ys2vm5bj2n]

This is the best mitski analysis ever

[@ava.jane1]

Yayyyy thank you

[@samanthamartinez3223]

good analysis but sometimes it's difficult to hear you because the music is so loud

[@user-ys2vm5bj2n]

I could listen to mitski for hours

[@El_iz]

I also can and I do

[@CherryXXCola]

I do ❤

[@medzik_]

real

[@Roy.Duhhhhh]

Literally no one can ever comprehend how much I love Mitski. No one gets me like her lyrics do 😿

[@sophfiyah]

I CAN COMPREHEND !!!

[@CherryXXCola]

YOU ARE ME I COMPREHEND

[@theopena362]

consider yourself in good company, I cried multiple times watching this 😭

[@Meowmeowmeowkaden]

You know it’s gonna be good when it has

[@KanishkaMahajan-pg6ir]

FINALLY A WORTHY LONG ANALYSIS OF MITSKI!! good work, this deserves more appreciation.

[@_beatrice_art]

Wow! I love this video so much! Thank you for this analysis,, it really made me appreciate Mitski’s genius music even more.

[@Ducky_momomo]

Even if I do have a different analysis for crack baby, this video is so well done definitely under rated video

[@mireki_]

Mitski is just amazing. Really well crafted anaysis

[@Monamour727]

This is so beautifully worded and explains the songs so well, love this.

[@khoshie7021]

omg love this

[@eoin474]

great video

[@katiethewise]

AAA ALL THE SONGS YOU MENTIONED ARE MY FAVES

[@1-800-AUDIOS]

UPLOAD MORE I LOVE YOUR VIDEO ESSAYS

[@Clubsandwichchav]

I was looking for something like this.

[@lucaswozniak5759]

THIS IS SOOOO GOOD AVA ‼️

[@ava.jane1]

Ahhhhh thank you!

[@naisargibuch2168]

Fuck it i cant hold my tears anylonger

[@user-ys2vm5bj2n]

Live laugh love mitski😋

[@user-ys2vm5bj2n]

MITSKI😩😩😩😩

[@Lilium_25]

As a literature student i know she is a genius.

[@immimfromnailsworth2753]

Is she a bit like Tori Amos?