One of the biggest themes on Be The Cowboy is the suffocating ... there’s plenty of time to scream along to this song in the comfort of an enclosed space. Mitski could be a frontperson for ...

Every promotional image from Be the Cowboy shows her playing a role: Mitski the elusive starlet ... lyrics alone in his hotel room — but the songs she loves actually feature six writers on ...

This year, “being the cowboy” wasn’t just a reference to a cutesy album name; it became a lifestyle, a survival mechanism. Before the song fades, it swells once last time as Mitski repeats ...

"Geyser" is the leadoff song on her new album Be the Cowboy. And there's nothing vague about the music — it builds with a powerful precision. Mitski has an intense desire to write songs.

(An exception is her most well-known song, “Your Best American ... she references in the album’s title, Mitski remains an outsider on Be The Cowboy — mysterious and charismatic, but ...

Now, Mitski Miyawaki is properly back — and after all that time, she’s still the cowboy. After teasing a song yesterday on social media, she released new single “Working for the Knife” on ...

Mitski has said in recent interviews that when listeners view her songs as diary entries, that disregards her act of composition. In Be the Cowboy, the composition is clear. The songs that need ...

The cultural image of the cowboy has also, she’s said, helped her affect a show of confidence on stage. But Mitski’s songs clearly convey the damage that can underlie steeliness. On the Roy ...

In its fidgety reticence, Be the Cowboy is even less conventionally cathartic. The guitars bury her rather than expunging her pain. Even the upbeat songs seem somehow paralyzed. If Mitski’s ...

When Lorde took Mitski Miyawaki out on her Melodrama ... There may be nothing explicitly political in the songs on Be the Cowboy. But there’s plenty implicit, from the DIY American mythology ...

Some songs last barely two minutes ... I am loved.” The Mitski of Be the Cowboy is lonely for something she knows won’t satisfy, fixated on little signifiers that carry outsize importance ...