- 2021-11-16
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MUSIC
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Mitski Announces New Album “Laurel Hell”, Shares New Song “The Only Heartbreaker”
Japanese-American singer-songwriter Mitski announced her sixth studio album “Laurel Hell” would be released on February 4, 2022 via Dead Oceans.
It is her first album in four years. The album comprises 11-track, she wrote most of the album's songs in 2018, finishing the album during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
From the album, she unveiled the second single “The Only Heartbreaker” on November 9, 2021.
The accompanying music video was directed by Maegan Houang and Jeff Desom.
Mitski said of the song in a statement, 'The Only Heartbreaker' is about the person always messing up in the relationship, the designated Bad Guy who gets the blame. It could simply be about that, but I also wanted to depict something sadder beneath the surface, that maybe the reason you're always the one making mistakes is because you're the only one trying.”
She said of the album, “I needed love songs about real relationships that are not power struggles to be won or lost. I needed songs that could help me forgive both others and myself. I make mistakes all the time. I don't want to put on a front where I'm a role model, but I'm also not a bad person. I needed to create this space mostly for myself where I sat in that gray area.”- LmXFF_whkVk
She told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe about the song, “Sometimes you are just the bad guy in the relationship. Sometimes you’re the one who keeps making mistakes, who’s breaking your favorite person’s heart, and there’s nothing you can do about it because you can’t just suddenly be a better person. I wanted to capture a deeper, sadder feeling. You kind of realize, oh, maybe I’m the one always making mistakes because I’m the one always trying, and I’m the one who’s always looking ugly in the relationship because I’m the only one revealing myself. So I was hoping the first chorus was sincere. Like, I’m the bad guy, I’m the only heartbreaker. And the second chorus was hopefully ironic. Like, sure, I’ll be the only bad guy in this relationship.”
She continued, “This is the first song in my entire discography of however many albums I’ve made where I have a co-writer, and it’s because this song was this puzzle that I couldn’t solve. And I was just sitting on it forever. I have so many iterations of it. Nothing felt right. And right when I was stewing over it, I was actually in LA, doing co-write sessions for other artists. And we had this one day, or I had this one day with Dan Wilson. I had every intention to write for somebody else, but then I just sat down at his piano, and I was like, he’s one of the best, smartest songwriters in the world. Maybe he can help me with this song. And so I brought the song to him, and it turned out he’s really good. He helped me solve so many of the problems and kind of lead me out of the labyrinth of it. And yeah, I’m really glad that I took that chance with him.”- source : Apple Music
