Mitski Was Once 'Happy' On New Single: Listen
Last month, singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki dazzled us with the latest track from her upcoming sophomore release, Puberty 2, out June 17 via Dead Oceans. It was called "Your Best American Girl," and the song was given a video that shares the song's depth and criticism of societal (and possibly patriotic) pressure. Today it's all about "Happy," which might be our favorite song by the up-and-coming talent.
Miyawaki opens the song: "Happy came to visit me / he bought cookies on the way / I poured him tea and he told me / it’ll all be okay / Well I told him I’d do anything / to have him stay with me/ so he laid me down / and I felt happy / come inside of me,” later unfolding into, "I was in the bathroom / I didn’t hear him leave / I locked the door behind him / and I turned around to see / all the cookie wrappers / and the empty cups of tea / well I sighed and mumbled to myself / again I have to clean.”
46m
22m
2m
1m
24m
21m
20m
21m
56s
20m
45m
1h 39m
44m
46m
22m
21m
2m
10m
20m
1m
22m
1h 13m
44m
20m
43m
21m
44m
44m
20m
3m
43s
6m
22m
23m
46m
22m
22m
2m
20m
21m
44m
41m
45m
20m
46s
2m
1m
4m
13m
14m
10m
3m
1m
51s
21m
5m
20m
3m
7m
2m
1m
2m
3m
14m
1m
1m
9m
1m
12m
7m
1m
9m
1m
17m
1m
1m
9m
1m
16m
21m
20m
20m
45m
43m
21m
40m
13m
23m
2m
11m
44m
22m
20m
4m