You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs,
and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
I made an episode with Mitski in 2016.
And since then, she's gone on tour with Lorde,
and she sat in with the house band on Late Night with Stephen Colbert,
and generally, everyone's fallen in love with her.
And this month, she put out a new record that's getting praised everywhere.
The New York Times, Pitchfork, The Guardian, everywhere.
It's called Be The Cowboy, and it's great.
So in honor of that new record,
I wanted to go back to her episode from 2016 and re-listen to Mitski talking about her process.
Here it is.
Mitski's been making records since 2012.
Her newest record, Puberty II, came out in June 2016 and was critically acclaimed.
Pitchfork gave it Best New Music status.
Her music's also been featured in the TV show Adventure Time.
In this episode, Mitski breaks down the song Your Best American Girl,
along with her longtime collaborator, Patrick Hyland.
My name's Mitski.