Mitski

Mitski is a Japanese musician, born in Mie, Japan, on September 27, 1990. She is of mixed-race, English and Japanese descent, and she sings in English, having grown up in the United States. Her real name is Mitsuki Miyawaki, born Mitsuki Laycock. She first gained attention with self-released albums while studying studio composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. Those albums, Lush and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business, were her senior project.

After signing with Dead Oceans in 2015, she released Puberty 2, Be the Cowboy, and Laurel Hell, the last of which reached the top ten in several countries. In 2022, The Guardian called her the "best young songwriter" in the U.S. That same year, she co-wrote "This Is a Life" for the film Everything Everywhere All at Once, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. Her seventh album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, came out in 2023, and its single "My Love Mine All Mine" became her first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Mitski stands 5'6" with a slim build, brown hair and brown eyes. She has a large social media following, with 2.6 million on Instagram. She is 35 years old.