Watch Mitski’s video for new album track ‘Stay Soft’
nme.comMitski has shared the music video for ‘Stay Soft’ to coincide with the release of her new album ‘Laurel Hell’ – watch below.‘Laurel Hell’, which is out today (February 4), follows 2018’s ‘Be The Cowboy’.
Mitski previewed the album with the tracks ‘Working For The Knife’, ‘The Only Heartbreaker’, ‘Heat Lightning’ and ‘Love Me More’.The video for ‘Stay Soft’ is directed by Maegan Houang, who previously co-directed the visuals for ‘The Only Heartbreaker’.
It sees Mitski in a spooky garden, with some eerie figures lurking in the background who eventually chase her until they meet their bloody end.Houang said in a statement: “This video is heavily inspired by Romanticism and paintings and artwork from the Victorian era.
Like the lyrics of the song ‘Stay Soft,’ paintings from that era have a gentle quality, but they still evoke a certain feeling of unexplored darkness and danger.
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