Mac DeMarco on Anxiety, Alcoholism and the Mitski controversy

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Post by kikitee » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 4:08 PM UTC

Mac DeMarco on Anxiety, Alcoholism and the Mitski controversy
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Post by lghh » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

I didn't realize there was a Mitski controversy. I knew the songs had the same name, but it's just a single word that can represent a few different emotions. It's not like it was a super-specific title.

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Post by 0x8BADF00D » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 5:37 PM UTC

Surprisingly, they don’t mention his association with Freemasonry in his younger years. It may have helped him develop healthy coping mechanisms, being involved in a group larger than himself.

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Post by wk_end » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:00 PM UTC

lghh wrote: post #2

I didn't realize there was a Mitski controversy. I knew the songs had the same name, but it's just a single word that can represent a few different emotions. It's not like it was a super-specific title.

The albums also have very similar names (Be The Cowboy v. Here Comes The Cowboy).

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Post by zerocrates » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:05 PM UTC

lghh wrote: post #2

I didn't realize there was a Mitski controversy. I knew the songs had the same name, but it's just a single word that can represent a few different emotions. It's not like it was a super-specific title.

I only knew of the Mitski album until just this moment.

Clearly cowboys are now in.

I was all prepared to denounce the social-media hordes for yet again descending to defend the honor of someone who didn't ask for that... but all the mention I can find of the "controversy" is a few articles quoting the same handful of pretty tame (if wrongheaded) tweets. Maybe I should be denouncing the bloggers instead.

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Post by dbcooper » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:12 PM UTC

Wow, he's my favourite ...

https://i.imgur.com/wtiJ7Gu.jpg

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Post by dhritzkiv » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 6:29 PM UTC

dbcooper wrote: post #6

Wow, he's my favourite ... https://i.imgur.com/wtiJ7Gu.jpg

What on earth is this supposed to even mean?

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Post by locusofself » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 7:37 PM UTC

I love Mac's music. The single/album name clash sounds like a huge waste of time, can't believe anyone even mentioned it.

Re: Mac DeMarco on Anxiety, Alcoholism and the Mitski controversy

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Post by fokinsean » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 7:56 PM UTC

locusofself wrote: post #8

I love Mac's music. The single/album name clash sounds like a huge waste of time, can't believe anyone even mentioned it.

We live in an age of outrage, people will always find ways to make something out of nothing.

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Post by jackfrodo » Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 8:02 PM UTC

locusofself wrote: post #8

I love Mac's music. The single/album name clash sounds like a huge waste of time, can't believe anyone even mentioned it.

Obviously the Twitter outrage was way out of line, but I'll lay out the thinking as a Mitski fan:

Mitski releases Be The Cowboy, with the single "Nobody", and it's her real shot into the mainstream, and goes on to get Pitchfork's Album of the Year for 2018. And I think the Mitski fanbase is particularly bizarre in how closely they identify with her.[1]

So for Mac Demarco to release Here Comes the Cowboy, with the lead single "Nobody", right after all that, feels weird. Obviously it's a coincidence and not a big deal, but I understand why people thought it was worth mentioning.

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-misreadin...