{"id":791512,"date":"2018-12-21T12:16:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=772046"},"modified":"2018-12-21T12:16:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:16:17","slug":"watch-mitski-take-2018-victory-lap-on-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-mitski-take-2018-victory-lap-on-kimmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Mitski Take 2018 Victory Lap on \u2018Kimmel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Mitski<\/a>, 2018 was a career-defining year. She took a creative risk with her album\u00a0Be the Cowboy<\/em>\u00a0by moving away from alt-rock and embracing disco, glam and showtimes \u2013 as we mentioned in the album\u2019s entry on our list of the 50 best albums<\/a> of the year. Rob Sheffield put her deeply vulnerable song \u201cA Pearl\u201d on his best-of list<\/a>, comparing her to both Morrissey and Johnny Marr.<\/p>\n

She also toured with Lorde and moved into bigger venues herself. Despite her growing fame, she kept fans guessing on the real stories behind her confessional songs: \u201cI think it\u2019s a generally rational thing for all my peers to want to share everything, but I\u2019m very private and protected,\u201d she told Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. \u201cMaybe also it\u2019s because I already write these personal songs. My needs are met. I already give my soul and my songs. I don\u2019t want to also give you my life. I want something for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer took a victory lap with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel live<\/a> last night, where she performed two songs, the Euro-disco rave-up \u201cNobody\u201d and the bittersweet \u201cTwo Slow Dancers.\u201d The singer is not slowing down next year, hitting the road with Jay Som beginning March 29th at Pittsburgh\u2019s Mr. Smalls Theatre.<\/p>\n