About Stay Soft, Get Eaten: The Complete Biography of Mitski
“It was my little secret garden that I tended to. No one else was allowed in. Things get lost, break, or disappear. People come and go. But my songs, my writing, it was mine.” – Mitski
Mitski is an artist shaped by contradiction. Born in Japan and raised across the globe before settling in America, a misplaced sense of identity plagued her upbringing. Yet this internal conflict eventually found a home. Mitski unleashed her raw vulnerability into music so uniquely passionate that listeners fell in worship. Unwittingly, Mitski became the voice for a generation of sadness. Her calling kept her afloat while the pressure of her rabid fandom pushed her down. Her brilliance had become both a gift and a burden.
Stay Soft, Get Eaten is the most comprehensive Mitski biography to date. By collecting hundreds of her quotes pulled from interviews, articles, and social media, we trace her rise from isolation to icon, unpacking her thoughts on the industry, depression, romance, and, of course, cultural identity. Using the crumbs of her wisdom, this book gradually unravels the enigma that is Mitski.
More importantly, we focus on Mitski’s music, giving ample pages to the entirety of her critically acclaimed discography, including The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, Puberty 2, and Be the Cowboy, which Pitchfork called the Best Album of 2018. If the information is out there, it’s in here, the definitive Mitski Bible. When you finish this book, you’ll know more about Mitski than anybody, and you will understand why Iggy Pop deemed her “the most advanced American songwriter I know”.
This celebrity biography was proudly written by a human author without the use of AI. That author is Jared Woods, the pen behind the In Her Own Words book series. These publications include the Fiona Apple book When a Song Ends in a Minor Key, and the phenomenally popular Lana Del Rey book F**ked My Way Up To The Top. Both are available now.
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Author Bio:
Born in South Africa and now a homeless nomad, Jared has explored and gathered inspiration from over 65 countries and counting. Additionally, he reads the central scripture from a different religion every year, deepening his understanding of numerous faiths and cultures. This curiosity and dedication to broad theology have greatly influenced his latest fiction book, “The Lamb Prophecy”, where Jared blends fantasy with deep spiritual themes, constructing a world rich with combined mythology.
Jared is also the author of the “In Her Own Words” series of biographies about female musicians. Thus far, these include “Stay Soft, Get Eaten” for Mitski, “When a Song Ends in a Minor Key” for Fiona Apple, and the phenomenally popular “F**ked My Way Up To The Top” for Lana Del Rey. These are available right now.
There are many other works under Jared’s name, such as the spiritual philosophy of the “Janthopoyism Bible”, the self-help publication “Heartbreak Sucks! How to Get Over Your Breakup in 30 Days”, and the collection of short stories “Licking the Bottom of the Love Jar”.
Keep up with Jared on Instagram @legotrip
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