About the episode
Indie music icon Mitski had already released five albums and received critical acclaim before her 2018 song ‘Nobody’ blew up on TikTok. On her new album, ‘Laurel Hell’, Mitski explores her relationship to the music industry and making art under capitalism, at a moment when she’s more famous than ever. Today Shaad D’Souza joins The Culture to talk about Mitski, TikTok, and the grind of being a musician. Guest: Shaad D’Souza, music critic for The Saturday Paper. Background reading: Mitski’s Laurel Hell in The Saturday Paper.