Coinciding with Friday’s release of her hotly anticipated sixth album, Laurel Hell, singer-songwriter Mitski dropped a video for album track “Stay Soft.”
Much like the other videos produced for Laurel Hell‘s singles, “Stay Soft” draws much of its influence from psychological thrillers and horror films — of which Mitski is an admitted fan. In the film for the synth-driven song, Mitski finds herself wandering in a garden before being abducted by a pair of bizarre masked beings. In true Mitski fashion, the Maegan Houang-directed clip is heavily choreographed, with the singer performing exaggerated pantomime that occasionally align with the song’s lyrics during certain segments of the video.
Punctuated by a pulsating bass line and sprightly arpeggiations, “Stay Soft” deals with lyrical subject matter constantly in opposition with the song’s lighthearted production.
