Cinematic grandeur in The Egg. Working for the knife by Mistki

23/07/2022. [Music-video] by Mitski
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS

Working for the knife is the single from the album "Laurel Hell", released in 2022 by the japanese-american singer and songwritter Mitski. The music video is set in The Egg, in the city of Abany, New York. Designed by Wallace Harrison, the building was built in 1978 and accomodates larger productions, including musical theather, dance and music concerts.

Through cinematographic grander, the production directed by Zia Anger and Mitski explores the contrast between the dramatic nature of the brutalist structure and the artists's performance in the Hart Theatre, one of the spaces in the project, where she dances in silence for an empty crowd.

Working for the knife by Mistki

The lyrics written by Mistki were inspired by her own trajectory and criticize the conformity of a system, where she feels compelled to live up to the expectations of others and to conform to a pattern to continue working on her music.

"Working for the knife" revolves around the knife, a metaphor for the pressure for perfectionism in the music industry itself. The fascinating song represents the artist's dark side and examines how it feels to live in a world that absorbs humanity at every step.

Mistki. Our Saturday music video. (Official Music Video). METALOCUS MUSIC PROJECT.

Créditos.-

Songwriter.- Mitski Miyawaki
Director.- Zia Anger, Mitski Miyawaki
Producer.- Patrick Hyland
Label.- Dead Oceans
Photograph.- Ashley Connor

Lyrics.-

I cry at the start of every movie
I guess 'cause I wish I was making things too
But I'm working for the knife

I used to think I would tell stories
But nobodycared for the stories I had abot
No good guys

I always knew thw world moves on
I just didn't know it would go without me
I started the day high and it eds so low
'Cause I'm working for the knife

I used to tjink I'd be done by 20
Now at 29 the road ahead appears the same
Though maybe at 30 I'll se a way to change
That I'm living for the knife

I always thought the choice was mine
Ans I was right but I just chose wrong
I start the day lying and end with the truth
That i'm dying for the knife