Listen to this when
Working for the Knife
When the thing you love becomes the grind 🔪
Who it's for
Mitski uses "the knife" as a metaphor for the expectations that keep her laboring over her music.
Drained and trapped→Seen and clearer
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Working for the Knife" is a song by Mitski, released by Dead Oceans in October 2021 as a single from her album Laurel Hell. It was her first major release after a hiatus. The song uses "the knife" as a metaphor for the expectations to keep producing music, the systems that control her life and a non-stop work culture, and it touches on feeling unfulfilled by work driven only by pressure.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapter II
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