Mitski has revealed her new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, set for release on February 27 via Dead Oceans. The lead single, 'Where’s My Phone?', marks a return to fuzzy guitars, contrasting her recent balladry. The accompanying music video draws from Shirley Jackson’s novel, featuring Mitski as a reclusive figure.
Mitski, known for her introspective indie songwriting, announced her eighth studio album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, on January 16, 2026. The album arrives February 27 through Dead Oceans and follows her 2023 release, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, for which she issued a concert film and live album in 2025, recorded during its tour.
The lead single, 'Where’s My Phone?', introduces an energetic shift with jaunty, fuzzy guitars reminiscent of her 2014 album Bury Me At Makeout Creek. This contrasts the stately balladry of recent tracks like the 2023 viral hit 'My Love Mine All Mine', which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Mitski, who quit social media in 2019 and is often called one of indie’s most offline songwriters, delivers a chorus evoking a digital native’s inner panic. The track includes a bleeped 'fuck' in the second verse, possibly nodding to platforms like TikTok.
Lyrically, Mitski sings, “I’ll stay out until my mind is like a clear glass / A clear glass with nothing going on,” building on her canon of vivid images, such as a nod to the “bug floating in the melted amber of a citronella candle” from 'Bug Like An Angel'. Members of her touring band contributed to the new record.
Directed by Noel Paul, the music video for 'Where’s My Phone?' is inspired by Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Mitski portrays a housebound paranoiac in a gothic manor invaded by outsiders, in a zany, character-packed style. Meanwhile, she continues work on a stage musical adaptation of The Queen’s Gambit.
The full tracklist is: 01 In a Lake, 02 Where’s My Phone?, 03 Cats, 04 If I Leave, 05 Dead Woman, 06 Instead of Here, 07 I’ll Change for You, 08 Rules, 09 That White Cat, 10 Charon’s Obol, 11 Lightning.
