Puberty 2 by Mitski

Puberty 2, Mitski's fourth studio album and her first for Dead Oceans, came out on June 17, 2016, the follow-up to Bury Me at Makeout Creek. Longtime collaborator Patrick Hyland produced it, and it's the sound of a songwriter turning private turmoil into something loud enough to fill a room.

The songs circle longing, love, depression, alienation and racial identity, and Mitski delivers them with a raw, wrenching intensity that critics lined up to praise. "Your Best American Girl" came first, in March, a quiet confession that erupts into a roar. "Happy" followed in May, and a video for "A Burning Hill" arrived in October, with tours of North America and Europe after it. A 10th-anniversary deluxe edition in June 2026 added "Fireproof" and "I'm a Fool to Want You", both taken from the original Japanese CD. Be the Cowboy came next.

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