Mitski Performs ‘If I Leave’ on ‘Kimmel’: Watch

With Nothing’s About To Happen to Me which dropped in February, Mitski’s recording career goes eight albums deep. There’s a sense she’s only getting started.

Following its release, Nothing’s About To Happen to Me debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart with nearly 43,000 equivalent album units earned, the singer and songwriter’s best week ever by units. That for an artist who has converted a massive presence on TikTok into pop star-level popularity.

Mitski’s fans adore her. And she is reaching out to them, everywhere, on this album cycle, for which Mitski has been something of a road warrior. She completed a six-night residency at New York’s multi-purpose cultural center The Shed, in addition to a Tansy House Installation; five nights at Hollywood High School; four nights at the Sydney Opera House as part of Vivid LIVE, and locked-in shows in Mexico City, Istanbul, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore.

Mitski returned to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier year to perform “I’ll Change For You,” her first performance on the show since 2016, and last night (April 8) stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live, for a rendition of album track “If I Leave.”

Wearing a luxurious, faux leopard-skin coat, and a knee-length string of beads, the Japan-born artist was a picture of calm as her full band rocked out.

Mitski wrote all of the songs and performed all of the vocals on Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, which was produced and engineered by Patrick Hyland and mastered by Bob Weston, and features live instrumentation by The Land touring band and ensemble arrangements. The orchestra was recorded at Sunset Sound and TTG Studios, arranged and conducted by Drew Erickson, engineered by Michael Harris.

Her tour continues May 2 with a concert in Istanbul. Visit Mitski’s website for more, and watch her latest late-night appearance below.