#mykey

Sweet Tooth by Mykey 🍬

https://youtu.be/Y9UzvmsvFu0

-some good folk and bluegrass related songs

ain’t no man-the avett brothers

alive-graeme james

becoming my own home-the collection

down in the valley-the head and the heart

flowers-james spaite

hit ‘em up style-carolina chocolate drops

i will follow you-rivvrs

if we were vampires-jason isbell and the 400 unit

kickin’ da leaves-judah & the lion

the mason-jake scott

monsters in the dark-mykey

monsters of the north-the national parks

the listener-the collection

maybe i was the one-mykey

mr coyote and the terrible things he taught his children-james spaite

quarter life crisis-judah & the lion

riverside-james spaite

stella-cereus bright

subterranean homesick blues-the lumineers

wander. wonder.-the arcadian wild

Photo: Axel Kabundji

When the artist MyKey dropped “Was It Something I Said” last year, we were all ears. We dug into his back catalogue and found “Untitled Unloved” and consider ourselves hooked. Now, the one-of-a-kind artist has released “Please Don’t Go,” and it is safe to say, MyKey, you have unlocked our hearts (pun fully intended).

This latest release is a continuation of a story that started with “Was It Something I Said,” a narration of a crumbling relationship, hanging on by a thread and filled with uncertainty. We now have the later half of the story, the sardonic “Please Don’t Go,” which is really saying, please don’t let the door hit you on the way out. 

The production portrays the sense of freedom one would find after letting go of a toxic relationship. MyKey’s voice coos the titular “Please Don’t Go” and then follows with the hard hitting truth of, “I sleep better alone / It’s so uncomfortable with you star fishing all night long / Now I’m tired while I’m tired of your shit every day / I think I’m staying at home / Don’t even charge my phone 'cause I don’t wanna talk to you / It’s hard to leave when all I know is life in a cage”

The new Warner Records signee writes all of his songs from a pocket of deep empathy and typically about situations that happen to people in his life rather than himself. This leaves a slight mystery to who he truly is. What we do know about him though, is that he eats cereal with chopsticks, orders Lego sets at 3 a.m., and lives his life in carefree, unexpected fashion. 

Listen to MyKey’s farewell, and say bon voyage to your toxic relationship too:

Was It Something I Said: MyKey