Mac Demarco and Mitski are the latest to join the likes of pop-culture pairings Deep Impact & Armageddon and Dante’s Peak & Inferno in the history of parallel thinking after the announcement of a new album by Demarco has Mitski stans pointing out a handful of maybe-more-than-coincidental similarities. As for Mitski, though? She’s all for it.
Last year, Mitski released the excellent Be the Cowboy, and Mac Demarco seems to have taken that title’s advice to heart with the announcement of his upcoming album, the deja-vu-inducing Here Comes the Cowboy. But remember, this is Mac Demarco we’re talking about, someone who is far from content with doing anything halfway: in addition to the similar album titles, the lead single from Here Comes the Cowboy is, just like that of Be the Cowboy’s iconic breakout jam, “Nobody”:
It’s not like we’re comparing System of a Down and like, 2 Chainz here: Mitski and Mac Demarco exist in the same Carhartt-sporting sphere of young adults who, if they aren’t fans of both artists are at least quite aware of each’s existence. Which is why many people took notice of these similarities, and not in the warmest of ways:
Mac Demarco unveils new single “Formation” off his upcoming album “The Lemonade Stand”
— DJ Artificial Intelligence Fucknasty (@wipeyadocsoff) March 5, 2019
i won’t rest until mitski bests mac demarco in an old west duel outside the old saloon at noon on the dot https://t.co/4VfLbXoXPc
— georgia 🛰 (@gothgeorgia) March 5, 2019
i, for one, am shocked that mac demarco may have done something with music that is not 100% original.
— Brandon Stosuy (@brandonstosuy) March 5, 2019
Making the situation all the more maddeningly Mac-esque is the revelation that the British Columbia-born singer-songwriter hasn’t even heard Mitski’s album yet. This announcement comes from Mac’s press representative – who, to add to the bizarreness of the scenario, is also employed in the same role for Mitski.
Mad? Confused? Don’t be – Mitski isn’t, with the singer managing to find some humour in the collection of coincidental coincidences through some tweets this morning:
haha! I'm 100% sure mac & I just went fishing in the same part of the collective unconscious! What's wild is we have the same PR, so I LOVE my personal conspiracy theory that she heard the album+track titles but kept quiet thinking maybe some Mac fans will mistakenly find me loll https://t.co/qSTDXJBHjK
— mitski (@mitskileaks) March 5, 2019
my god, why is everyone mad? i'm laughing!
— mitski (@mitskileaks) March 5, 2019
So, if you find yourself this morning debating about which Cowboy you plan on pledging your allegiance to, why not take a page out of Mitski’s book: have a laugh about it and ask yourself:
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