Michelle Zauner: podcast appearances and interviews

Michelle Chongmi Zauner, born March 29, 1989, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She is best known as the frontwoman of the indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. Zauner has performed music since her youth and was a member of the Philadelphia-based emo band Little Big League, with whom she released two albums, These Are Good People in 2013 and Tropical Jinx in 2014. In 2013, she began releasing music under the name Japanese Breakfast, and has since released four studio albums: Psychopomp in 2016, Soft Sounds from Another Planet in 2017, Jubilee in 2021, and For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) in 2025. She also composed the soundtrack for the 2021 video game Sable. Zauner's writing has appeared in Glamour, The New Yorker, and Harper's Bazaar. Her memoir, Crying in H Mart, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2021, spent 60 weeks on The New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list and received critical acclaim. In 2022, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world under the category of Innovators.