Michelle Zauner

ABOUT MICHELLE ZAUNER

Singer and guitarist who creates dreamy, shoegaze-inspired indie-pop under the name Japanese Breakfast. She has won acclaim from major music outlets around the world for releases like Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017). She has released 3 studio albums since 2016.

She grew up in Eugene, Oregon before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She got her start with the band Post Post.

She was a member of the Philadelphia-based emo band Little Big League before going solo. In 2021, she made the soundtrack for the video game Sable.

Her mother passed away from breast cancer.

She cites Bjork as one of her personal idols.