She also directs her own music vidoes
Michelle Zauner, Bryn Mawr ’11, performs under the name “Japanese Breakfast.” She just released a single and a self-directed video called “Savage Good Boy.” The video features Zauner and The Sopranos star Michael Imperioli (Christaphuh).
Meanwhile, Zauner’s just released memoir “Crying in H Mart,” is currently ranked #161 among ALL BOOKS. It’s also ranked #1 in the categories of Grief & Bereavement, Rock Band Biographies, Cooking Humor.
For those who don’t know Michele Zauner, she’s the indie rockstar behind the solo musical act Japanese Breakfast. She’s also a daughter, foodie, a Korean-American, and a writer who effectively gives voice to grief and complicated mother-daughter relationships. When she was 26, Zauner’s mother was diagnosed with cancer and her memoir, Crying in H-Mart chronicles the decline of her mother’s health and her own journey in finding her sense of self. It’s through food that Zauner most connected with her fierce and independent mother, and so it follows that the place where she most misses her is in a Korean grocery store. Despite her mother rarely showing affection or vulnerability, Zauner traces her own emotions with such care and insight that it’s impossible not to shed a tear as you realize just how much she truly understood her mother. A powerful memoir that shows just how important it is to accept someone fully for who they are—and loving them just the same. Amazon Book Review
I ended up taking creative writing classes with Daniel Torday and film classes with Homay King, both of whom ended up being extraordinary mentors. This became my way of being able to direct a short film and writing stories, and we called it “creative production.” It seems incredibly impractical, but this is what I do with my life now. I was always interested in being a writer. Yet, at the time, it somehow seemed more unfeasible to be a writer than a musician.Salon.com