As Michelle Zauner revealed in an interview with NPR: "The song title comes from this Satoshi Kon movie, Paprika, and this sort of surreal parade that happens. I was playing around with a lot of these Spitfire Albion orchestra plugins, and I had come up with this marching band thing that built up into this huge crash in the chorus." "This song is the perfect thesis statement for the record because it’s a huge, ambitious monster of a song. We actually maxed out the number of tracks on the Pro Tools session because we used everything that could possibly be used on it. I… read more
As Michelle Zauner revealed in an interview with NPR: "The song title comes from this Satoshi Kon movie, Paprika, and this sort of surreal parad… read more
As Michelle Zauner revealed in an interview with NPR: "The song title comes from this Satoshi Kon movie, Paprika, and this sort of surreal parade that happens. I was playing around … read more
Japanese Breakfast is the solo musical project of Korean-American musician Michelle Zauner (of Little Girl, Big Spoon, Post Post, Little Big League). Zauner released a tape in June 2013 under the solo moniker Japanese Breakfast. The tape was titled June and boasted thirty tracks written and recorded every day of the month. A stark deviation from Little Big League's guitar-based indie rock, it showcased Zauner's dark lyrics, unique vocals and inherent knack for pop melody. Two bedroom pop cassettes later, Japanese Breakfast returns with a first full-fledged LP and vinyl … read more