Michelle Zauner

Michelle Zauner is a Korean American guitarist and singer that is best known for her band “Japanese Breakfast.” Zauner was born in Seoul, South Korea though she was brought up in the small town of Eugene in Oregon. She currently lives in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and hopes to one day move back to Brooklyn New York where she once lived. Long before she became a popular and famous member and lead of a rock band, the thirty year old lived in New York but was forced to move to Philly which was more affordable. The lower costs of living in Philadelphia also made it possible to pursue a full time music career. Now that she can afford it, she plans to buy a house in New York since most of her friends have made a home there. Moreover, the Asian food there is way better than what she can find in Philly. Since she now has all the time to think she has all kinds of ideas and in fact was the winner of a Glamour essay writing contest. Since then she has been planning her first memoir to be released in 2021. Her memoir will be about the happy days before her mother got cancer, how she taught herself to cook Korean cuisine and how she studied Korean her mother’s native tongue. While she does a lot of things, she still regrets not taking up the opportunity to perform for Maangchi, her Korean cooking hero and YouTube personality.