Contrary to what many people assume, Michelle Zauner of Japenese Breakfast is not, in fact, Japenese. A Korean Jew from Eugene, Oregon, Zauner chose the name for her experimental indie pop project to represent a mix of Asian exoticism and American culture. Growing from a homemade experiment, JB’s second full-length release, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, shows how she evolved in the year since her debut Psychopomp. Her direction of the new video for her single “Boyish” shows she’s got skills in other fields, as well.

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