Michelle Zauner

**Michelle Chongmi Zauner** (An haife ta ne a ranar 29 ga watan Maris, shekara ta alif 1989) mawaƙiya ce ta Amurka, mawaƙiya, marubuciya, kuma marubuciya, wacce aka sani da jagorar mawaƙan ƙungiyar indie pop ta Japan Breakfast . Littafin tarihinta na shekarar 2021, Crying in H Mart, ya shafe makonni 60 a cikin jerin sunayen mafi kyawun littafin New York Times. A cikin shekara ta 2022, Time ya kira ta daya daga cikin mutane 100 mafi tasiri a duniya a ƙarƙashin rukunin Innovators a cikin jerin shekara-shekara.

Zauner ta girma ne a Eugene, Oregon, kuma ta fara buga kiɗa da kuma karbar bakuncin wasan kwaikwayo na jama'a lokacin da take da shekaru 15. A shekara ta 2011, bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Bryn Mawr, Zauner da wasu mawaƙa uku sun kafa Little Big League, ƙungiyar emo ta Philadelphia wacce ta fitar da kundi biyu, These Are Good People (2013) da Tropical Jinx (2014). Zauner, wacce a shekarar 2013 ta fara sakin kiɗa a karkashin sunan Japanese Breakfast, ta bar Little Big League a shekarar 2014 lokacin da ta koma Eugene don kula da mahaifiyarta mai rashin lafiya. A cikin sheka 2016, ta fitar da kundi na farko na Breakfast na Japan, Psychopomp, wanda ya shafi baƙin ciki da mutuwar mahaifiyarta. An saki kundi na gaba, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, a cikin 2017. Na uku, *Jubilee,* an sake shi a cikin shekarar 2021 kuma ya zama kundi na farko na ƙungiyar don tsarawa a kan  200, ya kai No. 56; an zabi shi don kyautar Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Kayan Kayan Kyakkyawan . A matsayin Breakfast na Japan, Zauner ya kuma rubuta sauti don wasan bidiyo na Sable na 2021.

An buga rubutun Zauner a cikin Glamour, The New Yorker, da *Harper's Bazaar* . Ta fitar da littafinta na farko, Crying in H Mart: A Memoir, ta hanyar Alfred A. Knopf a cikin 2021 zuwa yabo mai mahimmanci. Za a daidaita shi a cikin fim din fasalin Orion Pictures, tare da Zauner yana ba da sauti. Ta ba da umarnin mafi yawan bidiyon kiɗa na Breakfast na Japan; ta kuma ba da umarni ga mawaƙin Amurka Jay Som da ƙungiyar pop mai ƙarfi Charly Bliss .

## Rayuwa da aiki

### 1989-2011: Rayuwa da ayyukan farko
An haifi Michelle Chongmi Zauner a ranar 29 ga Maris, 1989, a Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu, ga Chongmi, uwar gida, da Joel Zauner, mai sayar da mota. Mahaifiyarta 'yar Koriya ce kuma mahaifinta Ba'amurke ne na asalin Yahudawa. A cikin tarihin, ta rubuta "Yana girma a Amurka tare da mahaifin Caucasian da mahaifiyar Koriya, na dogara da mahaifiyata don samun damar al'adunmu na Koriya".

Zauner ta girma ne a Eugene, Oregon, inda iyalin suka koma lokacin da take da watanni tara.

Yayinda take girma, Zauner da mahaifiyarta sun ziyarci iyalansu a Seoul mafi yawan lokacin rani.

A shekara goma sha biyar, Zauner ta nemi mahaifiyarta ta sayi guitar. Ta fara karbar darussan guitar na mako-mako a The Lesson Factory,  koyon kirtani, da kuma rubuta waƙoƙi.  Waƙoƙinta na farko sun kasance game da "abokantaka da abubuwan da suka faru".  Ta fara wasa a cikin dare na mic da kuma wuraren wasan kwaikwayon da ke kusa da Eugene a ƙarƙashin sunan Little Girl, Big Spoon,  abin takaici ga mahaifiyarta, wacce ke fatan cewa 'yarta ba za ta bi aiki a cikin kiɗa ba. Ta fara tallata kiɗanta a kusa da Eugene kuma tana yawan bugawa a W.O.W. Hall a matsayin aikin buɗewa ga mawaƙa kamar Mike Coykendall, M. Ward, da Maria Taylor. Zauner ya kuma taka leda a fa'idodin makaranta. Ayyukanta na kiɗa sun lalata dangantakarta da mahaifiyarta, wanda ya sa Zauner ya zama mai baƙin ciki a lokacin Babban shekara a makarantar sakandare ta Kudancin Eugene.

Zauner ta halarci Kwalejin Bryn Mawr a Pennsylvania, inda ta kirkiro wata babbar ƙungiya mai zaman kanta a cikin samar da ƙira kuma ta zama mai son marubuta kamar Philip Roth, Richard Ford, da John Updike . Ta fi son rubuta fiction don kauce wa rubutawa game da asalin ta na launin fata a matsayin Koriya-Amurka, ta yi imanin cewa idan ta yi, za ta yi wasa da "katin tseren". A cikin fall of 2008, Zauner ya shiga cikin 'yan uwan Bryn Mawr Marisa Helgeson, Casey Sowa, da K.O.H. don kafa Post Post, ƙungiyar indie pop wacce ta sake maimaitawa a cikin ɗakin kwana na Helgeson. Post ta fitar da EP, Meta Meta, a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 2009,  ta hanyar lakabin Awkwardcore Records.   Zauner kuma ta taka leda a cikin ƙungiyar da ake kira Birthday Girlz, ta hanyar da ta rubuta waƙar "Kowane Mutum Yana so Ya Ƙaunar Ka".  Ta kammala karatu daga Bryn Mawr a shekara ta 2011,  sannan ta jira tebur kuma ta yi aiki a wurin kiɗa na Philadelphia Union Transfer's coat check  yayin da take ƙoƙarin samun aikinta na kiɗa daga ƙasa.

### 2011-2016: Little Big League da karin kumallo na Japan
A cikin 2011, Zauner ya fara ƙungiyar emo ta Philadelphia Little Big League tare da Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran, da Deven Craige .  O'Halloran da Zauner sun hadu a cikin aji a Bryn Mawr; biyun sun sadu da Craige a wani shirin Post Post da Dstrayk a wani biki. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2012, ƙungiyar ta fitar da wani EP mai suna. Zauner ne ya gabatar da shi, ya yi rikodin kiɗa don kundi na farko a cikin ɗakin Craige, a Berk's Warehouse a Philadelphia, wanda aka rufe a watan Janairun 2013. An saki kundin a kan lakabin Tiny Engines a matsayin These Are Good People a ranar 6 ga watan Agusta, 2013, kuma ƙungiyar ta kaddamar da yawon shakatawa. *Waɗannan mutane ne masu kyau* sun haifar da wakar "My Very Own You".

A cikin 2013, Zauner ta fara yin rikodin waƙoƙin da ta saki a ƙarƙashin sunan Japanese Breakfast . Ta ce ta zaɓi sunan bayan ta ga gif na karin kumallo na Jafananci, saboda ta yi tunanin cewa Amurkawa suna ɗaukar shi "baƙon abu".  A watan Yunin 2013, Zauner da mawaƙa Rachel Gagliardi na duo Slutever sun rubuta kuma sun buga waƙa ɗaya a rana a shafin yanar gizon Tumblr rachelandmichelledojune . A ranar 1 ga watan Yuli, ta saki waƙoƙin a kan Bandcamp a matsayin kundin *Yuni. * A matsayin Breakfast na Japan, Zauner ya kuma shiga cikin aikin waƙa tare da mawaƙa Eskimeaux, Florist, Frankie Cosmos, da Small Wonder, waɗanda suka buga waƙoƙi kowace rana a shafin yanar gizon Tumblr may5to12songs a watan Mayu 2014. A ranar 6 ga Yuni, 2014, ta saki waƙoƙinta a matsayin kundin Breakfast na Japan Where Is My Great Feeling? a kan Bandcamp . **' A ranar 24 ga watan Yulin, ta fitar da wani kundi, American Sound . **' Ta sake fitowa duka biyu a ƙarshen Yuli a kan cassette tape a matsayin American Sound / Where Is My Great Big Feeling?. 

Har ila yau a watan Yulin 2014, Little Big League da ƙungiyar rock Ovlov sun fito da EP, Split, a kan lakabin Tiny Engines. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, sun sanya hannu tare da Run for Cover, wanda ya fitar da kundi na biyu kuma na karshe na ƙungiyar, Tropical Jinx, a watan Oktoba. Don inganta kundin, ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya tare da Ovlov da ƙungiyar punk-rock Mannequin Pussy, gami da kide-kide a filin wasa na Shea, wurin DIY na Brooklyn. Zauner ta bar ƙungiyar don komawa Eugene don kula da mahaifiyarta, wacce aka gano tana da cututtukan cututtukatattun cututtukayyaki na IV.  

A shekara ta 2015, ta firgita da rashin nasara a masana'antar kiɗa, Zauner ta ɗauki aiki a kamfanin talla a Birnin New York. A lokacin hutu, ta rubuta waƙoƙi game da mutuwar mahaifiyarta a matsayin hanyar magance baƙin cikinta.

A *Wata* Janairun 2016, Zauner ya kafa ƙungiyar Dog Island tare da Alanna Nuala Higgins daga ƙungiyar Moon da Kat Casale, tsohon mawaƙi na mawaƙin mawaƙa na Amurka na Japan Mitski . Sun buga wasanni da yawa a wuraren shakatawa na Brooklyn Silent Barn, David Blaine's The Steakhouse, da Market Hotel, inda suka buɗe don DIIV a watan Maris na shekara ta 2016.  Kungiyar ba ta fitar da kiɗa ba; Zauner ya fi mayar da hankali kan rikodin tare da Breakfast na Japan. A watan Fabrairu, Little Big League ta sake haduwa bayan shekaru biyu don yin wasa tare da Ovlov a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu da kuma Loved Ones da Cayatena a ranar 20 ga Fabrairun.
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