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Tactics

"**Tactics**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast from the album *Jubilee*, it was released on June 4th 2021.

## Background

Michelle Zauner shared that when making this song, she wanted to *"make a beautiful, sweet, big ballad, full of strings and groovy percussion".*

On October 28th 2021 a live version of the song was released on the Spotify-exclusive Live At Electric Lady EP.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

### Instrumentation

* **Vocals:** Michelle Zauner
* **Bass:** Craig Hendrix
* **Percussion:** Craig Hendrix
* **Drums:** Craig Hendrix
* **Rhodes:** Craig Hendrix

* **String Arrangements:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix
* **Violin:** Molly Germer
* **Viola:** Veronica Jurkiewicz
* **Cello:** Carolina Diazgranados

### Technical

* **Engineering:** Craig Hendrix, Alex Santilli & Eric Bogacz
* **Mixing:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastering:** Heba Kadry

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Tried, tried to recall

Memories of peaches, the sun on my neck

And I guess without you, I would attach myself too

Without much discretion of who

**Chorus**

So I had to

Move a great distance from you

Cross a sea, keep you from me

Move a great distance from you

Cross a sea, keep you from me

**Verse 2**

So say, say what you want

Dose up on fiction, disfigure the truth

While I walk, life beating on

Aching for others with love that stops short

**Chorus**

A love that has to

Move a great distance from you

Cross a sea, keep you from me

Move a great distance from you

Cross a sea, keep you from me

## References

1. ↑ Japanese Breakfast: The Jubilee Interview - The Matt Wilkinson Show (Apple Music), June 7 2021
Day 9

## Music Video

"**Day 5**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*.

## Background

Day 5 was released on June 5th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. On December 4th 2013, Michelle Zauner released the songs music video onto her YouTube channel.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I work a day job, I work a night job, I work inbetween jobs everyday

Amphetamine salts, you get me off, in the worst kind of way

**Chorus**

This calls for some drugs

Drugs, drugs

(Oh my god you are just like your father, oh my god you are just like your father)

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
2. ↑ music video - YouTube, December 4 2013
Never Have I Ever Walked Away When The Time Was Right

"**Never Have I Ever Walked Away When the Time Was Right**" is a song by Little Big League from the album *These Are Good People*, it was released on August 6th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Craig Hendrix, Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

In the cold, hard light of dawn are you happy with what you’ve become

Indoors, from room to room, are you guiltless

And the tears they came and went, when we came through, came, and went

While in my hair you made a fist, I was guiltless

**Chorus**

But we were good when we were good

We were good when we were good

**Verse 2**

Through the woodsmoke in Hancock, New York played a kid's game turned a baring of scars

Outdoors from kid to kid, psychic lesions

And the beers they came and went, exposing the pornographic larks of our past

Filling the spaces we'd all chased to forget, do you find peace in that

**Bridge**

Oh, never have I ever

Walked away when the time was right

Oh, never have you ever

Looked your father straight in the eye

I try to find the feeling

That comes over me

Cold voice in the night

**Chorus**

Oh we were good when we were good

Oh but now we are not good, now we are not good

And never have I ever
Day 28

"**Day 28**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*. It was written, recorded and released on June 28th 2013.

## Background

Day 28 was first recorded and released on June 28th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. It was later released as part of the June album on September 13th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Dreaming restaurant dreams where too many people keep coming in

And you're there, you don't know half of what I feel

When you tell me to close my eyes

**Chorus**

It's an actors' game where you envision someone that you have done wrong

And say that you're sorry 'til the guilt is gone

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
Pure Bliss Choices

"**Pure Bliss Choices**" is a song by Little Big League from their collaborative single *Little Big League/Ovlov Split* with the band Ovlov, it was released on June 16th 2014.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner, Kevin O'Halloran, Deven Craige & Ian Dykstra
* **Produced by:** Dan Angel & James Ryskalchick

### Instrumentation

* **Vocals:** Michelle Zauner
* **Guitar:** Michelle Zauner & Kevin O'Halloran
* **Bass:** Deven Craige
* **Drums:** Ian Dykstra

### Technical

* **Engineering:** Dan Angel & James Ryskalchick
* **Mixing:** Dan Angel & James Ryskalchick
* **Mastering:** Alex Santilli

### Studio Info

* **Recorded at:** The Sex Dungeon (Philadelphia, PA)
* **Mastered at:** Spice House Sound (Philadelphia, PA)

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Something weird keeps dripping from the ceiling in the kitchen

It looks like blood or AC rust, it's hard to tell

**Chorus**

Hell, you're not really all there

Just keep running on pure bliss choices

It's the last time to do it

**Verse 2**

Mutant fishtown neighbor seems to be screaming about some overgrown tree in the backyard

Squirrels are fucking in my ceiling

And I keep having restaurant dreams where too many people come in

**Chorus**

But you're not really all there

Just keeping running on pure bliss choices, yeah

**Bridge**

What can I say? I've got a love for the game and bad taste in active adult living

And I'm all heart

I'll waste this prime life real estate the way I want and go and see that giant VA cigarette

You're not really all there

You're not really all there

**Chorus**

Just keep running, and it runs out baby so speed up

And just keep on choosing pure bliss the whole way
Everybody Wants To Love You

* Single Cover
* Album Cover

## Music Video

* Bear Country
* Psychopomp! Demos & Midi

## Listen

### Listen

"**Everybody Wants To Love You**" is the second major-label single by the band Japanese Breakfast from the album Psychopomp, it was released on February 15th 2016.

## Background

Everybody Wants To Love You was originally written sometime around 2009 during the session for Bear Country, that version was later re-released as the Everybody Wants To Love You demo on Psychopomp! Demos & Midi. According to Michelle Zauner the song was *"written about my relationship with a woman who has no idea I wrote it for her"*

## Official Versions

* Psychopomp Version - 2:12
* Bear Country Version /Demo Version - 1:51

## Lyrics

* Psychopomp Version
* Bear Country Version

**Verse 1**

Can I get your number?

Can I get you into bed?

When we wake up in the morning

Will you give me lots of head?

**Chorus**

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

**Verse 2**

Will you lend me your toothbrush?

Will you make me breakfast in bed?

Ask me to get married

And then make me breakfast again

**Chorus**

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

**Chorus**

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

**Verse 1**

Can I get your number?

Can I get you into bed?

When we wake up in the morning

Will you give me lots of head?

**Chorus**

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

**Verse 2**

Will you lend me your toothbrush?

Will you make me breakfast in bed?

Ask me to get married

And then make me breakfast again

**Chorus**

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you

Everybody wants to love you
Crying In H Mart

Disambiguation page for Crying In H MartThe following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

**Crying In H Mart (Book)** - *The 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner.*
**Crying In H Mart (Audiobook)** *- Audiobook version of the 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner.***Crying In H Mart (Film)** - *The upcoming Crying In H Mart film adaptation.*
**Crying In H Mart (Film Soundtrack)** - *The soundtrack from the upcoming Crying In H Mart film adaptation.*
Bread

"**Bread**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast, it was included on the album *American Sound*.

## Background

Bread was first posted to Tumblr by Michelle Zauner on April 20th 2012, in the same post she made the first ever mention to Japanese Breakfast, stating that she's *"Been contemplating an album of shitty recorded songs like this under the moniker “Japanese Breakfast” entitled “Prime Life Real Estate”".* The song was later included on the album American Sound.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I awoke without breasts

Just a clean, hard slate

I ran my hands over the new formed surface

**Verse 2**

Turned to you in bed

With some fear I'm being honest

But it's what I've always wanted

To be your man

**Chorus**

Oh, to win your bread

Oh, to win your bread

Oh, to win your bread

Oh, to win your bread
Settlers

"**Settlers**" is a song by Little Big League from the album *These Are Good People*, it was released on August 6th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Craig Hendrix, Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I’ve been finding little hairs, little teeth and little

But no is no is no

We serve our time with hands between and hands within

But no is no is no

**Pre-Chorus**

So we cast up a spell

A dry spell

To replace the violent streak

In you, in me

**Chorus**

Oh my god it's fucking sick the stockholm grip you've got on me

I'd settle to know that you're alive

Do you still fever? Are you temperate?

Does your heart still beat in time?
Kokomo, IN

"**Kokomo, IN**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast from the album *Jubilee*, it was released on June 4th 2021.

## Background

On the background of the song, Michelle Zauner stated that:

> *"It’s sung from the perspective of a character I made up who’s this teenage boy in Kokomo, Indiana, and he’s saying goodbye to his high school sweetheart who is leaving"*
>
>

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

### Instrumentation

* **Vocals:** Michelle Zauner
* **Acoustic Guitar:** Michelle Zauner
* **Slide Guitar:** Craig Hendrix
* **Bass:** Craig Hendrix
* **Percussion:** Craig Hendrix
* **Drums:** Craig Hendrix
* **Synthesizers:** Craig Hendrix

* **String Arrangements:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix
* **Violin:** Molly Germer
* **Viola:** Veronica Jurkiewicz
* **Cello:** Carolina Diazgranados

### Technical

* **Engineering:** Craig Hendrix, Alex Santilli & Eric Bogacz
* **Mixing:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastering:** Heba Kadry

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

If I could throw my arms around you

For just another day

Maybe it'd feel like the first time

Now that you're away

I'll just spend my life not knowing

How it'd feel to

**Verse 2**

These days, I can't shake the awful feeling

I'm missing something I can't place

Is that you?

Manifesting like the fear of an oven left on

God, I felt so much back then

I was soft as a dune

**Chorus**

If ever you come back

Wherever you find your way to

And though it may not last

Just know that I'll be here longing

**Verse 3**

I'll wait, passing time just popping wheelies

And kicking round this flyover state

Watching you show off to the world the parts I fell so hard for

God, I wish we could go back there

Left alone in my room

I know they deserve you too

And maybe I'm not that worthy

**Chorus**

If ever you come back

Wherever you find your way to

And though it may not last

Just know that I'll be here longing

If ever you come back

Wherever you find your way to

And though it may not last

You know that I'll be here always

## References

1. ↑ Japanese Breakfast: The Jubilee Interview - The Matt Wilkinson Show (Apple Music), June 7 2021
Verrazano-Narrows

"**Verrazano-Narrows**" is an unreleased song by Japanese Breakfast.

## Background

Verrazano-Narrows was posted to Tumblr by Michelle Zauner on April 28th 2012, describing it as being from a year prior. She describes the song as being "one of the few happy in loves songs I wrote". She re-discovered the song while looking for songs to include on an upcoming cassette tape release, which would later become American Sound.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

You’ll be the carpenter that saves me oh what an architect

Building the houses burned in the fire oh holy holiday

**Chorus**

Home in between all methods of transit

Hoping the lights turn red go as caution sweats every open window

I’m in if you’re in

**Verse 2**

I’ll take the china town bus where you tell me I’ll pay for any fare

I walked a hundred blocks center city feeling lighter than air

**Chorus**

Home in between all methods of transit

Hoping the lights turn red go as caution sweats every open window

I’m in if you’re in

## References

1. ↑ Verrazano-Narrows - Tumblr, April 28 2012
My Very Own You

## Music Video

"**My Very Own You**" is a song by Little Big League from the album *These Are Good People*. It was released as the lead single for the album on March 25th 2013.

## Background

My Very Own You was first posted as it's demo version by Michelle Zauner on November 10th 2011 to her Tumblr. It was later re-recorded by Little Big League in December 2012 and released as the lead single to the album These Are Good People on March 25th 2013. The album was released in full on August 6th 2013. The official music video for the song was filmed on May 14th 2013, and was posted to YouTube on August 21st 2013.

## Official Versions

* **"These Are Good People" Version** - 2:10
* **Demo Version** - 2:49

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Craig Hendrix, Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

* These Are Good People Version
* Demo Version

**Verse 1**

Tell me all the parts I conquered first

Cause I know your kind, you’re a bad, bad girl

**Chorus**

Oh, my very own you

**Verse 2**

Show me every inch they couldn’t reach

I will bring and claim bricks to build my place

**Chorus**

In my very own you

**Bridge**

Tell me who

Who, who?

Tell me who

Who?

**Chorus**

My very own you

My very own you

**Verse 1**

Tell me all the parts I conquered first

Cause I know your kind, you’re a bad, bad girl

**Chorus**

My very own you

My very own you

**Verse 2**

Show me every inch they couldn’t reach

I will bring and claim bricks to build my place

**Bridge**

Tell me who

Tell me who

**Chorus**

My very own you

My very own you

My very own you

My very own you

## References

1. ↑ My Very Own You - Tumblr, November 10 2011
2. ↑ ON THE SET of our new music video. Skateboarding and shotgunning beers bright and early #sk8ordie - Twitter, May 14 2013
3. ↑ Little Big League "My Very Own You" (Official Music Video) - YouTube, August 21 2013
I Like Fancy Fins

"**I Like Fancy Fins**" is a song from the children's TV show Helpsters featuring Japanese Breakfast. Michelle Zauner appeared on the show and sang the song on May 27th 2022 and the song was officially released on the *Helpsters Vol. 3* album on January 6th 2023.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Paul Buckley
* **Produced by:** Paul Buckley

### Technical

* **Mixed by:** Eric Santiestevan & Paul Buckley
* **Mastered by:** Randy Perry

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Fishes with big fins, fishes with small fins

You can see fins on a suqid or a dolphin

**Chorus**

But my favorite kind of fishes have fancy fins

It's like they're at a party where everybody swims

My favorite kind of fishes have fancy fins, yeah

**Post-Chorus**

I like, I like fancy fins, yeah

I like, I like fancy fins, yeah

**Interlude**

Fancy fins, yeah

**Verse 2**

(Fancy fins)Fishes with big fins, fishes with small fins

You can find fins on a squid or a dolphin

**Interlude**

Fancy fins, yeah

Fancy fins, yeah

**Chorus**

But my favorite kind of fishes have fancy fins

It's like they're at a party where everybody swims

My favorite kind of fishes have fancy fins, yeah

**Post-Chorus**

I like, I like fancy fins, yeah

I like, I like fancy fins, yeah
Slide Tackle

### Next

"**Slide Tackle**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast. It was released as part of the album *Jubilee* on June 4th 2021.

## Background

Slide Tackle is a song from the album Jubilee. On March 4th 2022, it was made the 5th and final single from the album.

On January 18th 2022, the song was performed live on The Late Late Show With James Corden.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner, Craig Hendrix & Ryan Galloway

### Instrumentation

* **Vocals:** Michelle Zauner
* **Electric Guitar:** Craig Hendrix & Ryan Galloway
* **Bass:** Michelle Zauner
* **Drums:** Craig Hendrix
* **Synthesizers:** Michelle Zauner, Craig Hendrix & Ryan Galloway

* **Horn Arrangements:** Craig Hendrix
* **Saxophone:** Adam Schatz
* **Trumpet:** Aaron Rockers
* **Trombone:** Adam Dotson

### Technical

* **Engineering:** Craig Hendrix
* **Mixing:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastering:** Heba Kadry

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I want to be good

I want to navigate this hate in my heart

Somewhere better

I want to feel it

But with the feel, there is an ache I meet

To desire living

**Chorus**

Don't mind me while

I'm tackling this void

Slide tackling my mind

This weight feels like

I'm wrestling with my head

Obsessing in the dark

**Verse 2**

So be good to me, be good to me

You and me always had a good time

And what else is left, babe?

So be good to me, be good to me

The day's not a wash until you say

**Chorus**

Don't mind me while

I'm tackling this void

Slide tackling my mind

Long nights where I'm

I'm wrestling with my head

Obsessing in the dark

**Outro**

Obsessing in the dark

Obsessing in the dark
Lindsey

"**Lindsey**" (not to be confused with the unreleased song of the same name) is a song by Little Big League. It served as the lead single for the album *These Are Good People*.

## Background

Lindsey was released on June 10th 2013 as the lead single of the album These Are Good People alongside the announcement of the album. The album was later released on August 6th 2013.

On October 28th 2021, a live version of the song performed by Japanese Breakfast was released on the Spotify-exclusive Live At Electric Lady EP.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Craig Hendrix, Deven Craige, Ian Dykstra, Kevin O'Halloran & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I can see the water from my house

I’ll put you up, Lindsey

I’ll put you up, for free

I'll put you up

**Verse 2**

I could win your bread, if you let me

You let me win

You let me in, Lindsey

**Chorus**

I will have you longing for heirs

I will have you longing for air

I will have you longing

In a home and garden

**Post-Chorus**

Can’t you see the bridal suites?

The water, the water

Don’t you dream of you and me

A daughter, a son

**Bridge**

Lindsey, Lindsey, be mine

Lindsey, Lindsey, be mine

Lindsey, Lindsey, be mine

Lindsey, Lindsey

**Verse 3**

I will make a chain, a precious link

You'll be mine yet, Lindsey

You’ll be my pet, Lindsey

## References

1. ↑ these are good people artwork + “lindsey” free download - Tumblr, June 10 2013
Day 27

"**Day 27**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*. It was written, recorded and released on June 27th 2013.

## Background

Day 27 was first recorded and released on June 27th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. It was later released as part of the June album on September 13th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Won't you please leave that tree in the yard the fuck alone

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
Cartographer's Theme

Cartographer's Theme is an instrumental song by Japanese Breakfast from the Sable video game soundtrack.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

### Technical

* **Engineered by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Mixed by:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastered by:** Alex Santilli

### Studio Info

* **Mastered at:** Spice House Sound (Philadelphia, PA)
B.F.F.

B.F.F. is a song by Little Girl, Big Spoon, Michelle Zauner's first solo project. It was released as part of her album Boats To Boxes sometime in 2006. B.F.F. is the first song Michelle ever wrote.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

My best friend is one sixth of a stranger

Half of a fairy and twelve spoons of danger

Rest of her is pretty, dancing in puddles

A part-time lover, always ready to cuddle

**Pre-Chorus**

And I have my suspicions that she's a werewolf at night

**Chorus**

La-la la-la la-la la-la

We-ooh we-ooh we-ooh we-ooh

Taking pictures in the park

Tea parties are fun a lot

Slow dancing in my bed

And roller-skating wearing costumes

And holding hands in art museums

BFF, BFF, BFF

Woah-oh

**Verse 2**

She takes me on lots of adventures

Swimming in rivers, conversations with strangers

Black-and-white pictures of her on my walls and in my locket

Mistaken for lesbians when her hand's in my back pocket

**Pre-Chorus**

And sometimes when I hate her I pull her hair til it comes out

**Chorus**

La-la la-la la-la la-la

We-ooh we-ooh we-ooh we-ooh

Taking pictures in the park

Tea parties are fun a lot

Slow dancing in my bed

And roller-skating wearing costumes

And holding hands in art museums

BFF, BFF, BFF

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah

1. ↑ Little Girl, Big Spoon charms audiences with her honesty - Daily Emerald, May 24 2006
The Woman That Loves You

## Music Video

"**The Woman That Loves You**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *Psychopomp*, it was released on March 8th 2016 as the album's third single.

## Background

The Woman That Loves You was first recorded by Michelle Zauner and Ned Eisenberg in Michelle's bedroom in 2012. A re-recorded version was first released as part of the Foxing​/​Japanese Breakfast Split in 2013. In 2014, Michelle Zauner released the 2012 Ned Eisenberg version for her project American Sound. Sometime in 2014-2015 it was re-recorded again alongside Colin Redmond for the album Psychopomp, but Michelle decided to instead include an updated version of the American Sound version on the album.

## Official Versions

* Re-Recorded Psychopomp Version - *Unknown*
* Psychopomp Version - 2:24
* American Sound Version - 2:24
* Foxing​/​Japanese Breakfast Split Version - 2:02

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

You're embarrassing me

With a postponed marriage and a stalled-out car

Then you leave me in the back with half a window rolled down

Like a dog, like a dog in the summer heat

**Chorus**

Don't you think, don't you think

You should try to do as little harm as you can

To the woman that loves you?

**Verse 2**

Oh, we'll stay

Oh, we'll stay together

For the weekend, honey

The weekend, babe

Me and you, frosted blue

But we're gazing out for better things

**Chorus**

You should try to do as little harm as you can

To the woman that loves you

You should try to do as little harm as you can

To the woman that loves you

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Evolution of Psychopomp | A Conversation With Japanese Breakfast - Play Too Much, October 2016
In Heaven

## Music Video

"**In Heaven**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast. It was released as the lead single from the album *Psychopomp* and is the debut single by the band.

## Background

According to Michelle Zauner, the song is about her dog who she had to put down. The song was released as the lead single for the album Psychopomp on January 20th 2016 and marks her debut single as Japanese Breakfast.

On August 16th 2022 the music video was made unavailable on YouTube for unknown reasons, but it remains on Bandcamp.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

The dog's confused

She just paces around all day

She's sniffing at your empty room

I'm trying to believe

When I sleep, it's really you

Visiting my dreams

Like they say that angels do

**Pre-Chorus**

I came here for the long haul

Now I leave here as an empty fucking hole

**Chorus**

Oh, do you believe in heaven

Like you believed in me?

Oh, it could be such heaven

If you believed it was real

**Verse 2**

Is there something you can do with yourself?

As I sift through the debris

While I empty every shelf

And flounder in the muck that I'll be drowning in so soon

You can't watch me from the banks then

Turn to say you're swimming too

**Pre-Chorus**

Come here for the long haul

Now I leave here just an empty goddamn hole

**Chorus**

How do you believe in heaven

Like you believe in me?

Oh, it could be such heaven

If you believed it was real

**Outro**

How?

## References

1. ↑ Japanese Breakfast: The Jubilee Interview - The Matt Wilkinson Show (Apple Music), June 7 2021
Lion

"**Lion**" is an unreleased song by the band Birthday Girlz, it was released as part of the album *Bear Country* sometime around 2009. The song is currently unavailable.

## Song Credits

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner, Nathan Baumgartner & Berg Radin
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner, Nathan Baumgartner & Berg Radin
Day 4

"**Day 4**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*. It was written, recorded and released on June 4th 2013.

## Background

Day 4 was first recorded and released on June 4th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. It was later released as part of the June album on September 13th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Pegasus come out to play

Tell me if I did something wrong

Did my sneakers kick at your wings?

Just two days ago, we rode towards the sun

**Chorus**

Oh pegasus, you're my silver lining

Oh pegasus, you're my golden thread

Oh pegasus, you're all that I wanted

Oh pegasus, just come back to bed

Oh pegasus, just come back to bed

Oh pegasus, just come back to bed

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
Michelle Zauner

Michelle Zauner is a Korean-American singer/songwriter currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She is the frontwoman, singer and songwriter for the band Japanese Breakfast.

## Career

### Early Career (2005 - 2014)

Around 2005, Michelle started playing music under the moniker 'Little Girl, Big Spoon'. While attending Bryn Mawr College, she was part of 2 bands: Post Post and Birthday Girlz. In 2011 she formed the band Little Big League and they ended up releasing 2 albums together until their eventual split in 2014. While in Little Big League, Michelle started releasing albums as Japanese Breakfast.

### Japanese Breakfast (2014 - Present)

In December 2014 after the passing of her mother, Michelle Zauner started work on what would become Japanese Breakfast's debut major-label album, Psychopomp. Psychopomp would be eventually released on April 1st 2016 under Yellow K Records, though it was announced on June 23rd 2016 that they'd been signed to Dead Oceans.

On July 14th 2017, Japanese Breakfast released their second album, Soft Sounds From Another Planet. And during the E3 2018 festival the following year, it was announced that Japanese Breakfast would be creating the soundtrack for the video game Sable, that album would later be released in 2021.

Japanese Breakfast's third album, Jubilee, was released on June 4th 2021 and provided stark contrast to their previous 2 albums, this one described as being about joy.

## References

1. ↑ Little Girl, Big Spoon charms audiences with her honesty - Daily Emerald, May 24 2006
2. ↑ JAPANESE BREAKFAST ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘JUBILEE’ - DIY Magazine, March 2 2021
Machinist

## Music Video

"**Machinist**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast from the album *Soft Sounds From Another Planet*. It was released as the lead single for the album on May 4th 2017.

## Background

Machinist was the first song written by Michelle Zauner for Soft Sounds From Another Planet, before the release of Japanese Breakfast's debut album Psychopomp. It was part of the original concept for the album which was to be a "full-length space opera about a woman who travels to Mars to escape star-crossed love with a robot". It was recorded on November 28th 2015.

It was later released as the lead single for the album on May 4th 2017.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

## Lyrics

**Intro**

I don't know how it happened

Was it always this way and I just couldn't see it?

Heart burning hot enough for the both of us

I never realized how much you were holding back

All the times I felt so plugged in

You were tuning out

A muted channel, a cold shell, a hologram, an abyss

**Verse 1**

How can I fight a kingdom of your demons?

A mist so palpable

You can't have it all

Her and all the pleasure

A woman can give

**Bridge**

Do you trust me?

Can you feel it?

Total control

Can't let go

It could be bliss

Machinist

**Chorus**

Can't speak

You wanted it all

Let go a piece of your heart

All the pleasure it gives

Leave me lost in the night

Shadows go in and go by

I just wanted it all

**Verse 2**

Here's to the night

A lullaby a-creepin'

A song to win your love

See me at all?

Through all of your aggressors

The true one

**Chorus**

Can't speak

You wanted it all

Let go a piece of your heart

All the pleasure it gives

Leave me lost in the night

Shadows go in and go by

I just wanted it all

## References

1. ↑ Recording a fuck jam for the future - Twitter, November 28 2015
Pure Handjob

* Single Cover
* Album Cover

"**Pure Handjob**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *Where Is My Great Big Feeling?*.

## Background

Pure Handjob was first released on May 6th 2014 as part of the may5to12songs project, it was later included on the Where Is My Great Big Feeling? album. On April 5th 2014, it was teased as the title track for what would later become Tropical Jinx.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I thought I saw a hand glider

I wondered if it was tourist season

My body is so warm

Because my blood is flowing

**Chorus**

We thought a nice place could bring us both luck

things start to go our way

We thought a nice place could bring us both luck

things start to go our way

**Verse 2**

Boys paint their boats by the water

Where is my great big feeling?

You bought a tai chi sword to practice

It flopped around like a thin limp dick

**Chorus**

We thought a nice place could bring us both luck

things start to go our way

We thought a nice place could bring us both luck

things start to go our way

**Outro**

Where is my great big feeling?

Where is my great big feeling?

Where is my great big feeling to feel?

## References

1. ↑ May 6- - Tumblr, May 6 2014
2. ↑ Also pretty sure we are calling our record "pure handjob" - Twitter, April 5 2014
Day 11

"**Day 11**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*. It was written, recorded and released on June 11th 2013.

## Background

Day 11 was first recorded and released on June 11th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. It was later released as part of the June album on September 13th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Dreamed a million dreams last night

So forgive me if I seem weird

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
Head Over Heels

* Single Cover
* Album Cover

### Next

"**Head Over Heels**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast released in collaboration with W Hotels on June 5th 2019. It's a cover of the 1985 song by the band Tears For Fears.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

### Technical Credits

* **Mixed by:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastered by:** Heba Kadry

### Studio Info

* **Recorded at:** W Bali – Seminyak (Bali, ID)

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I wanted to be with you alone

And talk about the weather

But traditions I can trace against the child in your face

Won't escape my attention

You keep your distance with a system of touch

And gentle persuasion

I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?

Oh, you're wasting my time

You're just, just, just wasting time

**Chorus**

Something happens and I'm head over heels

I never find out till I'm head over heels

Something happens and I'm head over heels

Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart

Don't, don't throw it away

**Verse 2**

I made a fire, I'm watching it burn

I thought of your future

With one foot in the past now, just how long can this last?

Have you no ambition?

My mother and my brother's used to breathing clean air

And dreaming I'm a doctor

It’s hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand

Oh, I feel so

**Chorus**

Something happens and I'm head over heels

I never find out till I'm head over heels

Something happens and I'm head over heels

Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart

Don't, don't, throw it away
Molly's Lips

Molly's Lips is a song by the now-defunct band The BarroWites. It's a cover of the song by Nirvana, who in turn covered the song by The Vaselines. The version by The BarroWites is specifically mentioned by Michelle Zauner in her 2021 novel Crying In H-Mart.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as I stayed clean

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as she stays with me

**Chorus**

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

**Verse 2**

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as I stayed clean

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as she stays with me

**Chorus**

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

**Verse 3**

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as she stays with me

She said she'd take me anywhere

She'd take me anywhere

As long as I stay clean

**Chorus**

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips

Kiss kiss, molly's lips
Eccria

Eccria is an instrumental song by Japanese Breakfast from the Sable video game soundtrack.

## Official Versions

* Eccria (Day) - 3:13
* Eccria (Night) - 3:35

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

### Technical

* **Engineered by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Mixed by:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastered by:** Alex Santilli

### Studio Info

* **Mastered at:** Spice House Sound (Philadelphia, PA)
Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast is a band created by Michelle Zauner in 2013.

## Background

The idea for Japanese Breakfast was first conceived April 20th 2012 in a Tumblr post where Michelle Zauner said:

> *"Been contemplating an album of shitty recorded songs like this under the moniker “Japanese Breakfast” entitled “Prime Life Real Estate”. Obvious work in progress."*
>
>

In June 2013 the first release as Japanese Breakfast, June, was released while she was still in Little Big League. After Little Big League ended, Michelle continued with Japanese Breakfast and is still going to this day.
Alex Giannascoli

Alex Giannascoli, better known as Alex G, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and musician. He collaborated as a producer on the track Savage Good Boy alongside Craig Hendrix and Michelle Zauner.

## Work with Japanese Breakfast

### Songs from Jubilee (2021)

* Savage Good Boy
	+ **Production role:** Producer
	+ **Instrumentation:** Piano, Synthesizers, Rhodes
Little Big League (EP)

Little Big League is the debut EP by the band Little Big League, it was released on April 1st 2012.

## Background

The EP was created after Little Big League were chosen as the winners of a 2-day recording session at a deli contest. Tokyo Drift was released as the first single on November 12th 2011.

## Album Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Kyle "Slick" Johnson

### Studio Info

* **Recorded at:** Fancy Time Studio (Philadelphia, PA)

### Design

* **Album Design by:** Marissa Cianciulli
* **Album Artwork by:** John Muse
The Female Spectacle

"**The Female Spectacle**" is an unreleased song by Michelle Zauner, under the stage name Little Girl, Big Spoon. It was uploaded to her Myspace sometime between 2005 and 2008 and is currently unavailable.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## References

1. ↑ The Female Spectacle - Myspace, Unknown
Run It Down

* Psychopomp
* Psychopomp! Demos & Midi

"**Run It Down**" is a song by the band Japanese Breakfast, it was released on the Japanese exclusive editions of Psychopomp and the limited-edition cassette tape Psychopomp! Demos & Midi. Due to it's limited release, not much is known about the song.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Ned Eisenberg
Tiny Engines

Tiny Engines is an American record label based in The Carolinas, USA. They ceased operations in 2019 after a major controversy, but announced a re-launch in 2023.

## History with Little Big League

On March 12th 2013 it was announced that Little Big League were to sign with Tiny Engines to release their debut record, These Are Good People. Sometime around July 2014, Little Big League left the label for unknown reasons.

## Releases with Little Big League

* These Are Good People (2013)
* Little Big League/Ovlov Split (2014)
Soft Sounds From Another Planet

## Singles

1. "Machinist"
Released: May 5, 2017
2. "Boyish"
Released: Jun 7, 2017
3. "Road Head"
Released: Jul 7, 2017
4. "The Body Is A Blade"
Released: Oct 18, 2017

**Soft Sounds From Another Planet** (originally titled "**Here Come The Tubular Bells**") is the second studio album by the band Japanese Breakfast, it was released on July 14th 2017.

## Background

Work on Soft Sounds From Another Planet started almost immediately after the release of Psychopomp. Machinist was the first song finished for the album, sometime before March 31st 2016. The album was originally envisioned to be a "full-length space opera about a woman who travels to Mars to escape star-crossed love with a robot", but that version of the album ended up being scrapped. Michelle Zauner and Craig Hendrix continued work on the album through 2016, at one point under the title 'Here Come The Tubular Bells'. The album was completed on December 9th 2016.

The first single, Machinist, was released on May 4th 2017, followed by Boyish and Road Head on June 7th 2017 and July 6th 2017 respectively.

## Album Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

### Instrumentation

* **Trumpet:** Asher Brooks
* **Saxophone:** David Bartler

### Technical

* **Engineering:** Craig Hendrix
* **Additional Engineering:** David Hartley, Todd Scheid & Michael Johnson
* **Mixing**: Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastering:** Heba Kadry

### Studio Info

* **Engineered at:** Agave Recording Co. (Philadelphia, PA)

### Design

* **Album Design by:** Nathaniel David Utesch
* **Album Photography by:** Craig Scheihing

## References

1. ↑ Inside Japanese Breakfast’s Planetary Daydream - Spin, August 7 2017
2. ↑ @Jbrekkie: LP2 may be titled "here come the tubular bells" - Twitter, November 15 2016
3. ↑ @Jbrekkie: Cheers to LP2!!! - Twitter, December 9 2016
Day 8

"**Day 8**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast from the album *June*. It was written, recorded and released on June 8th 2013.

## Background

Day 8 was first recorded and released on June 8th 2013 as part of the rachelandmichelledojune project. It was later released as part of the June album on September 13th 2013.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Take off all your clothes and stand right there for a minute

Do you ever look at me and wonder if this is it?

Or if it's a memory, you are remembering a long time from now

## References

1. ↑ RACHEL AND MICHELLE DO JUNE - Tumblr
Foxing​/​Japanese Breakfast Split

Foxing/Japanese Breakfast Split is a collaborative single by the bands Japanese Breakfast and Foxing, it was released on February 5th 2013.

## Background

The Foxing/Japanese Breakfast Split was announced and released on February 5th 2013 to celebrate the Foxing Facebook page reaching 666 likes. It features the first version of the song The Woman That Loves You, which was later re-recorded for American Sound and Psychopomp, and it's the first release by Michelle Zauner under the Japanese Breakfast name.

## References

1. ↑ well kids, we did it. - Facebook, February 5 2013
Machinist's Theme

Machinist's Theme is an instrumental song by Japanese Breakfast from the Sable video game soundtrack.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner

### Technical

* **Engineered by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Mixed by:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastered by:** Alex Santilli

### Studio Info

* **Mastered at:** Spice House Sound (Philadelphia, PA)
Essentially

* Single Cover
* Album Cover

### Next

"**Essentially**" is a song by Japanese Breakfast released in collaboration with W Hotels on April 26th 2019.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Michelle Zauner & Craig Hendrix

### Technical Credits

* **Mixed by:** Jorge Elbrecht
* **Mastered by:** Heba Kadry

### Studio Info

* **Recorded at:** W Bali – Seminyak (Bali, ID)

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Ignore me sensually, I won't admit that they were right

Who was I to judge your brand of loneliness?

Who was I to think I was someone above desire?

Love me asexually, love me like someone else's wife

How is it you fall asleep so easy?

Who is it you're dreaming of tonight?

**Chorus**

Love me essentially (Love, the thing that you can't buy)

Love me essentially (Honey, do I fill up your time?)

Well, you got it all wrong in finding what you're after

When you've got it all wrong and can't find what you want

**Verse 2**

I lie awake to reach for the soft sound in the night

Try my best to swallow up the jealousy

Try to learn to fall hard back in love with all this and

**Chorus**

Love you essentially (Love, a thing that you can't buy)

Love you essentially (Honey, do I fill up your time?)

When you've got it all wrong in finding what you're after

I got it all wrong, I don't know what I want

When you've got it all wrong and don't know what you're after

When you've got it all wrong if I found what you want
The Auction (Part 2)

"**The Auction (Part 2)**" (also referred to as just "**The Auction**") is a song by the band Post Post from the EP *Meta Meta*, it was released on September 4th 2009.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Casey Sowa, Kevin O'Halloran, Marisa Helgeson & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Casey Sowa, Kevin O'Halloran, Marisa Helgeson & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

This is not an auction, you are standing here alone

On your knees it's a scuffle, I lost the bidding war

**Pre-Chorus**

They saved their money they took out early and now they're wealthy men

And all the bidders are well invested, they thought you couldn't do it again

**Chorus**

'Cause no one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to buy something broken when they can get it whole for free

**Verse 2**

Mary on the ropes that passed and tied around my knees

They suspend me, hang me for the hottest ones to please

**Pre-Chorus**

She buys my body, humiliates me, and now she's left me again

Abuses blindly, she'll use and she'll haunt me, but she was one back when

**Chorus**

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to buy something broken when they can get it whole for free

**Bridge**

Mary hold my hands to the light

Let them catch on fire, I don't mind

You're the only one that can save me, keep me away

'Cause Mary I am so tired

Mary, Mary I'm so tired

**Chorus**

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to buy something broken when they can get it whole for-

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap

No one wants to pay more for something used, they got it new for cheap
Drafts

"**Drafts**" is a song by the band Post Post from the EP *Residents*, it was released on August 7th 2010.

## Song Credits

### Writing and Production

* **Written by:** Casey Sowa, Kevin O'Halloran, Marisa Helgeson & Michelle Zauner
* **Produced by:** Casey Sowa, Kevin O'Halloran, Marisa Helgeson & Michelle Zauner

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

You and I, you and I

S-s-shut up, s-s-shut up

You and I, you and I

S-s-shut up, s-s-shut up

**Pre-Chorus**

No, don't you go

Don't you leave me in this town alone

No, don't you go

Don't you leave me in this town alone

Leave me in this town alone

**Chorus**

Take it back

Take it back to the beginning

Who I was too then

We were more than just people

Take it back

Take it back I can't stand it

I don't like how this ends

Now we're just people

**Verse 2**

I can try, I can try

Give it up give it up, give it up give it up

I can try, but I can try

Give it up give it up, give it up give it up

**Pre-Chorus**

No, I can't go

I will die inside this house alone

No, I can't go

I will die inside this house alone

Die inside this house alone

**Bridge**

You and me were just like everyone

Love is the language that everyone speaks

You and me were never the only ones

I toss out the language that everyone needs

You and me were just like everyone

Love is the language that everyone speaks

You and me were never the only ones

I tossed out the language that everyone needs

**Chorus**

This is the last

This is the last song I will write for you

My first lover

It's been rewritten by my hand

So we last

So we last forever

Beyond bones, breath and our lives

Why'd I get to be human