‘That was sad for me because I had achieved this dream of mine, and parts of it were difficult.’ Photo: Marco Giannavola/ Michelle Zauner knew something was wrong. It was 2021, and she had just released an acclaimed record with her band Japanese Breakfast followed by an even more acclaimed memoir, Crying in H Mart . But the success of both was wreaking havoc on her body. “I was just keeled over with stomach pain before every show,” she says. “It was all stress and pressure and feeling like, I