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CBC
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Michelle Zauner shares the 'sage rock advice' Karen O gave her that changed her life
As a teenager, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner looked up to Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs not only as a female musician who knew how to rock a stage, but as a fellow half-Korean American woman. "She was everything that any Korean mother tells you not to be," Zauner tells Q 's Tom Power in a recent interview. "That was so exciting for me and a big reason why I think I felt the courage I did to start playing music." In 2022, the Japanese Breakfast frontwoman got the chance to meet her hero when she opened for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Forest Hills Stadium in New York and later at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl. The timing couldn't have been better for Zauner, who was desperately in need of a female role model who could help guide her through some big career changes. WATCH | Michelle Zauner's full interview with Tom Power: Just a year earlier, in 2021, Japanese Breakfast found massive critical acclaim for their breakthrough album, Jubilee, which received two Grammy nominations. Zauner's debut book, Crying In H Mart: A Memoir, also became a surprise New York Times bestseller. But all of that attention came at the cost of Zauner's mental and physical health. In her conversation with Power, she recalls feeling burnt out and scared about the new expectations she felt she'd have to live up to — so she took a break and moved to Seoul for a year to regroup. "I didn't realize how much stress and pressure can manifest in the body," she says. "I thought I was struggling with some kind of illness, but then when I went to Korea for a year, all of that kind of reset and I realized how all of that was just mental, which was pretty wild." The biggest takeaway from our conversations is not to be afraid to say no. - Michelle Zauner By the time Zauner met O, she was feeling much more grounded, but she was grappling with how to balance her career as a touring musician with her desire to start a family. She says O was able to give her some "sage rock advice" about the power of a single word: "no." "I think the biggest takeaway from our conversations is not to be afraid to say no," Zauner says. "She's so, so creative and no one is ever not going to wait around for her to do something, you know? So that was her big piece of advice: the power of no. And I think that was really hard for me as someone who came from a DIY background … because I said yes to everything." Watch or listen to the full interview with Zauner to hear about her new chapter and new album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), which is out now.
Buzz Feed
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Emily Ratajkowski Shared She Recently Got The "Worst Haircut" She's Ever Had And...Yeah, It's Not Great
Emily Ratajkowski revealed her new haircut boy, it is hair. The model and writer has kept to her signature brunette look with long layers for most of her career now, occasionally changing a bang or two. In a new TikTok, she began, "Yes, I have a filter on, because I have the worst haircut of my life and I need to feel pretty." Revealing the full look, she said, "Oh, you thought I was going to be funny? I have bangs at the back of my head. Is it giving member of The Dare? Is it giving Karen O? Is it giving Italian?" Looking a hair distraught, she continued, "The very nice man who did this to me, I think he was going British shag, but the main thing is it's not me." "Shocking. I can hide it, but then the wind hits..." she concluded. Emily also shared a video of it curled, set with the "Claire, it's French" audio from Fleabag.
New York Times
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
An ‘In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb' Playlist
Image Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Credit... Jack Plunkett/Invision, via Associated Press Early March is such a tease, occasionally giving us a fleeting preview of desperately desired springtime — only to snatch it away with yet another dreary, blustery, 30-something-degree day. You know the saying: 'In like a lion, out like a lamb.' Since we've finally almost reached that fabled calendrical turning point in the middle of the month, I thought I'd put together a playlist that goes in like a lion and out like a lamb. Given their potent and evocative symbolism, there is no shortage of music that references lions or lambs. Lions connote strength, fire and even potential danger; lambs, in keeping with their biblical association, often represent purity, gentleness and self-sacrifice. In today's selections, you'll hear these themes explored by artists like Genesis, Neko Case and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others. May these songs bring warmer afternoons, longer days and much lighter jackets. Momentum for the sake of momentum, Let's begin with the most famous version of this oft-covered classic about a lion in peaceful repose. Most elements of what would eventually become 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' were written by the South African musician Solomon Linda, whose 1939 version of the song was titled 'Mbube,' the Zulu word for 'lion.' Pete Seeger's folk group the Weavers released an influential version in 1951 (as Seeger, Edward Norton plays it onstage in 'A Complete Unknown'), but the doo-wop group the Tokens took the song to new heights of popularity in 1961, with this rendition that featured English-language lyrics by the songwriter George David Weiss. ▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
