Next month, Michelle Zauner from Japanese Breakfast will head out on her first-ever book tour. “Crying In H Mart is finally out in paperback on March 28th,” she said in a statement, “and I’ll be heading out on my first book tour to celebrate! Very excited to roll up to your city for the first time with a tote bag and a book instead of a giant trailer of gear.”
In the meantime, she’s stirring the pot on Twitter by sharing hot takes about music.
“Revolver is the Tusk of Beatles albums,” she wrote, talking about Fleetwood Mac’s polarizing 1979 album. After lots of reactions, she added, “I’m not saying either of these albums are bad! I’m saying if they’re your favorites you’re a contrarian and wrong.”
Revolver is the Tusk of Beatles albums. Any one who claims it’s their best is an unfeeling snob that’s fucking kidding themself.
— Japanese Breakfast (@Jbrekkie) February 19, 2023
I’m not saying either of these albums are bad! I’m saying if they’re your favorites you’re a contrarian and wrong.
— Japanese Breakfast (@Jbrekkie) February 19, 2023
Despite receiving backlash in lots of impassioned quote-tweets and replies, the “Be Sweet” performer is standing her ground. Black Midi’s Geordie Greep, for example, replied, “Fair play but she is wrong as f*ck lol. Why does this sort of thing have to devolve into put downs and reductiveness lol. She’s talking about 2 masterpieces, who cares if they are better or worse than other obvious masterpieces. They are all brilliant, just in different ways.” To that, Zauner responded, “Aren’t you supposed to be interesting?”
Aren’t you supposed to be interesting?
— Japanese Breakfast (@Jbrekkie) February 20, 2023
Mark Ronson also chimed in, “She said she said > most songs throughout history.” Zauner replied, “You unfeeling snob you.”
You unfeeling snob you
— Japanese Breakfast (@Jbrekkie) February 19, 2023
Last year, Zauner was very excited when she was in a Jeopardy! answer: “Michelle Zauner writes about losing her Korean mother to cancer in her memoir Crying In this Asian grocery chain.” A contestant named Sadie Goldberger said, “What is H-Mart?” The musician responded to the milestone on social media with a simple sentiment: “I’m dead!!!!!!!”