Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast reveals new book title and cover

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast has shared details of her upcoming new book. Find all the info below.

The singer-songwriter is due to publish Thank You for Your Suffering on April 27 via Knopf. Pre-order here.

Com 224 páginas, a memória explorará o ano que Zauner passou vivendo na Coreia do Sul, “learning Korean in an impossibly challenging language school and forging extraordinary new relationships” com a família da sua falecida mãe.

According to the official description, the book will take fans on an “immersive and deeply personal journey through the heart of South Korea”. It charts “Zauner’s dream of learning her mother’s native language in hopes of being able to read the diary she left behind, and to connect with her family in Seoul”.

It concludes: “Zauner’s voice is fierce and emotional, her prose more precise and assured than ever, and her honesty is mesmerising, as she shares her failures and her victories with unwavering candour.”.

During a new interview with ELLE, Zauner explained: “So much of the book is about working really hard. I was just so hungry and scared of not doing a good job. I think part of that was this strange psychological feeling after my mom died, of wanting to be this perfect daughter that I wish I could have been when she was alive.”.

Ela continuou: “Sentiu-se como se eu tivesse passado todo esse tempo aprendendo sobre comida coreana e escrevendo sobre isso, e simplesmente não era suficiente.

Isso me fez querer de repente muito mais aprofundar a conexão com essa parte da história da minha mãe e quem ela era como pessoa, e então eu realmente lamentava não ter aprendido a língua, e me senti bastante envergonhada por isso.”.

I was really curious: If I did spend a year there, how much could I learn?”.

Thank You for Your Suffering will follow Zauner’s 2021 memoir Crying In H Mart, which went on to become a New York Times best-seller. She wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of her first book, but the project was put “on pause” for the foreseeable future last year.

The movie was set to be directed by The White Lotus star Will Sharpe, and was going to detail Zauner’s experience growing up as a Korean-American and reckoning with her identity following her mother’s death.

Japanese Breakfast released their fourth and latest studio album, ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, in March 2025. In a glowing five-star review, NME said the record “sounds like living inside a classical piece of art, every detail an elaborate brushstroke”.

Zauner falou com a NME naquela época sobre a inspiração por trás do título do LP, bem como sobre como foi crescer sua base de fãs ao longo dos anos.

Over the summer, Michelle Zauner revealed that she was pregnant during her set at Governor’s Ball 2026 in New York.

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