Michelle Zauner does a lot of things well: she fronts her band Japanese Breakfast, she directs music videos, and she writes. Zauner's first book, Crying in H Mart, which came out earlier this year, is a rare thing - it's a grief memoir that also manages to be a true celebration of life. The musician and writer talks to Lizzy about mental health, her pure love of pure pop and why she first picked music over writing.

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