my guest tonight is michelle zauner, also known as the indie musician, japanese breakfast. new album. michelle zauner, welcome to the "the daily social distancing show." >> thank you for having me. >> trevor: let's start off with one of the biggest conundrums i found while trying to do research on you, and that is, in your bioon twitter, you say you are korean. you say this everywhere you go. and yet, and yet your stage name is japanese. and i'd love to know, like, the creative inspiration behind how you chose your name as a performer on stage. >> it's unfortunately not a very interesting story. i started the band as a side project in 2012 or 2013 with no idea that it would grow into what it is now or that i would ever be talking about my korean identity so much. and i just saw a picture of japanese breakfast on the internet, and thought that sounds nice. and so i... chose japanese breakfast. and, yeah, it's unfortunately not the most fitting name, especially now that i have written a book so much about korean food. >> trevor: you have gone from being a daryling in the musi