“I finished the rough draft of 'Crying in H Mart' in July of 2020. My e...” — Michelle Zauner Quote

“I finished the rough draft of 'Crying in H Mart' in July of 2020. My editor had it for five to six months, so I was free from it for a little while. I decided to take that time to start working on a new album.”

“Growing up, there were stereotypes being put onto me as an Asian person that I had no control over, and that made me extremely uncomfortable.”

“I had this idea of writing a sci-fi musical about a woman who falls in love with a robot and realizes it's a love that can't be, and enlists in the Mars One project.”

“When you make an album, you have to decide how much you want to give away; you have to decide how much you want to open up. Because the more you open up the more rewarding it can be but the more dangerous it can be. If you really open up and it gets panned it's really painful.”

“Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with every album it seems to keep on building on itself.”

“It's definitely felt like I've had to wrestle for an album that doesn't have a million and one producers on the credits. Even producers respecting me, as a producer, is a funny thing to navigate.”