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Origin of Boyish Song
- Michelle Zauner started Japanese Breakfast as a lo-fi project in June 2013, creating songs daily with minimal gear.
- Boyish began as day six of this exercise, recorded with just a keyboard and speaker for drums.
Song's Themes of Insecurity
- Boyish explores insecurity and the longing for love through the lens of sexuality and power dynamics.
- Michelle highlights women's often complicated autonomy over sexuality as central to the song's emotion and narrative.
Struggle with Band Arrangement
- Michelle revisited Boyish with her old band Little Big League but they struggled to arrange it well.
- Despite never being satisfied, the song still made it onto the band's album due to its intrinsic value.