“Part of it came out of interviews asking how my heritage influenced my music, which I think is a hilarious question. How many white bros get asked if their heritage affects their music. It's not like there's any Korean classical instruments on this album. I kind of wanted to poke fun at that in the video. It's sort of like that scene in Annie Hall and Woody Allen is having dinner with Diane Keaton's family and they see him as a Hasidic Jew. I wanted to do that in Korean garb and juxtapose it with things that I would do in Philly.”
Michelle Zauner, Westword
Zauner's statement explains the hanbok she's wearing in the video (although it still leaves me wondering why her stage name isn't Korean breakfast). In any case, issues of ethnic identity don't seem to be her primary focus (unlike Awkwafina or Mitski); Psychopomp (2016) was recorded after she returned to her hone town of Eugene, Oregon, from Philadelphia (where she was performing with an indie-rock band, Little Big League) to be present at her mother's last days (she was dying of cancer).
The album that resulted from the process presented highly insightful lyrics within a bright and accessible indie pop packaging. "Everybody Wants To Love You" is probably one of the more effervescent tracks on the album. It amounts to a breezy ode to hope and possibility, and is anchored by joyous trade-off refrains between Zauner and Radiator Hospital’s Sam Cook-Parrott. Seemingly propelled by a rush of dopamine, the duo effortlessly cruise from one relationship milestone to another:
'Can I get your number?Can I get you into bed?When we wake up in the morningWill you give me lots of head?Everybody wants to love youEverybody wants to love you!
Will you lend me your toothbrush?Will you make me breakfast in bed?Ask me to get marriedAnd then make me breakfast again!Everybody wants to love youEverybody wants to love you!
Lyrics: Genius
