Japanese Breakfast revealed that she is pregnant during her set at Governor’s Ball 2026.
The indie singer, real name Michelle Zauner, used her set at the New York festival this weekend to confirm the pregnancy – taking to the stage in an open green cardigan that showed off a prominent baby bump.
She performed at the event on Sunday (June 7), and kicked things off with back-to-back renditions of ‘Paprika’, ‘Honey Water’, ‘The Woman That Loves You’, and ‘Kokomo, IN’. After the set, she took to Instagram and shared a photo of her leaving the stage with the caption “Jpreggie!”.
As reported by People, the baby will be Zauner’s first, and she will be welcoming it with husband and guitarist Peter Bradley.
The announcement of the pregnancy is similar to what Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield did earlier this year, when she confirmed in April that she was going to be having a baby during the band’s opening night of their co-headline tour with MJ Lenderman.
Zauner dropped her latest album, ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, last spring, and has been playing live regularly in the time since – including joining forces with Magdalena Bay to cover MGMT‘s ‘Time To Pretend’ at Austin City Limits 2025.
In a five-star review of her latest album, NME wrote: “True to the literary whimsy of its title, ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’ sounds like living inside a classical piece of art, every detail an elaborate brushstroke.”
As for the title of that record, Zauner told NME about the inspiration behind the unique name, as well as what it was like to grow her fanbase over the years.
“One of the things that’s kind of tough about becoming a bigger artist is that the shows are bigger and you have less time to do these personal things for the people that really care about you as a band and love your music,” she explained.
“I used to sell my own merch, I used to write handwritten letters to everyone and mail out cassette tapes, and I felt really comfortable with that relationship. Now that I don’t have time to do those kinds of personal, intimate things, it’s a little bit heartbreaking. I feel less deserving of that attention in some way, because I’m not able to make those kinds of connections the way that I used to.”
