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Japanese Breakfast's Song Fuels Oscar Hopes
11 Dec, 2025
Summary
- A24 film 'Materialists' is vying for an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.
- Japanese Breakfast's song 'My Baby' plays during the end credits of the film.
- Michelle Zauner wrote the song as an upbeat catharsis after composing somber tracks.
Celine Song's 2025 romantic dramedy "Materialists" is now a contender in the Oscar race, particularly for its end-credits song, "My Baby (Got Nothing at All)" by Japanese Breakfast. The film, which stars Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker navigating relationships with Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal, features the song as the protagonists tie the knot.
Michelle Zauner, the force behind Japanese Breakfast, described writing "My Baby" as an upbeat and cathartic experience, a departure from the somber tone of her latest album, "For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)." The song was written after Zauner saw a nearly completed cut of the film, allowing her creative freedom to craft a piece that summarized the movie's emotional arc.
Zauner also shared insights into her personal connection to the film's themes of love and financial disparity, drawing parallels to her own early marriage and her co-writer Celine Song's experiences. Despite the "Crying in H Mart" film adaptation being on pause, Zauner is actively working on her second memoir about her year spent in Korea.
