Sep 17, 2026 · 3 hr 4 min · 24 segments
Journalist Jenny Eliscu joins Yasi to talk all things Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from their wild early days in New York to their place as one of the most important bands of the 2000s. They discuss the term…
Yasi SalekHost
Jenny EliscuGuest
But also brings a lot of sense, which we'll get into a lot, with her sort of dual personality.
... that you see a lot with the, the stage Karen and then the, the, you know, lived experience Karen.
Um, she was born in Seoul, Korea, the daughter of a Korean mother and a Polish American father.
Her dad owned a clothing and jewelry manufacturing company, and her mom was a fashion trend consultant, which is why she's so fashionable.
Um, she talked to Nylon in 2009 about how she was a little bit ostracized for her, uh, ethnicity.
She said, "If we were playing spin the bottle, all the boys would be pretty bummed to kiss the halfie.
But as you grow up, you start to realize what an asset it is to have that as a part of you.
It shapes you." Um, there's also a really great, if you guys are interested, conversation with her and Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast that they did, I think, for Rolling Stone I wanna say.
Yeah, podcast, which is great, where they kind of bond about their experiences growing up, um, half Korean in America.
She didn't say what, but I'm assuming, I'm just gonna go ahead and assume there was probably a lot of like great Leslie Gore and like doo-wop, because she-
But also brings a lot of sense, which we'll get into a lot, with her sort of dual personality.
... that you see a lot with the, the stage Karen and then the, the, you know, lived experience Karen.
Um, she was born in Seoul, Korea, the daughter of a Korean mother and a Polish American father.
Her dad owned a clothing and jewelry manufacturing company, and her mom was a fashion trend consultant, which is why she's so fashionable.
Um, she talked to Nylon in 2009 about how she was a little bit ostracized for her, uh, ethnicity.
She said, "If we were playing spin the bottle, all the boys would be pretty bummed to kiss the halfie.
But as you grow up, you start to realize what an asset it is to have that as a part of you.
It shapes you." Um, there's also a really great, if you guys are interested, conversation with her and Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast that they did, I think, for Rolling Stone I wanna say.
Yeah, podcast, which is great, where they kind of bond about their experiences growing up, um, half Korean in America.
She didn't say what, but I'm assuming, I'm just gonna go ahead and assume there was probably a lot of like great Leslie Gore and like doo-wop, because she-
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