“I had to redefine who I was in a way just because to have someone tell me that my voice will be permanently different from the way that it used to be...you become so attached to certain things and I was so attached to how my voice sounded then,” Eryn shares. “I got really in touch with myself as a person. I thought about soul music and how important storytelling is in soul music and I said I really just want for this project to be kind of a short story, and I want it to be sonically very simple, but the lyricism I wanted to have the complex topics of the experiences I was going through at the time.” serves as not only the beautiful final product after years of physical and emotional healing for Eryn, but it’s an ode to the Black women who have influenced and continue to shape her existence — her mother, her grandmother, and her girlfriends. Meet Mothica, the Artist Letting Her Inner Demons Out Through Pop Music Yeah, I know. It's like a cool record and project. I've just always wondered about the name, Japanese Breakfast.MZ: