Japanese Breakfast has released Live from Vevo Studios performances of “Mega Circuit” and “Honey Water” off their fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). Shot out of Vevo’s New York City studio, each of the band’s performances was captured by one camera in one take, giving viewers an intimate “fly on the wall” perspective of the band. To reflect the melancholic tone of their latest album, the performances feature the band within a gray set with neutral lighting. Each band member is also dressed in black and white attire.

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) follows 2021’s breakthrough Jubilee, which earned Japanese Breakfast their first two GRAMMY nominations. The new record sees front-woman and songwriter Michelle Zauner pull back from the bright extroversion that defined Jubilee to examine the darkness that surrounds the desire for mainstream success. “I felt seduced by getting what I always wanted,” Michelle explains, “I was flying too close to the sun, and realized if I kept going I was going to die.” The result is an introspective artistic statement of purpose: a mature, intricate, contemplative work that conjures the romantic thrill of a gothic novel. Zauner also recently released her memoir, Crying in H Mart, which debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller list – where it stayed for 60 weeks.

Japanese Breakfast 2025 Tour Dates

Mar 22 – New York, NY @ El Museo del Barrio – SOLD OUT
Apr 12 & 19 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
Apr 23 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater *
Apr 24 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
Apr 26 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle *
Apr 27 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore *
Apr 28 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
Apr 30 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
May 01 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed * – SOLD OUT
May 02 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed * – SOLD OUT
May 03 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
May 05 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall * – SOLD OUT
May 06 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
May 07 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
May 09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * – SOLD OUT
May 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * – SOLD OUT
May 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * – SOLD OUT
May 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
May 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia *
May 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia * – SOLD OUT
Jun 03 – Sydney, AU @ Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House
Jun 05 – Melbourne, AU @ RISING at PICA
Jun 07 – Auckland, NZ @ Auckland Town Hall
Jun 11 – Tokyo, JP @ Zepp Shunkjuku
Jun 13 – Osaka, JP @ Club Quattro
Jun 15 – Cheorwon-gun, KR @ DMZ Peace Train Music Festival
Jun 21 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
Jun 24 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
Jun 25 – Stockholm, SE @ Filadelfia #
Jun 26 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA #
Jun 28 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
Jun 29 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 1 #
Jun 30 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland #
Jul 01 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Bristol #
Jul 03 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton #
Jul 4-6 – Ewijk, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole 2025
Jul 05 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg #
Jul 08 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon #
July 10 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
July 27 – Portland, OR @ Project Pabst
Aug 23 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl *
Aug 27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic *
Aug 28 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic * – SOLD OUT
Aug 30 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater *
Sep 01 – Vancouver, BC @ The Orpheum *
Sep 02 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Amphitheater *
Sep 03 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Amphitheater *
Sep 05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series @ Pioneer Park * ^
Sep 06 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom *
Sep 09 – St Paul, MN @ The Palace Theater *
Sep 10 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *

* w/ Ginger Root
# w/ Minhwi Lee
^ w/ Tomper

order Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) HERE