Today, Japanese Breakfast, the indie rock project of Michelle Zauner, released her latest single off her upcoming record For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), "Mega Circuit".
The new song comes with a visual created by Zauner and photographer and frequent collaborator Adam Kolodny.
Due to popular demand, Zauner also announced new tour dates for Japanese Breakfast's upcoming tour across the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK beginning this April. She will now be performing in Seattle, WA, Madison, WI, and Bristol, UK, and she extended her tour in Brooklyn, NY two more days after quickly selling out the first two concerts.
Watch/listen to "Mega Circuit" below:
"'Mega Circuit’ was one of the first songs I wrote," says Zauner in a press release, driven by the desire to make a "creepier," more guitar-forward record. "The song is sort of an examination of contemporary masculinity, and explores a conflicted desire to embrace a generation that in the absence of positive role models has found refuge in violence and bigotry," she continues.
"Mega Circuit" is the second single off the new record, which is due for release on March 21 via Dead Oceans, and is listed as the fourth track on the LP. It follows "Orlando In Love", which also features a Zauner/Kolodny visual collaboration.
An updated list of the 2025 Japanese Breakfast tour can be read below. Ginger Root will be supporting her for the US dates. Please note which ones are sold out; tickets are on sale now.
04/12 Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
04/19 Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
04/23 Austin, TX @ Moody Theater (ACL Live) *
04/24 Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
04/26 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *
04/27 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore *
04/28 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
05/01 Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
05/02 Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed * - SOLD OUT
05/03 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
05/05 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
05/06 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
05/07 Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
05/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * - SOLD OUT
05/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount * - SOLD OUT
05/11 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
05/12 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
05/15 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark *
05/16 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark *
06/21 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
06/24 Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
06/25 Stockholm, SE @ Filadelfia
06/26 Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
06/29 Manchester, UK @ Academy 1
06/30 Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
07/01 Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Bristol
07/03 London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
07/04 Ewijk, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole 2025
07/05 Ewijk, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole 2025
07/06 Ewijk, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole 2025
07/05 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
07/08 Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
07/10 Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/11 Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/12 Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
08/23 Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl *
08/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic *
08/28 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic * - SOLD OUT
08/30 Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater *
09/01 Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theater *
09/02 Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo *
09/03 Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo *
09/06 Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom *
09/09 St Paul, MN @ The Palace Theater *
09/10 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *
*with Ginger Root
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