Japanese Breakfast Unveils ‘Orlando In Love,’ Announces New Album ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’ and 2025 Tour Dates

New Album Announcement

Japan Breakfast has unveiled their upcoming album, “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)” and has released the lead single, “Orlando In Love.”

About The Album

Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake Mills (Sky Ferreira, Fiona Apple), Michelle Zauner and her band’s fourth album explores a more profound and darker sound, described in the press release as “an artistic statement of purpose: mature, complex, a contemplative work that evokes the romantic thrill of a Gothic novel.”

“For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)” draws inspiration from European romanticism, marking a shift from the band’s earlier works like the 2017 sci-fi release “Soft Sounds from Another Planet” and the upbeat 2021 album “Jubilee.” The album is set for release on March 21st via Dead Oceans and is available for pre-order/pre-save. Here.

The first glimpse into this new era of Japanese Breakfast was the lead single, “Orlando In Love.” The song takes inspiration from John Cheever’s interpretation of Orlando Innamorato, the unfinished 68-and-a-half song epic by Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo.

Japan Breakfast’s “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)” follows their Grammy-nominated “Jubilee” and Michelle Zauner’s best-selling memoir, Crying at H Mart, which propelled her into the mainstream. Reflecting on this success in a press release, Zauner stated: “I felt seduced by getting what I always wanted. I was flying too close to the sun and realized that if I continued walking, I would die.”

Tracklist “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)”:

1. “Here’s someone”
2. “Orlando in Love”
3. “Honey water”
4. “Mega track”
5. “Little Girl”
6. ‘Leda’
7. “Image Window”
8. “Men in Bars (feat. Jeff Bridges)”
9. “Winter in Los Angeles”
10. “Magic Mountain”

Additionally, the band has announced their 2025 tour across the US, UK, and Europe, kicking off with a performance at Coachella in California. The tour will include stops in cities like Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Boston, and Brooklyn, before heading to Europe and the UK. The tour will culminate with a return to the US, concluding at The Armory in Minneapolis on September 9th.

See below for a complete list of tour dates. Pre-sale for tickets will be available tomorrow (January 8th) at 10 AM local time, while general sales will commence on Friday (January 10) at 10 AM local time. Visit here for US tickets and here for tickets to the UK and Europe.

Japanese Breakfast Melancholia Tour Dates 2025:

APRIL
12 and 19 – Indio, California, Coachella Music and Arts Festival.
23 – Austin, TX, Moody Theater (ACL Live) *
24 – Dallas, TX, South Side Ballroom *
26 – Atlanta, Georgia, Tabernacle *
27 – Charlotte, NC, Fillmore *
28 – Nashville, Tennessee, Ryman Auditorium *

MAY
2 – Chicago, IL, Salt Barn *
3 – Detroit, Michigan, Fillmore *
5 – Toronto, Ontario, Massey Hall *
7 – Boston, MA, MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
9 – Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Paramount *
16 – Philadelphia, PA, The Met Philadelphia, presented by Highmark *

JUNE
21 – Milwaukee, WI, Summerfest
24 – Oslo, NO, Rockefeller
25 – Stockholm, SE, Philadelphia
26 – Copenhagen, DK, VEGA
29 – Manchester, UK, Academy 1
30 – Glasgow, UK, Barrowland

JULY
3 – London, UK, O2 Academy Brixton
4–6 – Ewijk, Netherlands, Down the Rabbit Hole, 2025.
8 – Paris, France, Le Trianon
10-12 – Bilbao, ES, Bilbao BBK Live

AUGUST
23 – Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Bowl *
28 – San Francisco, California, Freemasonry *
30 – Bend, OR, Hayden Homes Amphitheater *

SEPTEMBER
1 – Vancouver, British Columbia, Orpheum Theater *
6 – Denver, CO, Mission Ballroom *
9 – St. Paul, Minnesota, Palace Theater *

*With Ginger Root

In a four-star review of “Jubilee,” NME noted: “Having made a name for herself writing about the toughest of topics, Zauner proves here that you can find joy in that pain, even when it seems impossible. Let “Jubilee” be your guide.”