Japanese Breakfast share “Mega Circuit,” played surprise duo show at Night Club 101

Japanese Breakfast‘s anticipated new album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) arrives next month, and they’ve given us a second early taste with “Mega Circuit.” “‘Mega Circuit’ was one of the first songs I wrote, intent on making a creepier, more guitar driven record,” Michelle Zauner says. “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. We had the legendary Jim Keltner—who’s played on everything from ‘These Days,’ to ‘Here You Come Again’ to ‘Dream Weaver’—come in and play the fiercest shuffle you’ve ever heard.” Watch the video, which Michelle made with frequent collaborator Adam Kolodny, below.

Ahead of their tour, which begins in April after Coachella, Michelle and her bandmate and husband Peter Bradley did a surprise acoustic duo set at NYC’s Night Club 101 on Wednesday night (2/12). They were the secret headliner for a benefit to fund a new feature film from Kolodny and Ryan Schnackenberg that the venue hosted, which also featured Low Healer, solo sets from Katy Kirby and Oceanator, and DJ sets from Cassandra Jenkins and more. Japanese Breakfast’s set included the live debut of “Here is Someone” and “Little Girl,” their recent single “Orlando in Love,” a couple of Little Big League songs, and more. See the setlist and watch a video clip below.

Japanese Breakfast also recently added a few new shows to their tour, including a fourth NYC date at Brooklyn Paramount on May 12. See updated dates below.

SETLIST: JAPANESE BREAKFAST @ NIGHT CLUB 101, 2/12/2025
Here Is Someone
Orlando in Love
Leda
Kokomo, IN
Lindsey
Boyish
Mega Circuit
Little Girl
This House
Magic Mountain

JAPANESE BREAKFAST: 2025 TOUR DATES
Apr 12 & 19 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music and Arts Festival
Apr 23 – Austin, TX @ Moody Theater (ACL Live) *
Apr 24 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom *
Apr 26 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle *
Apr 27 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore *
Apr 28 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
May 1 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
May 2 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed *
May 3 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore *
May 5 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
May 6 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall *
May 7 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
May 9 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
May 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
May 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
May 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *
May 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark *
May 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark *
Jun 21 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
Jun 24 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
Jun 25 – Stockholm, SE @ Filadelfia
Jun 26 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
Jun 29 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 1
Jun 30 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
Jul 1 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Bristol
Jul 3 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Jul 4-6 – Ewijk, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole 2025
Jul 5 – Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
Jul 8 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
July 10-12 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
Aug 23 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl *
Aug 27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic *
Aug 28 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic *
Aug 30 – Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater *
Sep 1 – Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum Theater *
Sep 2 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo *
Sep 3 – Seattle, WA @ Woodland Park Zoo *
Sep 6 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom *
Sep 9 – St Paul, MN @ The Palace Theater *
Sep 10 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee *

* w/ Ginger Root