Japanese-American musician Mei Semones on her debut album 'Animaru' and her rare, effortless blend of the two languages in her songwriting. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

Mei Semones, The FADER's newest GEN F star, talks her debut album Animaru, singing in Japanese, and her bossa nova and jazz influences.

Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Dead Oceans) It’s the quietest, earthiest, most intimate Japanese Breakfast album to date, and as the title suggests, it’s one of ...

Japanese Breakfast performed at Coachella last night (Saturday, April 12), where they shook up their setlist with a special cover of Gorillaz’s 2010 single “On Melancholy Hill.”Joining ...

Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast released the Grammy-nominated album "Jubilee" and bestselling memoir "Crying in H Mart" in 2021.

Singer-songwriter Fuiji Kaze has shared a new single, 'Hachiko,' ahead of the release of his third studio album, ‘Prema.’ ...

Fuelled by a love of jazz and rock icons, guitarist Mei Semones is starting to forge her own path to timelessness – read the NME Cover story ...

Michelle Zauner attends 'A New York Evening With Japanese Breakfast' at National Sawdust on March 19, 2025 in New York City. (Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) “All of my ghosts are real ...

Japanese Breakfast will release the new album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) on Friday, and we just posted a We’ve Got A File On You interview with Michelle Zauner earlier this morning.

AP: The album cover looks like a very sumptuous painting. It’s very memento mori with the skull and flowers — and then there’s oysters and a tray of bloody guts. Where did the idea come from?

AP: The album cover looks like a very sumptuous painting. It’s very memento mori with the skull and flowers — and then there’s oysters and a tray of bloody guts. Where did the idea come from?