Today, over 400 artists and indie labels from across the world have joined the music boycott project No Music For Genocide, which launched today. Artists such as Faye Webster, Arca, MIKE, Japanese Breakfast, redveil, and many more have geo-blocked their music from all music streaming platforms in Israel, in protest …
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With strong albums from veterans Alex G, Japanese Breakfast, and Car Seat Headrest, and killer debuts from newcomers like Lifeguard, 2025 has been packed with great indie rock. In the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, we look back at the year in indie so far, with …
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Japanese Breakfast brought the “Melancholy Inn” to Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night with a performance of “Picture Window.” The track appears on Japanese Breakfast’s latest album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) — hence the neon “Melancholy Inn” sign casting its blue glow on Michelle Zauner and the rest of …
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Michelle Zauner turned a lifelong rumination on loss into a cinematic capsule in Japanese Breakfast‘s “Picture Window” music video. “I wanted this video to feel like a short film,” the musician shared about the visual, which stars Omega from Balming Tiger and Gyuri Kim. Filmed while Zauner, who directed the …
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco share a vulnerable highlight from their new collaborative album, Jessica Simpson makes a triumphant return to music with a country pop …
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It would be too easy to shunt indie-pop idea machine Japanese Breakfast’s records into categories — here’s the sad one, the science fiction one, the happy one — especially given the title of her latest, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). It’s spelled out in the title, right? Not quite. …
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Don’t expect to see the anticipated movie adaptation of Michelle Zauner‘sCrying in H Martanytime soon. After revealing that the film was put “on pause” earlier this year, the Japanese Breakfast star shared in a new interview on Tuesday that the plans for the movie ultimately went awry after Will Sharpe …
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Japanese Breakfast appeared on The Tonight Show to perform melancholy single “Orlando in Love.” The group, led by Michelle Zauner, was joined by a four-piece string section for the evocative performance, which harkened back to the song’s moody music video. “Orlando in Love” is the lead single from Japanese Breakfast’s …
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Japanese Breakfast have released a music video for their moody ballad “Orlando in Love,” its song title inspired by Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo’s “Orlando Innamorato.” In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren. …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Bad Bunny makes a stunning return to his Puerto Rican roots, Japanese Breakfast previews her forthcoming album with a beautiful new song, and Ethel Cain self-releases a dark, …
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