Japanese Breakfast appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform a haunting version of ‘Picture Window’ – watch below.
Michelle Zauner and co. played the track doused in dark neon blue light in front of a sign reading ‘Melancholy Inn’. The track is taken from their new album ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, which came out last month.
The contemplative, tender performance captured the song’s inner darkness, with Zauner singing the chilling refrain: “All of my ghosts are real / All of my ghosts are my home”.
Watch the rendition here:
Speaking previously about the song, Zauner has said: “Ever since I was a young girl I’ve dealt with intrusive thoughts of loved ones dying horrible deaths. When someone is running late or they’ve neglected a text or even if they’re just looking over a balcony, my mind has a tendency to run to the worst case scenario, a reflex only exacerbated by my experience of many real deaths. It can be both a relief and a struggle to love someone who doesn’t share this same proclivity for anxiety. ‘Picture Window’ explores that dynamic.”
Reviewing ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)’, NME awarded the record four stars and said: “Michelle Zauner’s deliciously nuanced songwriting shines on the indie rockers’ bold, beautifully realised fourth album.”
Zauner recently told NME about the inspiration for the album’s title: “It’s just a quote from a John Cheever book,” she said. “Do you think that he’s catering to the sad indie girls? I liked having a long-winded title, and for me it was just supposed to indicate that this is gonna be a record that’s really different from ‘Jubilee’… a very narrative, lyrically focused record.”
The band are due to hit the road for a world tour which will include stops in Austin, Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Boston, Brooklyn and more before heading over to Europe and the UK. The tour will close out with a return to the US and wrap up at The Armory in Minneapolis on September 9. Check out a full list of tour dates here and visit here for any remaining US tickets and here for UK and European tickets.
They also played the first weekend of Coachella last week, including a surprise cover of Gorillaz’ ‘On Melancholy Hill’.
