Japanese Breakfast
Psychopomp came out in 2016, and Japanese Breakfast had another album, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, came out last year. I’m dipping way back into the past to bring you this, and for that I deeply apologize.
Japanese Breakfast
This is not one of those articles that purports to be at the vanguard of the next big thing. I just happened to watch a music video I really enjoyed that I figured I’d bring your way.
I listened to Pyschopomp when it came out in 2016. I’m not just coming to it. The album may have made my top 10 that year. I know it made my top 20. The project is a solo outing for Michelle Zauner of the band Little Big League. I’m a fan.
“Everybody Wants to Love You.” is incredibly catchy and danceable, and is also sexually frank, which is par for the course for Japanese Breakfast.
The first song I heard from Psychopomp is “Everybody Wants to Love You.” It was the closest thing to a single on the album, so that seems fair. It’s incredibly catchy and danceable, and is also sexually frank, which is par for the course for Japanese Breakfast. Soft Sounds has a song called “Road Head.” Zauner pulls no punches.
Though I had heard “Everybody Wants to Love You” a dozen or so times, I had never watched the music video. That was a sensible decision, considering I was already well familiar with the song. Then, I decided to give it a shot, and it was a delight.
In the video, a geisha, a quintessential example of Japanese culture, signifying properness and ladylike femininity, goes on a wild adventure. She smokes and drinks and moshes. She kills a butt on a motorcycle with a tattoo lady. All the while she’s dressed up in the white makeup and extravagant hairdo. It’s insane, and it feels exactly like what I would expect from Zauner. The video supplements the song, which is always a good thing.
