Japanese Breakfast, Orlando in Love | Song Review 🎵

Michelle Zauner & Japanese Breakfast warm up 2025 with the classy & enigmatic “Orlando in Love,” the promo single from For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).

“Orlando in love / Writes 69 cantos / For melancholy brunettes and sad women.” Word. Those are ear-catching lyrics.  Furthermore, Michelle Zauner sings them beautifully in “Orlando in Love”.  “Orlando in Love” is the promo single and second track from the Japanese Breakfast album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (arrives March 21, 2025). Notably, Zauner mentions the title of the alternative band’s album in the lyrics. Although the song is relatively brief at two-and-a-half minutes in duration, it is S-W-E-E-T.  It commences with rhythmic guitar accompaniment.  Eventually, gorgeous strings enhance the accompaniment. Other colorful instrumental touches enter the mix, making “Orlando” sound even lovelier and more picturesque. Zauner brings this gem to life with awesome vocals, radiant melodies, and poetic songwriting. Another example of lyricism in all its glory: “The breeze carries salt / And sipping milky broth / He casts his gaze toward the sea out the Winnebago.” Classy and enigmatic, “Orlando in Love” is utterly sublime.

Japanese Breakfast // For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) // Dead Ocean // 3.21.25

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