Last week, Japanese Breakfast’s “The Melancholy Tour” settled into three nights at Chicago’s spacious Salt Shed, the former Morton Salt factory and local landmark turned creative complex complete with record store, shops, and an arcade. After the success of her best-selling memoir Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner adjourned for a year in Korea, moving to Seoul to study, work on her second book, and lay the groundwork for her most recent album, For Menlancholy Brunettes (& sad women). With that record making up the majority of the set, Zauner presented nine of the album’s 10 tracks—skipping over “Leda,” which was played on the first and final nights.
Opener Ginger Root’s Cameron Lew joined Zauner for Japanese Breafkast’s first take on the Gorillaz song “Up On Melancholy Hill” since rattling it off at Coachella. To ensure he remembered the lyrics this time, Lew had them printed out comically large, taped to a prop cell phone.
Check out photo highlights from both artists captured by FLOOD photographer Joshua Mellin below.
JAPANSESE BREAKFAST
GINGER ROOT
