Japanese Breakfast, Paprika (live), UC Theatre, Berkeley, CA, November 7, 2021 (4K)

Japanese Breakfast play their song "Paprika" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, California on November 7, 2021. Paprika appeared on the band's third studio album, Jubilee, released in June 2021. Japanese Breakfast is an indie rock band headed by Michelle Zauner (lead vocals / guitar / keyboards) with Peter Bradley (guitar), Craig Hendrix (drums), and Deven Craige (bass). Joining them onstage were Adam Schatz (saxophone / keyboards) and Emily Wells (violin / keyboards). Zauner has said that "the song title comes from this Satoshi Kon movie, Paprika, and this sort of surreal parade that happens."
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Paprika lyrics:
Lucidity came slowly
I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot
It unraveled like a braid into what seemed were thousands
Of separate strands of fishing line
Attached to coarse behavior, it flowed
A calm it urged, what else is here?
[Chorus]
How's it feel to be at the center of magic
To linger in tones and words?
I opened the floodgates and found
No water, no current, no river, no rush
How's it feel to stand at the height of your powers
To captivate every heart?
Projеcting your visions to strangers
Who feel it, who listen, who linger on еvery word
Oh, it's a rush
Oh, it's a rush
But alone, it feels like dying
All alone, I feel so much
I want my offering to woo, to calm, to clear, to solve
But the only offering that comes
It calls, it screams, there's nothing here
[Chorus]
How's it feel to be at the center of magic
To linger in tones and words?
I opened the floodgates and found
No water, no current, no river, no rush
How's it feel to stand at the height of your powers
To captivate every heart?
Projecting your visions to strangers
Who feel it, who listen, who linger on every word
Oh, it's a rush
Oh, It's a rush
Paprika written by Michelle Zauner / String & horn arrangements by Craig Hendrix and Michelle Zauner
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Japanese Breakfast official bio:
From the moment she began writing her new album, Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (@jbrekkie) knew that she wanted to call it Jubilee. After all, a jubilee is a celebration of the passage of time-a festival to usher in the hope of a new era in brilliant technicolor. Zauner’s first two albums garnered acclaim for the way they grappled with anguish; Psychopomp was written as her mother underwent cancer treatment, while Soft Sounds From Another Planet took the grief she held from her mother‘s death and used it as a conduit to explore the cosmos. Now, at the start of a new decade, Japanese Breakfast is ready to fight for happiness, an all-too-scarce resource in our seemingly crumbling world.
In the years leading up to Jubilee, Zauner also took theory lessons and studied piano in earnest for the first time, in an effort to improve her range as a songwriter: “I’ve never wanted to rest on any laurels. I wanted to push it as far as it could go, inviting more people in and pushing myself as a composer, a producer, an arranger.” She pours that sentiment into the album from the very beginning.
Jubilee is an album about processing life and love in the quest for happiness, and how that process sometimes requires us to step outside of ourselves. Throughout Jubilee, Zauner is hardly fictionalizing her lyrics, instead pouring her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories, and allowing those universes, in turn, to fill in the details. Joy, change, evolution-these things take real time, and real effort. And Japanese Breakfast is here for it.
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Jubilee live tour dates:
Sept. 17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
Sept. 18 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Sept. 19 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Sept. 21 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden Twilight
Sept. 23 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Festival
Sept 24 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
Sept. 25-27 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
Sept. 28 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
Sept. 30 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Oct. 1 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
Oct. 2-3 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theatre
Oct. 4 - San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
Oct. 5 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
Oct. 7 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
Oct. 8 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Oct. 9 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Oct. 10 - St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
Oct. 11-12 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Oct. 14-17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Oct. 29 - Dallas, TX @ Studio at the Factory
Oct. 30 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Oct. 31 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s (Levitation)
Nov. 1 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
Nov. 3 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Nov. 4 - Tempe, AZ @ Coca-Cola Sun Deck at Sun Devil Stadium
Nov. 7 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Theatre
Nov. 9 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
Nov. 11 - Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery
Nov. 12 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ The Alex Madonna Expo Center
Nov. 13 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
Nov. 14 - Perris, CA @ Desert Daze Festival
Nov. 15-16 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

[@TimBracken]

Thanks for watching my video. I gathered all the videos I shot at this show in a KZbin playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLwdc0qZNx0taOmTXBgdOno0ue1HInIk46. The songs are Paprika, Be Sweet, The Woman That Loves You, Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton cover), Savage Good Boy, Road Head, Tactics, Posing In Bondage, Slide Tackle, Everybody Wants To Love You, Posing For Cars, and Diving Woman. Enjoy!

[@lahipster3172]

Thanks for putting the #MichelleZauner #JapaneseBrekfast band #UCberkeley shows songs in Order

[@dayeeoliver]

Are these concerts only for Berkeley students or tickets available for public?

[@TimBracken]

Hi dayeeoliver, this venue is open to the general public. It's a nice venue.

[@dayeeoliver]

@@TimBracken Great thanks for letting me know Tim! I love visiting UC Berkeley again! And thanks for putting the playlist together! So far the greatest performance I've seen from Japanese Breakfast. Never seen this much energy from Michelle in other performances. She absolutely took it to a different level for this show.

[@MrCromios]

PAPRIKA LIVE WAS PHENOMENAL, HER VOICE IS AMAZING LIVE

[@parak00pa]

Seeing someone having a blast on stage is genuinely so beautiful

[@leslieher4600]

Oh my god this concert looks so fun

[@nerfornothing5372]

it was ethereal

[@jenny-bu4le]

the joyful smile on her face makes me want to cry somehow

[@nicoletterodriguez631]

Saw them open for Phoenix and Beck in Vegas on August 12 2023. This song is SO GOOD. The power and emotion behind it is incredible

[@_Nonadaptation]

TE AMO MICHELLE 😭😭

[@sonial1839]

The way the crowd react to her voice, to her movements and the gong, express perfectly what the lyrics are about ''it's a rush'' and a blessing for her, that's for sure.

[@davemac5260]

Conan just delivered me Japanese breakfast!

[@rexisnervous]

her voice has improved so much, this is such a great show

[@loveingbot]

that's one great performance for paprika!

[@psadoug]

one word. UNREAL!

[@laurabeatrizbarbosademelo8316]

I've discovered Japanese Breakfast at Primavera sound in São Paulo and I was so impressed of how amazing her live performance is

[@alfredocarretas5640]

I love her dancing.

[@reach2prasanna]

I watched them live at Lollapalooza in Mumbai. They were so good. So energetic. This particular song has my heart. Read the lyrics if you haven't. So deep.

[@MrWompz]

Such a wonderful band, and a truly captivating vocals.

[@popeyeonstereo2570]

God I love this song so much ❤

[@jessicandothings]

This is my favorite song oh my god

[@chrisisaiahs3682]

Loves it. Great performance 🇨🇦⬆️🛡️🏁🌞💕

[@ahmadjamalmughal47]

O how indebted I am to conan obrian for introducing her to me

[@antoniolucero857]

It doesn't get any better

[@burnabybrent]

Such a great song!

[@chrisisaiahs3682]

Lovely song 💞🇨🇦👑🎊💝

[@GreecePE]

Así me imaginaba que sonaría en vivo y superó x1000 mis expectativas 🫶🏻 qué preciosa mujer y canción, ojalá que algún día lo pueda escuchar así ❣️

[@rl64rl]

Bravo

[@fadthetic]

MICHELLLEEEEEEER

[@dayeeoliver]

What an energy?! I guess Berkeley BSD did it again 😂

[@dayeeoliver]

BSD is Unix operating system developed by UC Berkeley for those of you that don't know. But the joke is BSD is sometimes used to refer to LSD because they both showed around same time in Berkeley

[@kimberlyburciaga7245]

Overview Lyrics Listen Videos Main Results Lucidity came slowly I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot It unraveled like a braid Into what seemed were Thousands of separate strands of fishing line Attached to coarse behavior it flowed A calm it urged, what else is here? How's it feel to be at the center of magic To linger in tones and words? I opened the floodgates And found no water, no current, no river, no rush How's it feel to stand at the height of your powers To captivate every heart? Projecting your visions to strangers who feel it Who listen, who linger on every word Oh, it's a rush Oh, it's a rush But alone it feels like dying All alone I feel so much I want my offering to woo, to calm, to clear, to solve But the only offering that comes It calls, it screams, there's nothing here How's it feel to be at the center of magic To linger in tones and words? I opened the floodgates And found no water, no current, no river, no rush How's it feel to stand at the height of your powers To captivate every heart? Projecting your visions to strangers who feel it Who listen, who linger on every word Oh, it's a rush Oh, it's a rush

[@tinyGiraffasaurus]

that’s a sizeable gong.

[@cholomiranda1418]

Conan sent me here. Had to see what the Gong was.

[@robertoreyes2503]

Thank you Conan O'Brien

[@MrTinkasaurus]

Fuck yes!! So good! Love the song love the video

[@beasyboo1307]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@beasyboo1307]

She was representing on her SNL performances!! Here to tell UCLA 🗣here's my native roots-- older than you! Either way, could y'all give more respect to the mothers that made us all 🤷🏼

[@sumeyyenabieva5949]

Who else would give absolutely anything to be that gong

[@ahmadjamalmughal47]

What hahahha

[@yoshtodd]

I think that would be kind of sore.

[@Emp158]

Me 100%

[@dangump8946]

Its a rush!

[@beasyboo1307]

I have such a girl crush on her❤❤❤

[@quangtrinhhong8163]

I want a gong

[@ahmadjamalmughal47]

Conan?

[@Nobody-98]

I want to be that gong

[@margaretmicheleconfusionwa431]

What the bleep?!!! They should be getting aLOT more hits, especially in this outfit. Just really starting to get out there? Hope traffic picks up.

[@xm2268]

I think not many are aware, I found out from SNL, love these guys and this song

[@JohnSmith-nz2yq]

it's a sad world when the outfit is the basis for talent recognition.

[@Nobody-98]

Yoo I’d fr probably kill somebody just to be that damn gong up there with her 😮‍💨

[@RickR69]

I was there when four of my coal miner friends were crushed under a giant Irishman's pale, almost translucent bare buttocks as he chose to crowd surf the entirely unprepared audience. May they rest in God's Heaven's Peace for they've had a life full of tribulation. May they know that Pino's Pizza is at Cleveland Circle and not Coolidge Corner, Brookline, Massachusetts.

[@dayeeoliver]

Open jacket on bra. She wants to show, she grew up in the 90s. I remember those days 😂

[@MrBobby3340]

I don’t get it…….what’s so great?

[@augusmnyt]

One of those bands where being musically inclined helps.