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Mei Semones Reveals Sophomore Album and North American Tour Dates

Mei Semones announces her second album, "Howl," her first release with Verve/Interscope, alongside a North American tour.

·Sep 30, 2026·via Pitchfork
Mei Semones Reveals Sophomore Album and North American Tour Dates

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Mei Semones Announces Sophomore Album and North American Tour

Howl marks the singer-songwriter’s first release under Verve/Interscope By Kiana Mickles September 30, 2026 Save this story Save this story

Mei Semones has announced her second album along with a North American tour, the follow-up to her 2025 coming-of-age debut Animaru . Landing on January 15, Howl marks the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter’s first release for her new labels Verve and Interscope . The lead single is out now alongside a Takuto Shimpo-directed music video, filmed in and around a Tokyo convenience store. Watch that below.

The album’s titular song was written following one Fourth of July in Brooklyn, when fireworks exploded over Semones’s block, inciting a chorus of dog howls. “Sometimes making music feels like howling into the universe,” she wrote in a statement. “I make music because I like it, because it feels instinctual—but it also connects me to people close and far. I like to think of this music as my howl.”

Starting on February 24, Semones will kick off a North American tour that will take her and Howl to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and her hometown of Ann Arbor. Scroll down for the full itinerary.

Howl: 01 Howl 02 素直になりたい 03 2 Hands 04 Akumu 05 Chichibu 06 Towards Manhattan 07 Senro 08 Hoteru 09 Korokke 10 Monster 11 Kira Kira

Mei Semones: 10-15 New York, NY - Lincoln Center 02-24 Boston, MA - The Sinclair * 02-25 Portland, ME - SPACE * 02-26 Montréal, Québec - Theatre Fairmount * 02-27 Toronto, Ontario - Concert Hall * 03-01 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark * 03-02 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall * 03-03 Cleveland, OH - Mahall’s * 03-05 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer * 03-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall * 04-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 04-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle 04-11 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West 04-13 Nashville, TN - Third Man Records 04-15 Dallas, TX - Texas Theatre 04-16 Houston, TX - White Oak Upstairs 04-17 Austin, TX - Mohawk 04-20 Tucson, AZ - La Rosa 04-21 San Diego, CA - Music Box 04-23 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre 04-24 San Francisco, CA - The Castro 04-26 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater 04-27 Vancouver, British Canada - Commodore 04-28 Seattle, WA - Neptune Theatre 04-30 Boise, ID - Shrine Basement 05-01 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby 05-02 Denver, CO - Bluebird 05-04 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck 05-05 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway 05-06 Lexington, KY - The Burl 05-07 Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups 05-08 Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit Hall

* with Aron!

Kiana Mickles is a staff writer at Pitchfork. They previously worked as the reviews editor at Resident Advisor . They were born and raised in New York. ... Read More

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