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Exploring the Cosmos in their 12th thread
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FLASH short version:
https://soundcloud.com/sukowegalrevo...lash-short-ver From the trailer for the live action movie for Chihayafuru: |
"FLASH" is simply amaaazing! :luv2 I need to hear the full song ASAP, though! :P But for now, I think the short version will totally do. :D
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FLASH is great but I need more from the new tracks.
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I hope this isn't the PV that will end up on the DVD/Blu Ray I'd rage so hard lol Also I hope it's not really only 2:13 long...
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^I don't think so xD
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Flash isnt bad. I think it will grow on me the same way Cling Cling did. I really love CC now.
I would have preferred Display or Ijiwaru na hello to have been on there rather than Hold Your Hand. I'm glad its at the end of the album though. |
I would like to have Tomei Ningei in the album, so bad is not included.
And I don't understand why they put all the singles songs in the last part of the album and don't mix them with the new songs, only Sweet Refrain with Baby Face and then all the singles and B-sides to the last single till the first single order. I can't wait to see the covers, and see what external bonus will give cdjapan but I think that it will be a poster like they always give. I don't have any Perfume album so I want to buy this but I'm so disappointed that the DVD doesn't include any PV of the previous singles. |
^^^ tbh perfume rarely puts any of their single PVs on their album dvds. They usually only do so if the single PV isn't included in the single's dvd itself. Like for the Spice/GLITTER release, they only put the GLITTER PV on the single DVD and saved the Spice PV for JPN's release. It's a marketing gimmick to get you to buy everything :P
I for one am totally excited about this! FLASH is my new bop and that tracklist looks killer (like a Sweet Refrain mix??? <3 ) I was hoping for DISPLAY to get an album-mix though... |
^Yeah I understand i'ts a marketing gimmick to make you buy everything but at least they have the Perfume clips ob DVD/Bluray so you can have all the MV in one disc.
With 1 MV, 1 Lyric video and 2 lives in the new album you got something to watch so is not that bad at least. I miss Pick Me Up album mix, but the original is great anyway. I need covers right now T.T maybe in 2 weeks ? |
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Sorry for double post.
Cover (2CD+DVD/Bluray) http://st.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/1...P-9013.jpg?v=2 Cover (CD only) http://st.cdjapan.co.jp/pictures/l/1...P-1002.jpg?v=2 The 2 covers are amazing!! |
Tbh I'm not a big fan of the covers but the full version of FLASH is awesome
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Love the CD only cover so very much. :heart Plus, the full version of "FLASH" is incredible! I can't stop listening to it. :love
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I dont really like the covers an awful lot. The limited isnt too bad but I think what ruins them a lot also is the expectations for these covers. With a name like Cosmic Explorer you wouldnt really expect something like that.
That's just me though. I'm not saying covers always have to reflect the title but the name got me excited for a cool concept. |
^I felt exactly the same as you! While the covers are good, I really thought they could have done something a lot better and more true to the title. I mean "Cosmic Explorer" sounds really great as a title and it makes you expect something just as cool.
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"FLASH" PV (short ver.):
Not only do I love the simplicity of the video, but Perfume & those kung-fu moves...:luv2 Can't wait for the full PV! |
Is anyone going to any of their concerts in the States?! Wish I could. Sigh.
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FLASH was released digitally and did you guys see the cover already?
http://imageshack.com/a/img921/2081/Nvn5mF.jpg |
I see it, the cover is draw by the mangaka of the manga who is based the film movie?
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Right now I still think it's a bit annoying with this damn long collage with videos in between. xD
The special page for the new album is much more interesting. http://cosmic-explorer.com/ Still missing album previews though, it's just a week till release! |
FLASH Album Mix (Short ver.)
https://youtu.be/3YngOB-YevU FLASH PV Making TV Report https://youtu.be/nu7DktmgnIw |
This album is completely slaying me tbh omg. Cosmic Explorer, Miracle Worker, Next Stage with YOU and the Cling Cling album mix are FIRE.
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^it is for download now?
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I couldn't find the download link :(
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^ thank you ^^
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The album track sounds extremely awesome, like seriously, Miracle Worker is the best track from the album, I can't wait to know how they will perform this song in their concert. The album flows really great, I remember I was quite disappointed by Level 3, but definitely not this one. It even has some dreamy pop vibes, which I really enjoy.
Not too fond of yasutaka's album mix in every album though, but I really like the vibes in this album, especially sweet refrain. |
The album is really boring. Nothing stood out to me at all. It's less electro and more EDM-based, no? It sound immature compared to the last album, or at least in comparison to the tracks I enjoyed the most (1mm and Clockwork).
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^^^ I personally think it's a step up from LEVEL3 because of it's cohesiveness and I actually think it sounds more mature compared to their usual sound. I especially like how, despite it being EDM based, it doesn't depart from being 'Perfume.' But to each their own I guess haha. Overall, as an album imo, it's a slight up from LEVEL3, and almost on the same level as GAME. It's impressive how Nakata manages to bring the sounds together rather than make it another JPN pt. 2, aka singles collection. Maybe he was listening to our complaints about how all over the place this era was lol.
My only complaint is TOKIMEKI LIGHTS....how in heck is it different from the original lmao. |
I personally see LEVEL3 and COSMIC EXPLORER as different. They are just to far apart for me to compare. I like them both for different reasons. CE is AWESOME though. The title track SLAYED me from the instant I heard it. Such a great opener!
TOKIMEKI LIGHTS is longer, and the mixed has been shifted around a bunch in different places. Otherwise, it's not anything new like Cling Cling, or Sweet Refrain. |
thanks for the links:yes
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I don't know if it's a step-up or down but i know this album is super fun and makes me want to jump/dance flail in all possible directions xD Cool catchy tunes. Cosmic explorer (song) has great old-school epic sound, i love it.
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#1 in Oricon - but only 60,858 copies...anything to be concerned about? For sure they're going to get #1 (#2, FTISLAND, only has 16,648), but what about sales numbers?
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2016-04-05/ |
60,858 copies are a lot of copies o.O
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Those numbers are actually pretty good, but COSMIC EXPLORER sold more than 100,000 copies less than the previous album though (165,748 copies sold in the first week).
I'm glad they got #1, but I didn't find the album very attractive. The only song that stands out for me is Pick Me Up. Story also sounds interesting, but that's all. |
^you are right, I miss perfume hit songs.
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I love the album. This new mix of (japanese) electro and EDM works really well for me, I find it more appealing than their earlier stuff. I only was a casual listener up until last year, but this album is awesome and if they continue this sound, they've won a fan more!
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Wow, this album really split the fandom lol. All I'm seeing in almost all the perfume sites/reviews are either 'I really hate the album' or 'I really love it'. Reminds me of the Spending All My Time days :laugh
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http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2016-04-06/ Very likely it's going to hit over 100,000 by the time the week's over. |
Sorry for double-post, but:
Day 3: 9,085 http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/2016-04-07/ Current count: 97,888 That close to 100k...! |
^ they sell very well, I never seen before the oricon sales for any perfume record but I am a fan since a long time ago anyway xD
I remember LEVEL3 doesn't like me, but 1mm is a gem and I'm sure I like other songs of the album. I said before that I miss perfume hit songs and after listening Cosmic Explorer I realized that yes I don't found any perfume hit or old school song in this album. Maybe the fact I didn't listen a lot of perfume music the last years it makes me want to listen perfume hits. Cosmic Explorer is surprising me, the new songs have more Nakata music in they then perfume vocals. ?? XD STORY is so great but in general in the more electronic new songs I see how the songs are like unfinished or broken in some parts and incomplete and talking about the melody of the songs I noticed that they are like incomplete too with only chorus and one verse or only verse, maybe they don't have the regular estructure of the general songs. |
Im enjoying the album! Especially Next Stage with You and Flash -Album Mix-!
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I like Cosmic Explorer but I dont think I love it, mainly because the album mixes arent as good as the originals. I'm glad Pick Me Up was left alone because its my favourite song from this era. I liked the original Star Train but it loses its power on the album, same with Cling Cling.
I do love STORY,Flash, Next Stage With YOU and Cosmic Explorer. CE is a really interesting song. |
"COSMIC EXPLORER" album first week sales: 122,732
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-04-18/ http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2070079/full/ http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2069995/full/ |
I'm in love with Miracle Worker, it's a perfect pop piece for 2016 Perfume, and sooo addictive. :heart The album as a whole is kind of a step down from LEVEL3 though. None of the other new songs quite reach Miracle Worker, STAR TRAIN, and Pick Me Up's level of quality (Cosmic Explorer certainly tries, and it's a good song, but I just don't think that a sound this heavy suits Perfume very well; Next Stage with YOU sounds nice, but with how little melody there is, it also feels like Nakata just got bored with it halfway through; FLASH is just really boring melodically, but at least the album mix sounds more interesting; STORY is clearly made for the visuals; Baby Face is nice if a bit unmemorable), and many of the singles for this album weren't that great (I still fail to see any appeal in TOKIMEKI LIGHTS or Cling Cling, but at least the latter also got a spiced-up album mix), but on the bright side, I've started liking Relax In The City and Hold Your Hand more as parts of this album. I just wish Nakata found some new inspiration because I'm not loving his EDM-influenced work.
But hey, I'm happy the album sold well! :) |
I'll have to download again and thoroughly listen from start to finish after the high-quality release comes out (as the initial leak stated it wasn't the best it could be).
Even so, the songs were vastly forgettable. It took me forever to get into Perfume. I felt their songs were so easy to blend together. I downloaded and deleted some of their albums twice before hearing Natural no Koishite in a CM brought me back to the trough. I really liked what they did in that era, really beginning with Triangle. The JPN era's singles were seriously some of, if not their best releases. The arrangements got more detailed, and the individual tracks began to stand on their own. I actually felt like there were strong differentiating factors between them. Sadly, I don't feel that with this new album at all. It's very average. It's like they took the sounds from a free-for-download sample pack of EDM synths. So really, there's just not anything inherently memorable about any of them. |
honestly isn't the only super EDM track Story? I feel that track seems so out of place on the album ;/
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Some news about them:
http://contents.oricon.co.jp/upimg/n...467079218c.jpg OK Go x Perfume - I Don't Understand You OK Go and Perfume did a collaboration tgether! It was released at 20th July and it's the ending song of the anime 3DCGアニメ『SUSHI POLICE』. You can hear it here: http://fuckyeahystk.tumblr.com/post/147668890912 LYRICS: Spoiler:
Source: Perfume-BR _ http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/orj480/a288610...21kw0ywjsz.jpg Perfume: A Gallery Experience Supported by Rhizomatiks They'll launch a gallery in New York and London with items related to Perfume like outfits and memorabilia. More infos: http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/gallery/ _ http://natalie.mu/media/1603/0314/ex...e_tourlogo.jpg Perfume 6th Tour 2016 「COSMIC EXPLORER」US TOUR They announced 5 shows in the US! Cities that the tour will go are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. They just finished the first japanese leg of the tour and then they'll go to the US and then get back to 5 more dates in Japan. More infos: http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/cosmicexplorer/index.html |
i wish they put tomei ningen on the album, my fave song from the past year
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Anyone else find it ridiculous how they keep touring the US? I'm also willing to bet that if they held a show in Toronto that it would be a lot more successful than the one they plan on having in Chicago and possibly SF as well. They have lots of fans in Australia too and it's really not fair how they're snubbing these two countries
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Yes, me too!
Would love them coming to Europe again to see them a second time. Especially as I'm a bigger fan now than I was at the first. Not to mention I'd be happy for fans in countries, who haven't seen them yet. |
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Talking about Brazil... There's a rumor going on that they'll probably perform at the Ending of Rio Olympics 2016. Since the next Olympics will be hosted at Tokyo, probably some japanese artist will perform at Rio (just ike in London). That's the source: http://chuumoku-news.com/rioolympic-heikaishiki-2263 Maybe that's true because in 8 days they'll start the US Tour, so Brazil is half way to the US. I don't know what to think about it. I'm freaking out!! |
Anybody remembers Perfume? :D They're doming.
So for your information the setlist: (in 1 source I found Electro World after FAKE IT and that Story is before Perfume no Okite but somebody said there is no Story at all [which would be really sad]) 01 Navigate 02 Cosmic Explorer 03 Pick Me Up 04 Cling Cling (Album-Mix) 05 One Room Disco 06 Next Stage with YOU 07 Medley -Relax In The City -Natural ni Koishite -Macaroni -Toumei Ninguen -Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow -Kokoro no Sports -Ceramic Girl -Sweet Refrain (Album-Mix) 08 Baby Face 09 Perfume no Okite 10 FLASH 11 Miracle Worker 12 FAKE IT 13 Party Maker 14 Daijyobanai 15 Chocolate Disco 16 STAR TRAIN (Album-Mix) Perfume no Okite has new arrangement. Snippet http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Z3qc3N9jEo |
^They are on the dome tour?
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Thanks for the setlist! That medley is everything. <3
Here's a nice vlog from Miles Jai (a famous youtuber) about the LA concert. They sang Baby face in english and live <3 |
^ that was hilarious! "Clap bitches clap!" :laugh I wish I could have seen them!
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that is cool |
^ It is. Live is also fun
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That medley is really impressive! Even Perfume posted about it <3
I love how they Instagram account is on point! Everyday there's new stuff about them and the concerts. Love it https://www.instagram.com/prfm_official/ Also their new goods are INCREDIBLE!!! I need that jacket! http://i.imgur.com/8XC1eET.jpg http://www.asmart.jp/En/Form/Product...n=&price_from= |
New video for UNIQLO with part of the new Perfume no Okite
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looks interesting:love
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Love the CM and the song they use..it will be their new song?
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Love this!
Everytime they release something new (a song, a CM or a live) I feel very proud of them. 7 years ago I heard people saying that Perfume would be over soon because they "couldn't sing/are just girls dancing/etc" and it's so impressive what these girls and their team accomplished! I really think they are one of the best cases of J-Pop. They have done 3 successful overseas tour (out of Asia), performed at Cannes Lions Festival, at SXSW, did an exhibition in New York. That's huge! Very proud <3 |
The new CM looks so cool! Do we know what kind of products they'll be releasing with this collaboration?
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No idea :(
Wowow will broadcast the dome concert on 29/12. Here's news video |
Setlist of their last concert of the dome tour. It looks amazing!
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Can't wait to watch. Recently Perfume's been my thing and I must say that A-chan is one of the most adorable stage persona's I've seen. She keeps smiling in this "heart-warming" way, waving and has sparkles in her eyes <3
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Love the setlist but where's STORY? haha
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It should be somewhere there, it's in the video :o
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Perfume's new single, "TOKYO GIRL", will be released in February 2017! It's also the theme song for the new NTV drama, 'Tokyo Tarareba Musume', starring Yoshitaka Yuriko. "Houseki no Ame" will be the b-side. :)
http://www.perfume-web.jp/news/individual.php?id=566 |
My whole body is ready !!!
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"Tokyo girl" sounds like a piece of shit.
I love there older stuff but since 2012 or 13 everything sounds like old Nokia 8210 ringtones! So boring ... nothing remarkable ... |
^hmm then you clearly missed a few gems here and there
edit: also, where did you here it? I thought so far only the b-side was a CM |
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The release date of this single has also been confirmed - February 15th. :) |
thank you. damn, I wanted something fierece
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Dein Posteingang ist voll ... Lösche mal ein paar Nachrichten 😋 |
^woher wusstest du das? tatsächlich zu 100%
edit: glaub ich hab auch alle neuen Nachrichten gelöscht XD |
"TOKYO GIRL" sounds very generic by this little teaser. :P
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You can watch tv version of Cosmic Explorer dome tour here (not my link) - tv version. Have checked some songs, perfume no okite sounds great and visuals there are amazing. I must say though, this dome seems less spectacular compared to previous 2 - still a really fun show, I think. My personal impression is that CE tracks feel better when you listen to them, live older songs are more interesting.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-Pz...k4NzBaYk0/edit |
Thanks for the link!
I'm always amazed at how elaborate their shows are. But this looks like the TV version. Do we already have a date for the DVD? And yay to the new single, even though Idk if I will like it with the preview. |
Yes, it's the TV version (edited post to make it clear). I haven't heard of the actual release date.
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I see.
Btw. I love the new mix of Perfume no Okite. But it's the veins of STORY, so of course I do. :laugh |
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love the cover concept
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^for once I disagree. looks like a cheap LEVEL 3
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They look like witches hahah But I like the concept (the glass representing the skyscrappers of Tokyo and etc) and the type design! But these outfits are terrible!
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It reminds me of the black mage job from Final Fantasy X-2.:laugh
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I love the song. Especially when I'm walking through my hometown at night. |
I like the song and the covers <3
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I really like the sound of the new song, and the PV is so beautiful! I hope this is a good era for them :)
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