touring "Asia and North America" next spring, no dates/venues yet
🌟 Very excited to announce that we will be doing an Asia and North America tour in Spring 2019! Can’t wait to share wonderful moments with you again. ❤️ Stay tuned for more details coming soon. #FuturePopTour #prfm pic.twitter.com/YvlqXeLUqh— Perfume_um (@Perfume_um) September 22, 2018
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:55 (five years ago) link
That 2014 NYC concert was fucking amazing. I am seriously thinking about going back next year.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 22 September 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
btw see them live if you can
first us tour was the best show i’ve ever seen
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 23 September 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
I wanted to tie in seeing one of their arena shows with a forthcoming Japanese trip but it didn't happen, not least because the tickets are about ÂŁ150.
― Category: Animist Rock (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 September 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
<3 that video
― nxd, Monday, 24 September 2018 08:51 (five years ago) link
that video, holy moly
new album isn't really clicking for me but that's alright. I feel like the run up to and including JPN is more than most will ever accomplish and the rest is enjoyable enough. I like 超来輪 on this one.
great GREAT live act. seriously, go see them if you can.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 04:32 (five years ago) link
NA live dates are up!http://www.perfume-web.jp/cam/FUTUREPOP/world/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 29 October 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link
An interesting Forbes interview
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 2 January 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
Also playing Coachella
― abcfsk, Thursday, 3 January 2019 06:59 (five years ago) link
And yeah they had some good answers
so so cool that they’ll be at Coachella!! Happy to see that the fest is still at least *trying* to reach for unique acts, even tho the American festival landscape - Coachella usually included - is so homogeneous these days.
Having a hard time getting into Future Pop. I like Tenku, but that’s pretty much it. Everything else feels very...um...”early-2010s” EDM?
I prefer the techno-disco of everything through Level3, which in retrospect is a pretty consistently bangin’ album.
― KevRus, Friday, 4 January 2019 03:47 (five years ago) link
In a rare cover performance Perfume do Ryuchi Sakamoto's Computer Obaachan https://vimeo.com/309652893
― abcfsk, Thursday, 10 January 2019 05:55 (five years ago) link
awesome...never even heard the original
funny part in that interview..."we're gonna hit our 30s now"...that's nuts! their first single was in 2002!
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:29 (five years ago) link
Oh my, that cover! Amazing.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Friday, 11 January 2019 10:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2019/01/10/music/perfume-goes-back-dance-basics-ahead-coachella-debut/
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 11 January 2019 11:13 (five years ago) link
i've barely listened to any of their music since jpn but i'm considering seeing them live in nyc in a few days b/c it's rare that i'm in this city and i can't count on necessarily getting the chance to see them again
― dyl, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:54 (five years ago) link
do it! i can't afford to do it this time
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 March 2019 04:02 (five years ago) link
Fucking do it. Absolutely. They were amazing last time. (I can't believe it's not sold out.)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 28 March 2019 09:36 (five years ago) link
thank you both for encouraging me to make the correct decision
― dyl, Sunday, 31 March 2019 04:53 (five years ago) link
love that 'Secret Secret' is in the setlist! such a futuristic jam that I'd sort of forgotten about.
Lots of 'Future Pop' cuts as well, and yet no 'Let Me Know' or 'Tenku?' Kind of odd.
― KevRus, Thursday, 4 April 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
forgot to bump this but NYC show ruled.
I keep thinking about how, each time I see them, there are fewer and fewer songs that I'm really that into if I'm being honest. I mean, nothing from but JPN and no "dream fighter" or "game" but they did "tiny baby"? what!!!
but whatever, somehow still so much fun. and seeing "electro world" was cool. best band.
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 25 April 2019 04:00 (four years ago) link
Coachella set: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76b2de
If anyone can tell me how the visual effect in "Daijobanai" works (from around 34.00) I'd love to know, apparently there's no hidden screens or anything.
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Thursday, 25 April 2019 09:32 (four years ago) link
The video has gone down for me (UK) before I got the time to watch it.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
Ah, found it on another streaming service: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av50153659
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 09:11 (four years ago) link
Electro Link
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 4 May 2019 09:44 (four years ago) link
Superstar!
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 4 May 2019 13:54 (four years ago) link
here's my pox that no one asked for:
DaijyobanaiThe best thingSecret Secret1mmSpiceMagic of LovePolyrhythmDream FighterFushizen na GirlFUSION
― KevRus, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Watched the Coachella last night with my daughters (thank you!). Despite the decent performance I was really let down by (a) the tracks conforming exactly to the album releases with the exception of an interlude (I think), and (b) half the time the camera people obviously had no idea how to shoot them to highlight the choreography, which let's face it is really the only "live" aspect of note. The 3D capture was also used pretty badly with insane rotations and pans unrelated to the music. I would have loved them to use more of the practical effect with the translucent screens onstage, instead of the overlaid elements on the video signal which I presume were shown on screens beside the stage.It struck me how weird it must have been for them to come on stage to a muted reception instead of the place going nuts. Having seen video of some of their full performances in Japan, their home shows are on another level altogether.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 7 May 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
Yeah, the livestream was a cool showcase of technology, but kind of dizzying if you want to focus on the choreo.
The extended sets they played during their main tour stops were more impressive production-wise. Some unique non-album arrangements too (a glitchy transition from the outro of Secret Secret into an extended, mid-tempo trip-hop piece?!).
Future Pop has grown on me a bit. I think it’s way better than Cosmic Explorer.
― KevRus, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:29 (four years ago) link
holy shit i forgot how perfect "daijyobanai" is
― clouds, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
It really is! I love how it sounds so ecstatic, and yet the lyrics hint at something more manic or neurotic. That melancholy middle-8 comes out of nowhere with those stabbing off-beat synths. A brief pensive pause before the mania continues.
And best of all, unlike so many Perfume tracks, it doesn’t overstay its welcome being just 3 mins long. And wow that choreography!
― KevRus, Friday, 21 June 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
From their Reframe shows last year, kind of Einstein On The Beach gone ambient techno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzvh2fw4FVQ
― threnody for the victims of alan shearer (Matt #2), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
wow
― ufo, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 23:24 (four years ago) link
If they release a Reframe Blu-Ray, I will absolutely buy it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 2 April 2020 00:02 (four years ago) link
new single a bit of a throwback to their early stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M4EwGf-lH0
the curiously not futuristic future pop was OK and all but I def personally prefer them in this mode
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Thursday, 24 September 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
^^ agreed this is a nice return to form
― orson around (clouds), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link
Reframe will be on Netflix starting Friday!
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFAx-fi2JE
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
Watching this now and it's phenomenal. Makes me wish my TV had speakers the size of walk-in freezers.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Hope this is out on my netflix
― abcfsk, Friday, 19 March 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
Apparently it's a worldwide deal:
So excited to announce our “Reframe THEATER EXPERIENCE with you” is now available worldwide exclusively on @Netflix! Make sure to check out Team Perfume’s word-class creativity once again. #prfm https://t.co/4VwizqUunD pic.twitter.com/FVyVoNTaqi— Perfume (@perfumeofficial) March 19, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 19 March 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
edge is the most perfect fucking song in the history of music
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
obv i’m very stoned and watching this right now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
i am not sure how they keep outdoing themselves visually
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the performance of "Edge" is fucking amazing. It's on YouTube, for those who don't have Netflix/haven't seen this yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_hOOz5V38
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
go Brad, liveblog!
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 March 2021 08:54 (three years ago) link
it’s fantastic!!! the set is pretty weird but they’re trying to do something very specific so it’s chill. visually mind boggling every few seconds and just keeps building and building. missed “challenger” when it came out so it was nice to encounter a new perfume banger
it feels very for-true-fans-only to me in a way, i wouldn’t necessarily introduce anyone to perfume with this show, but yeah it rules
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 March 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
Still can't believe I was actually in Tokyo when these shows were happening but couldn't get it together to source a ticket, oh well.
― judged and found wanting by the steve hoffman forums (Matt #2), Saturday, 20 March 2021 11:29 (three years ago) link
edge rules
― nxd, Sunday, 21 March 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link