What do you guys think?

Missed out on some things this past year? Here’s Perfume’s year 2009 in a fairly extended nutshell:

01 January:

- [02] Welcome to Chelsea Hotel drama pilot airs

- [16] Perfume 20-Year-Old’s Challenge〜Dream Fighter〜 NHK Documentary airs

02 February:

- [15] A~chan turns 20-years old; all the girls have “become of age”

03 March:

- [19] Begin MC regulars for MUSIC JAPAN

- [25] OneRoom Disco 9th Major Single Released

- [28] Perfume’s Kininaruko-chan Season Finale

04 April:

- [11] Perfume’s Chandelier House variety show begins airing

- [22] Perfume BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!! Live DVD Released

- [29] New ESKIMO pino CM airs, feat. Perfume’s NIGHT FLIGHT; pino airlines Mileage Campaign begins

05 May:

- [09-10] DISCO! DISCO! DISCO! 2Days Live @ Yoyogi Olympic Stadium

06 June:

- [11] Nocchi’s Friday boyfriend scandal w/STRAIGHTENER lead vocalist begins circulation

- [~17] Kashiyuka’s Friday scandal w/fashion photographer begins circulation

- [22] Yahoo! News runs sensationalized news claiming A~chan’s depression

07 July:

- [08] ⊿ (Triangle) 3rd Album Released

08 August:

- [07] Triangle 2009 Tour Begins

09 September:

- [20] Nocchi turns 21-years-old

- [25] Perfume in Happy of Kininaru Chandelier House DVD Variety TV Box Set Released

10 October:

[29-30] Final Leg of 2009 Tour @ Yokohama Arena

11 November:

(A bunch of concerts and events)

12 December:

- [17] Perfume Livefolio Released

- [23] Kashiyuka turns 21-years-old

- [31] Performs at 60th Kouhaku UtaGassen; 2nd year in appearance

Although there were plenty of other performances, TV appearances, and events that occurred, I only mentioned the ones I think were memorable and made an impact in the Perfume community. A bit less active music production-wise compared to 2008, but the number of live events/performances nearly doubled, as well as juicy scandals in print–a rite of passage signaling Perfume’s celebrity status perhaps.

With a new year comes a clean slate for Perfume. Can you believe the girls celebrate their 10th anniversary in the business in 2010? Let’s hope for only the best this year!

In third place…

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.. with 73 votes ..

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edge (⊿-Mix)

In second place…

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.. with 94 votes ..

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NIGHT FLIGHT

And in first place, the best Perfume song of 2009 is…

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.. with 114 votes ..

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OneRoom Disco

Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll! Here are the complete results of each song:

OneRoom Disco = 114 (24%)
NIGHT FLIGHT = 94 (20%)
edge (⊿-Mix) = 73 (15%)
The best thing = 68 (14%)
I still love u = 59 (13%)
23:30 = 18 (4%)
Kiss and Music = 16 (4%)
Zero Gravity = 14 (3%)
Negai (Album-mix) = 11 (2%)
Take off = 3 (0.6%)
Speed of Sound = 2 (0.4%)

What do you think? Did the results surprise you? As the sole new single Perfume released in 2009, I think OneRoom Disco was a worthy choice for the #1 spot this year; it didn’t top Oricon for nothing after all. The highly stylistic and catchy NIGHT FLIGHT is also a good candidate in the top 3, and personally my favorite track in the Triangle album. The original edge already made the  love the world single seem like a double a-side and broke a zenith of records when it released in 2008, as yet the edge (⊿-Mix) just added on as one of Yasutaka’s best and most badass creations for Perfume to date.

I’ll wrap up 2009 in the next blog post. Sit tight and stay tuned!

Perfume’s third Live DVD was released on April 23: BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!! with footage from their 2-days Live at Nippon Budoukan on November 6 and 7, 2008. Also with unreleased and backstage footage including a PV for Butterfly []. Also and before you buy the DVD (if you already hadn’t yet!) check out the forums for snapshots or previews. There’s also a complete review at The Bonkurasu Brigade.

They became the new MUSIC JAPAN hostesses [],[]. They have their weekly appearance talking with guests and we can enjoy their performances: One Room Disco, MACARONI (sheleduled fo next week’s program -May 3st-). They promoted ORD in many TV music shows, but this one from Music Station (March 27) was one of the best TV stages to date: One Room Disco @MS 20090327

Perfume also won the Best Choreography Video prize from SPACE SHOWER VMA 09 for Dream Fighter PV.

What’s next? Disco! Disco! Disco!
Those who’re lucky enough to go to Tokyo will enjoy Perfume’s new 2-days live at Yoyogi Stadium on May 9 and 10, latest news says that stage side seats had been added. It was also announced that WOWOW will broadcast the show, so we’ll watch it sooner or later regardless a DVD comes out or not.

DETAILS:

[OPEN/START]
2009, May 09 (Saturday) OPEN 17:00, START 18:00
2009, May 10 (Sunday) OPEN 16:00, START 17:00
Ticket ¥5,250 (tax in)
Ticket on sale: April 11
Play Guide: Pia, Lawson Ticket, e-plus
Enquiry: Hot Staff Promotion, 03-5720-9999
AMUSE　http://www.amuse.co.jp/perfume/news/
TOKUMA　http://www.tkma.co.jp/tjc/j_pop/perfume/schedule.html

Check out the new Perfume Staff Profiles first article about MIKIKO, Perfume’s choreographer since they are in Amuse.

Perfume Staff Profiles: MIKIKO

Perfume Art Gallery

Explore this Perfume Art Gallery I’ve found via munekata (twitter).
It’s interesting what you can find there… take a look, it’s worth it.

http://www.diana.dti.ne.jp/~june1/perfume/

Perfume Piano and Guitar scores

I’ve been wanting to leave a record about the “Perfume Piano score book” and the Guitar tabs book “Perfume Songbook“.
Check out the Perfume Other releases updated page to know more about these piano and guitar books.

morawin.jp Budoukan special content

Music download website morawin just opened a special page for Perfume’s greatest live to date: BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!!

Although what you’ll find is a live report in Japanese and some photos, the point is what they have a special present for those who suscribe to their music online store (only Japan, again).

But don’t worry, you’re not missing out a precious and special Perfume good. What they’re giving as a present if you’re lucky enough to suscribe to morawin and win the raffle is this:

What’s that? A magazine holder?
Ah excuse me, that’s not a magazine holder, that’s a super cool and fashion Magazine Holder Perfume Dream Fighter™ limited edition.
(I’m sorry about the sarcasm but I can’t help it. I hate that kind of fake merchandising with printed logos.)

But if you are still in the need-of-Perfume-stuff-even-though-it’s-just-a-piece-of-junk (sorry again), you can bid for it in Yahoo Japan Auctions from a starting price as low as ¥3,000.
Go for it. 3 days left.

• Other special pages in morawin.jp:

- 2nd album GAME release
- Perfume live in SHIBUYA-AX 2007.2.12
- Perfume live in LIQUIDROOM 2007.11.08