Perfume will appear on NHK’s 59th Kouhaku Utagassen

Congratulations! They finally made it!

Perfume will act in on of the prestigious annual TV show Kouhaku, on the New Year’s Eve by NHK.

The program is divided into two color groups, as the title itself says; Red and White Song Battle.

From Wikipedia:

(…) the program divides the most popular music artists of the year into competing teams of red and white. The “red” team or akagumi (赤組, 紅組) is composed of all female artists (or groups with female vocals), while the “white” team or shirogumi (白組) is all male (or groups with male vocals). The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful J-Pop artists and enka singers can perform. In addition to the actual music performances, the costumes, hair-styles, makeup, dancing, and lighting are also important. Even today, a performance on Kōhaku is said to be a big highlight in a singer’s career because of the show’s large reach.

Check out the complete list of artists in NHK’s Kouhaku Official website

PV for Dream Fighter Released

Sorry it’s a little late.

Perfume released the PV for their latest single on air just a day or two ago, and rips of the video are up on the internet.

Due to constant monitoring of youtube/other streaming video sites, I’ll only post links to direct downloads and torrents:

Jpopsuki (thanks to doobie)

PerfumeCityBBS (thanks to 1337rice)

Can’t wait for the single to be released!

Perfume’s first photo book: PERFUME PORTFOLIO

Perfume’s first photo book is planned to be released on December 17th.

The photobook will include a wide variety of new photos of the group, solo shots, photo stories and more, including long interviews to each member.

Amuse online shope ASMART and WANI BOOKS will give to everyone who preorder the photobook before December 7th will take part on a draw where the 5 winners will get a photobook cover signed by the three members and a personal message.

- Out 2008, Dec. 17
- Price ¥2625

• Source: Wani Books