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The trio Perfume had their final public performance on last year's Kohaku Utagassen and they showed off the first song that I had ever heard by Kashiyuka, A-chan and Nocchi, "Polyrhythm"（ポリリズム）, from 2007. That was one standout PSA!
Perfume also performed one of their final singles titled "Meguloop" (Tour Loop) which had been released back in July 2025. Apparently, "Meguloop" was also a track from their final album (for now) "Nebula Romance Part II" that came out a month later. It was all part of some grand concept for a space opera which has been acted out in the video above. As with everything that Perfume has recorded, the song was written and composed by Yasutaka Nakata（中田ヤスタカ）, and this one stands out because I couldn't really hear anything technopop about this one and that's including the vocoders that the ladies have often used. I'd say that there was more warm and sunny 80s pop in this one...perhaps as a bittersweet goodbye to all involved in the trio's success for the past quarter-century. May the ladies enjoy some of that relaxation now that they have gotten some of that "civilian" life now.
"Meguloop" was also used as the theme song for the 2025 TV series sequel in the live-action part of the "Chihayafuru"（ちはやふる）franchise.
Their final release before their hiatus came out last month. It's a digital single called "ふめつのあなた" and it's the theme song for the third season of the anime series, "To Your Eternity."
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information. Hopefully, they'll come back into the spotlight a few years down the line.
DeleteI enjoyed watching Perfume's final performance for now. BUT now whenever I hear their name, I will remember that post of yours from last year where you put up their very first song! Man oh man, that was shocking!
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