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Okay, I’m sorry. I’m bending the rules YET AGAIN.
What is DISCO? isn’t a new Perfume PV, per se. It’s not even an album track. Yet. Who knows what’s going to happen? Yes, it’s another live PV, this time the introduction to their Disco! Disco! Disco! concert. (If I’m not mistaken?) It’s almost radically different from what Perfume does.
Why? In all actuality, it could EASILY pass for a capsule song with Perfume guest starring in their PV. The synth is dark, yet smooth. Not really rough enough to be one of Perfume’s usual dance tracks, and it sounds like this for one reason: Perfume don’t sing in it. At all. It features a heavy usage of the same stock vocals: “Find me / Tell me / Teach me / What is disco?”
This is why I said it could pass for a capsule song. The synths aren’t what you’d expect from upbeat, poppy Perfume, and that’s something I really like about it. It is a bit sad that they don’t sing at all, but hey. It’s not an official PV. So… Why am I reviewing it then? Let’s look at the facts. The video is over four minutes long. This isn’t long for a Perfume song, but it’s definitely long for a concert introduction video, especially compared to the BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaN!!! intro video and… Well, the list can go on and on.
As much as I love the futuristic synthy sound of the song, it does have its flaws. The BEST part doesn’t come in until the very end. On top of that, the stock vocals don’t fit at all. Nakata has this thing with using stock vocals that may work with the title, but not the sound of the song. It’s apparent here, which is a shame.
There isn’t much to say on it. All I suggest is that you listen to it: It’s mainly instrumental, but the video is there to entertain you, and at least it’s an interestingly catchy song.
The video is simple too. The dark, “evil” Perfume trio are bullying the light, “good” Perfume trio into telling them what disco is, and as such, the main focus is the three girls going over some rather absurd thoughts as to what disco actually is. There is a bit of dancing with the magnifying glasses and cameras near the beginning, but a lot of it is just the girls acting goofy yet stylish at the same time. White Perfume aren’t exactly the sharpest girls in any sense. I’m not feeling the faux-detective outfits, but it’s cute to see them acting goofy and having fun like this.
Dark Perfume, however, is another story. The black outfits aren’t the most stunning ensembles we’ve seen on the girls, but compared to the white outfits, they’re the best I’ve seen in a while. Which they kind of are, because I’m not too big on the One Room Disco or Dream Fighter outfits. There’s still a bit of goofyness in the overacting in the Dark side (despite not being as bad as on the Light side), so it’s nice to see they kept from taking it too seriously.
Really, it’s just a whole lot of fun. The obvious focus here is entertaining, as the whole video just has a real fun vibe to it despite the slightly darker sound of the song. It’s an interesting contrast, as are the multiple personalities of the Perfume girls, so it was a rather nice thing to see.
Song Score
A-
PV Score
B
Overall Score
B+
Ah, Perfume. This is the first live “PV” I’ve ever really liked from Perfume. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Butterfly one, and the edge one was just a bit dull. The introduction videos weren’t much better, so thankfully, the girls picked up their game here. It looks like a great way to start a concert, and from the sounds of the video at certain intervals, the crowd certainly agrees. PUT THIS ON THE CD!!! It’d make a great introduction track. Especially if Perfume recorded a few vocals for it here and there. Make it another GAME or Take me Take me.
Okay, the actual new ad for Eskimo Pino that Perfume starred in has been around for a few days, acting as a preview for their newest song, NIGHT FLIGHT, which I expect will be an album track. MAYBE the main promotional track, MAYBE with a PV, but it MIGHT be a single, too.
Either way, it sounds a lot better than One Room Disco’s preview did. Kind of retro, even. I can feel my fandom slowly reforming as we speak, I just hope it lives up to my expectations. I just thought I’d post this for those interested, as well as a link to the actual ad for those who haven’t seen it yet. Enjoy~
P.S.: Nocchi looks extraordinarily HOT in that stewardess uniform.
Oh, HERE we go. To start off, I KNOW this isn’t a real PV. It’s just the video they played during their live performance of Butterfly during the ” BUDOUKaaaaaaaaaaN!!!!!” performance. However, it was placed separately on the DVD, so I figured they must think there’s something really special about this video.
However, there isn’t. Really. The song is just as loud and annoying as it was when I first listened to it. I get that people loved the jungle atmosphere and the way it stood out from the album it appeared on (GAME, which is actually over a year old), but I thought it did it with all the wrong techniques. It’s just a really grating song, it still baffles me that it gets SO MUCH love.
The PV is just as annoying. It’s basically all one big light show. I know Perfume loves their pretty lights, but all the fancy flashing lights and the flickering background lighting on the shots of the girls jumping around just succeeds in giving me headache, not staring at it in awe and delight. So, that’s half of the PV that I don’t like.
When it comes to the parts with the girls, it’s almost as bad. It’s nice to see them in there, but… It’s all face shots and jumping around. It’s pretty much love the world part 2, I can see similarities all over the place. We’ve seen Nocchi with her hair flying all over the place before, and Kashi moreso. These facial expressions and close-up poses are almost directly taken from love the world, it’s like they’re CHANNELLING their past selves for this. AND THE HANDS! DEAR LORD, THE HANDS! As much as I love seeing the girls flying towards me from inside a smaller shape within another picture, this same thing happened in love the world as well.
And now onto the costumes. I get that this was shot on the same day as Dream Fighter, but… REALLY?! You’re kidding me. You were all too lazy to change into another outfit? IT’S NOT THAT HARD! We all do it every day, and it’d help differentiate the videos. They changed for the edge PV (Which really should’ve been the included one), so why not this? The video barely even shows any jungle aspects at all, they could’ve shown that at LEAST slightly through costumes. Another wasted opportunity.
There IS one good thing: It’s short. About a minute or so has been cut from the song for the PV, so it’s not as long. It’s STILL four minutes long, unfortunately, so I can’t take it without having to pause or look away for a few seconds. Really, I can’t see much to like at all.
Song Score
D
PV Score
C
Overall Score
C-
I know I’m hating on Perfume a lot lately. Don’t hold it against me, they’ve just been making bad choices. Had it been the edge PV, I’d at least be praising the song for being good. And the girls for changing their outfits. It’s still full of pointless lights, but at least it doesn’t give me a headache. This effort was just lazy. I don’t care what your excuse is: “It’s just a live PV!” “Who cares if they ddin’t change? It still looks pretty” and the like. Enjoy it as much as you want, but I just think they could’ve done a BIT more with it than film the aftermath of the Dream Fighter PV and put lights into it. Live PV or not.
And, a quick note on the Eri Nobuchika front… The cover for hands is FINALLY out. It’s nothing like what we got before…
It’s worse. Just check it out on her MySpace page. There are some previews, as well. She’s turning to amuch more mainstream sound than what we had in Nobuchikaeri, but it’s still kind of jazzy, which is something. We’ll just have to see how it all turns out.
Tracklisting
1) One Room Disco
2) 23:30
3) One Room Disco (Instrumental)
4) 23:30 (Instrumental)
One Room Disco is Perfume’s 14th overall single, and the third in their latest era. It was released on the 25th of March, 2009.
Ever since I started growing colder towards Dream Fighter, Perfume’s been growing a bit stale for me. One Room Disco is no exception. The heavy beginning is exciting enough, but when it breaks into another more-pop track, it ultimately turns out to be disappointing. It’s not a bad song, though: It’s leagues better than Dream Fighter, but just a bit under love the world. The chorus is what makes the song here, predictably. While these verses aren’t overly boring, the chorus is always where a song shines, especially the ‘Disco, Disco, One Room Disco‘ section we get at the end. I’m really hoping they don’t keep transitioning towards lighter pop, because… Well, because then Perfume would kind of lose its charm, eventually. The vocal distortions are a bit more apparent in this song than Dream Fighter, but you can tell they’re trying to cut it down.
We all remember the flop b-side Negai from Dream Fighter, right? Well, 23:30 is similar to that. Except this time, instead of a ballad, it’s a lounge track. And I’m actually ENJOYING it. When they said the title pronounciation was supposedly “Nijuusanjihan”, I’ll admit, I was expecting something similar to Inryoku from their best-of album. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case. The muffled sound from Negai is present, as are the subdued vocals, but the fact that it’s a lounge song instead of a ballad makes the track a lot more bearable, as it’s not as quiet overall. So, it’s not their best b-side, but it’s a lot better than Negai was.
Single Score
A
Favorite Track
One Room Disco
It wasn’t a great single, but it was an improvement. I’m waiting for their next GAME to come out, and maybe even a second edge, but all I’m getting is subdued lounge and pop. Nakata seems to be changing everyones sound lately, so it’s starting to make me wonder where everyone’s going to end up when all of this swapping and altering is finished…
Either way, it’s good to hear that the a-side wasn’t too bad after Dream Fighter, but I’m still not satisfied. I guess I’ll have to wait until Aira releases BARBiE BARBiE for my real techno fix…
I thought Dream Fighter sucked. Hard. I may have loved the song at first, but just like with Ami Suzuki’s Reincarnation, the song wasn’t good enough to keep me at that level of enjoyment, like love the world could. But how about with One Room Disco?
Well, in a way, I have like it, because basically, it’s Chocolate Disco part 2. The chorus has a big thing with repetition, and it does that in a catchy manner. Before jumping ahead though, I will say that the opening is extremely good. It kind of got me thinking we might be getting a lighter version of GAME or something, because it’s kind of heavy, but not AS heavy as GAME. However, it cuts straight into the light, bouncy repetition section of the chorus, which is just as good, as I said.
The verses… Well, I like them. They COULD be a bit stronger, I think, but there has been worse. And the way it skips into the chorus could be handled a little better, like actually HAVING a bridge in there, but the simply catchy nature of the singing AND repetition sections of the chorus make up for it, I think. Simply put, it’s just an upbeat, happy song about your first experience moving out alone for the first time, which is rather cute in theory. I’d like to know why all of their songs are so mundane lyrically, though. Also, some of their singing and the related synths kind of sound like MEG at times. Ick…
With the PV, I’m not a fan of the seizure opening they gave it. Or the silhouette dancing. But the way they trace that symbol when they say “One Room Disco” for the first time looks awesome. The dance sections, unfortunately, once again consist of some recycled moves. Every Perfume PV does it, and it’s rather annoying, but there are new moves in there, too. Some of the moves are cute, but the legs kicking out thing they do halfway through the singing section isn’t as cute as I think they had hoped. However, let me just say, I LOVE the dance they do for the repeating section of the chorus. That side-on hand raise they do when they sing “One Room Disco”, for some reason, actually fits more than most of the other dance moves they do. Well, the reason isn’t too hard to see, I guess.
Apart from dancing, most of the PV is the girls running around those tiny little rooms you’ll recognize from the CD+DVD cover (see above/right). I like how this PV has some consistency with its cover, and the concept fits the meaning of the song perfectly, so Perfume gets a ton of points for that. That “A~chan sitting behind a window” part was so cute, for some reason, as well as raising that star-on-a-stick. Kashiyuka sitting in front of the cityscape… Not so much. The lighting effects used for most of the dance shots on the PV fit the disco “theme” pretty well, too. As I said, I still have some issues with some of their dance moves, but otherwise, I’d say this PV outshines Dream Fighter by an extreme amount, as does the song.
Song Score
B
PV Score
B
Overall Score
B
Well, it’s not their best offering… But it is good. Between love the world and Dream Fighter, for this era. I think Nakata’s getting too used to MEG and her style, because this song is full of it when it comes to the singing, which doesn’t help with the aligning synths that kind of sound like MEG at times, too… I personally consider Terukado to be a lot better than Nakata now, but this song has given me a lot more hope than I previously had for him.
NOTE: All you Spanish readers need to stop taking this so seriously. I’m nothing but a Nocchi lover. <3
Whether you love them or hate them, every current J-Tek fan owes quite a bit to Perfume. If it wasn’t for Nakata and these sirens, the Tek industry would still be down in the gutters, and artists like Ami Suzuki and Aira Mitsuki would probably be nowhere near as popular as they currently are. They’re insanely popular, but as far as I’m concerned, Dream Fighter has signalled a downfall in their music, and I’m currently growing bored of them.
SO bored, that I have decided to screw it all and just come out and say it. I’m going to be saying what I assume we’re all thinking deep down, but are too infatuated with the girls to say. I’ve decided to go to examine the core of the group, and I’ll be posting tidbits about their skills in a few choice areas:
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Singing
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Lip Synching
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Dancing
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Fashion Sense
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Physical Appeal
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Overall Image/Rank
Okay, so this may not be some huge breakthrough post, but I bet none of you reoccuring readers would expect me to do something like this. Be warned: I may sound like a bit of a dick at certain stages for a few of the girls.
Round 1: Singing
Have we all seen Perfume’s Karaoke video yet? It is quite old, and it’s been on YouTube for what I’d assume is at the least, half a year. As this is one of the FEW times we can hear each girl singing individually and without vocoders, it works as the best marking point when it comes to their singing ability. This will be my basis for ranking each girl on their abilities vocally. Their singing clips are rather short, but it’ll do. They’ll be judged in order as they appear in the video.
Nocchi: She starts out well enough. You could even say she has a beautiful singing voice, from what we can hear. However, as she has to start hitting the higher notes, she starts sounding a lot weaker, and her voice isn’t exactly as beautiful. She tends to over-sing a bit on those higher notes, which isn’t a good thing. She’s okay on a lower register, but when those high notes come in, she starts bombing.
A~Chan: She has a much stronger voice in comparison to Nocchi, which is obvious from the moment you hear her start singing. She’s doing well in the lower register as well, and despite her singing being rather faint in the higher note section, her voice sounds a lot steadier in comparison to Nocchi on the higher notes. She has a much more stable singing voice, and she ends up sounding better overall.
Kashiyuka: Even at her medium initial register, her voice sounds a bit weak and wavery from what we can hear. This sticks for the entire beginning section, but when it cuts to the second section, her singing sounds at least a little steadier than it did before. She seems to be the medium of the girls.
Ranking
1) A-Chan “The Natural Talent”
2) Kashiyuka “The Amateur”
3) Nocchi “The Novice”
Overall, this round goes to A-Chan. While she did slightly worse than Kashiyuka in scores during the karaoke session, she has a much steadier singing voice, and she can hit the higher notes better. Kashiyuka has a bit of vocal trouble, but she can follow a song well. Nocchi obviously has a lot of vocal problems when it comes to singing, so she ranks in at the bottom spot.
Round 2: Lip Synching
After seeing all of their videos, Polyrhythm seems to be the video that works best when I’m trying to prove this point, so I’ll be basing this round on their abilities in that video. Similar results can be found in the PV for love the world, though.
Nocchi: Sorry, girl, but you can’t lip synch for your life. Her mouth movements are heavily overexaggerated as she’s singing, which ruins any illusion that the sounds’re coming out of her mouth at all, or that they ever did come out of her mouth. She starts off alright, but the problem is largely evident later on in the song. It is rather early in love the world, too.
A-Chan: She seems to be the best of the trio when it comes to lip synching, as well. Most of the time, her movements are close to the words, so she’s a lot more believable. However, whenever she gets to a section where she isn’t as comfortable with the lyrics, can anyone else notice that she’s SMILING?! This one can admit she’s not perfect, so she’s using her smile to cover up her lousy abilities. Good move.
Kashiyuka: Like Nocchi, she has some trouble with synching. However, Kashiyuka’s problem is she UNDER-exaggerates the movements. As such, her synching is still considerably more believable than Nocchi’s ever was. She tends to have the quietest vocal parts, too, which fits this well.
Ranking
1) A-Chan “The Master of Disguise”
2) Kashiyuka “The Under-Exaggerator”
3) Nocchi “‘…What?’”
A-Chan wins again. Despite having her flaws at synching, too, she has a trick to cover them, and while they make the flaws even more obvious, she’s just SO DAMN ADORABLE that I really don’t give a fuck about them. Kashiyuka isn’t that bad, either, but Nocchi really needs lessons.
Fast.
I’m not kidding, she’s horrible.
Round 3: Dancing Ability
Let’s be honest with ourselves here. Dancing seems to be the ONE THING Perfume are consistently good at. They can follow their choreography well when it comes to both PV dances and live performances, and they rarely miss a beat. Not having to sing would help a lot, but I simply can’t differentiate them when it comes to dancing. So, I’m going to have to leave this out.
Round 4: Fashion Sense
Perfume’s GAME outfits are pretty much a perfect representation of the girl’s overall fashion images. So, I will be giving this to you all as a visual aid for what I’m saying, but it may now refer to the image exactly at all times.
Nocchi: Her wardrobe coordinator must have one serious grudge. Seriously, am I the only one that thinks Nocchi looks like a lesbian? Short bob cut, tight shirts, tight skirts or pants, and heels that only go high enough to show us that Nocchi has more leg than any of us would ever want to show off. When it comes to the GAME outfit, the pearls are NOT helping the situation. Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow’s PV is another great representation: The huge earmuffs and tight outfit with fur additions are only furthering this image. Damn, girl, what are you letting them do to you?
A-Chan: She’s the exact opposite. Long skirts, baggy tops and shoes that say “look but don’t touch” instead of beckoning our wondering eyes to stare at exposed calves. She’s always the one that has the classy look, and her style gives her the clean cut style that her smiling demeanour and friendly personality belie for her. A much better fit, especially with her seemingly fuller shape compared to the other girls. And that’s not really a bad thing. She has beautiful hair, too. I love it when she wears it down, it just suits her so well.
Kashiyuka: She’s the happy medium. She’s not overly showy like Nocchi is, but she isn’t as prudish as A-Chan usually comes off. Kashiyuka’s the one that wants you to look at her, but she’s not begging for sex. She has the perfect image for the idol status Perfume has, and her naturally cute appeal fits the style, too. I commend her stylist. I could do without those weird bangs she has, but whatever.
Ranking
1) Kashiyuka “The Medium”
2) A-Chan “The Conservative”
3) Nocchi “TAKE ME! TAKE ME!” (See what I did there?)
Round 5: Physical Appeal
It is what it is. I’m not going to be commenting on their boobs or anything, but just the overall appeal of the girls themselves. This may be a bit more personal opinion than the previous rounds, but whatever.
Nocchi: Lesbian or not, this girl usually ends up being my favorite. She can have a mild case of beaver teeth at some stages, and her body may not be the best for the S&M image she’s currently being forced in to, but she has the best overall appeal compared to Kashiyuka and A-Chan.
A-Chan: She just has the most inviting image of the girls in the group. She seems like the one you’d see at school just chillin’ or helping someone out when they’re in trouble. The fact that she’s always smiling boosts this feeling, too. I love her to bits, but she isn’t my overall favorite.
Kashiyuka: This girl has to be the dirtiest of the three. She looks much younger than she really is, and her higher voice isn’t helping. Can someone say, “Jailbait”? She’s borderline Lolita at this stage, it’s just not funny. You see all those old guys at their concerts? This is why they’re there.
Ranking
1) Nocchi “The one I just seem to prefer for no apparent reason”
2) A-Chan “The Girl Next Door”
3) Kashiyuka “The Jailbait Lolita”
Final Round: Overall Image/Rank
3) Nocchi “The Hated One”
Her stylists obviously have something against her, and despite being my favorite girl seven times out of ten, she always seems to get the short end of the stick. She always gets the lesbian outfits for reasons beyond my comprehension. She looks GORGEOUS in an A-Chan style dress, so why not give her more of those? Her skills could be vastly improved, though. Just goes to show that last second replacements really aren’t that good.
2) Kashiyuka “The Eye Candy”
She’s in the middle when it comes to everything save her physical style. The fact that she isn’t all-out S&M just makes her situation worse. She’s teasing the freaks out there, and they’re taking the bait. Just ask the “older” audience members.
1) A-Chan “The Class Act”
I can safely say that I really want to see A-Chan tackle the Tek genre as a solo act. She’s the best at singing out of the trio, and she knows how to hide her lip synching faults well. She may not be the most stylish of the girls, but she has the best personal appeal, and she’s very close to being the best overall in my eyes. Those times that Nocchi isn’t my favorite are actually taken by A-Chan. Love you, girl~ <3
(A little note: Expect an early special review sometime within the next few days. It’s going to be from the voting page, but not the one with the highest vote. <3)
Tracklisting
1. Dream Fighter
2. Negai (願い; lit. Wish)
3. Dream Fighter (Instrumental)
4. Negai (願い; lit. Wish) (Instrumental)
Dream Fighter is Perfume’s 13th single, and the second in their latest era. It was released on the 19th of November, 2008.
You can instantly tell that Dream Fighter has some rather large changes compared to their other recent works. It’s their first single a-side that takes on a heavier sound compared to the pop sound their music usually has, and they also have a much smaller amount of vocoder coverage this time. The vocoder can be seen as a good or bad thing. It’s nice to hear their voices without it, but at the same time, it shows their vocal weaknesses a lot better, which isn’t really helping the song along that much. The synth is rather enjoyable, though, carrying a much more serious tone compared to love the world, with a hint of hopefulness being present in the music. It’s a nice song, but for some reason I find myself being somewhat disappointed with it lately.
If Dream Fighter was a disappointment, Negai definitely was a much larger one. The whole song has a much lower sound, and features mainly drums and a piano. A bit of synth is added later on, and their singing is at a much higher pitch in the chorus, but it’s still just got this annoying sound to it. The “la la la” segments aren’t too good either, but they don’t come up much. The string usage that comes up near the end of the song is a nice touch, but it’s barely audible, which isn’t good. The piano solo right at the end, however, is the highlight of the song. Literally. This is the closest thing to a J-Pop ballad any popular Tek artist has ever really released, and I find myself being disappointed with the results. Something tells me it’s a grower, but at the moment, I’m not too happy with it.
Single Score
C+
Favorite Track
Dream Fighter
This was definitely a failed single. Dream Fighter was good, but there was just something about it that disappointed me after listening to it a few times. Negai was just an instant disappointment, but I’ll admit, it was a nice crack at making a Tek ballad. I doubt I’ll be listening to this again soon, personally, but I guess it’s alright.
Tracklisting
1. Perfect Star Perfect Style (パーフェクトスター・パーフェクトスタイル)
2. Linear Motor Girl (リニアモーターガール)
3. Computer City (コンピューターシティ)
4. Electro World (Album Version) (エレクトロ・ワールド)
5. inryoku (引力, lit. Gravity)
6. Monochrome Effect (モノクロームエフェクト)
7. Vitamin Drop (ビタミンドロップ)
8. Sweet Donuts (スウィートドーナッツ)
9. Foundation (ファンデーション)
10. Computer Driving (コンピュータードライビング)
11. Perfume
12. wonder2
“Perfume ~Complete Best~” is the debut album from the J-Tek trio Perfume, and is also their first best-of album. It contains all their singles up to Electro World, apart from their two Hiroshima indies singles that Nakata didn’t produce. It reached #66 on the Oricon charts upon the initial “Limited Edition” release, and #144 for the later “Regular Edition” release, which fell off of the charts for two weeks and re-entered upon the release of the “Polyrhythm” single. The “Limited Edition” was released on the 2nd of August 2006, while the “Regular Edition” was released on the 14th of February 2007.
Perfect Star Perfect Style comes in with some quiet synth playing, before my ears are ripped open by Perfume’s somewhat awful un-vocodered voices. It could be a lot worse (MEG), and when the verse comes in, they sound a bit better. It’s nice to hear them without the vocoders that GAME was absolutely plagued with. I mean, the vocoders are still there, but their real voices are easily distinguishable. The arrangement itself has quite a few rough spots, with sudden pitch changes that make no sense and some weird sounds here and there, but overall, it’s pretty good, and as said, Perfume’s voices aren’t overly bad. It’s a decent way to start their debut album, I guess.
Linear Motor Girl then kicks it up, giving us a much faster song than the predecessor that focuses a lot more on synth beeps and thumps than the smooth, musical sound PSPS had. The heavily vocodered engrish “Are you ready?” never fails to make me think of Ayumi Hamasaki and that talk show she had. Anyway, back on the song, it focuses a lot on the beeps, and the vocoders are a bit lighter when we get to the verses of the song, and they tend to harmonize pretty well. I mean, what, is it only one girl singing or something? I can barely hear anyone apart from the usual strong voice with the small changes to it in the background that I assume are the other two girls. I can’t even tell who’s singing the main part in this song. It’s alright, but it’s not too good.
Next we have Computer City, which I had dubbed an “Unconventional Ballad” in my recent J-Tek post. The song has a heavy computerized sound to it, which evidently fits the name, but the high pitch and sort of fading beeps in the background give the song a sort of space-y sound. While the verses are pretty much flat when it comes to the vocals, the chorus sounds a lot better in this respect, and I’m loving the acoustic guitar in the background. I can’t tell whether the song’s about the impending overtake technology’s putting on us, or whether it’s completely about heartbreak, because the lyrics (once translated) tend to be one huge mindfuck of the two. It could just be me, though, I guess. The vocals with the music tend to make the song sound kind of mournful or sad, even. It’s one of my favorites from the album, anyway. It would’ve fitted well on GAME, and it tends to have the most vocoder usage so far, so the vocal weaknesses are sort of covered. (Cheaters…)
I have no idea what differences the Electro World (Album Version) has from the original version, but this song is a lot heavuer than the previous four tracks. It’s pretty much the Complete Best’s take on GAME, the title track from their next album, apart from the presence of actual vocals and a meaning. The new opening has a nice ethereal, soothing sound to it before we’re treated to more synth beeping. I rather enjoy how the vocals sound throughout the song, but the extended notes in the chorus can be a bit grating at times. The song has a much heavier usage of synth compared to the previous songs, and the vocoder’s used a lot more here too; probably on a similar level to Computer City. The extended instrumentals after the chorus are brilliant, too, as is the one thrown in the middle of the verses. The song tends to sound a lot better after you’ve heard it going for a while instead of sitting through the extended introduction, but it’s definitely one of the stronger tracks on the album. The lyrics sort of make me wonder whether this could be called an “unconventional ballad”, too.
And now we’re back into a lighter, almost idol sound with inryoku. The opening with the short cuts of Kashiyuka singing the title of the song over and over is unbelievably adorable, and the chorus, with its continued usage of synth beeping and the cheery backing track, sounds pretty good too. The repeating of the “pa” sound tends to get on my nerves a bit, as does the sort of flat sound the song has. The use of the piano (organ, maybe?)/synthesizer to make it SOUND like whatever the hell it is in the background sounds nice though.
Say hello to the namesake of my previous blog~ I actually have no idea why the hell I decided to use Monochrome Effect, because the linearly boring synth and horrible, wavery un-vocodered vocals make this song a real pain to listen to. The chorus sounds a bit better, but the verses are absolutely unbearable. It sounds like a Tek-Idol song, really. I guess the odd vocals could be considered somewhat… Erm… “Cute”, but it’s not really working.
Current namesake~ It’s actually sort of ironic that Monochrome Effect (my first blog) is right before Vitamin Drop, because I had absolutely no idea when I chose this name. Vitamin Drop still sounds sort of reminiscent of an idol song, but it does so in a much more interesting manner, with the lively synth and sparkling beeps that make up the arrangement. The vocals are still largely un-vocodered, but they sound a lot stronger in this song. It’s sort of linear still, but the arrangement has its quieter moment near the end, which helps switch it up at least a little bit.
Now we have the first ever song Nakata produced for Perfume. Sweet Donuts carries a sort of idol sound to it STILL (this was still their image at the beginning of their career, really), but it carries a more computerized sound than songs like Monochrome Effect and Vitamin Drop, while sounding more unbelievably cute than either of those songs did. The weaker vocals are still here, but both the chorus and verses sound so cute that I can let it pass~ Despite being a rabid idol hater, this song is actually standable.
Foundation follows this up, and I must admit that I’m rather surprised to see a b-side make it onto the album. The high opening, lowering synth sounds are sort of annoying, but the arrangement sounds great when it comes in, following a much smoother arrangement compared to the beeps you can hear a lot on this album. The chorus is extremely annoying though, if not only because of how the title’s said, and how it lacks any real lyrics. This is sort of a skip track, really.
Computer Driving goes back to the beep method, and it ends up sounding sort of like a slower Linear Motor Girl. It has a cuter sound to it, as does most of the latter half of this album, and that’s sort of what kills this song, along with the continued linearity that seems intent on dragging the song on with the once again un-vocodered vocals.
Perfume, the song titled after the band, comes in next, and it’s a drastic change from the rest of the style of the album. The song carries a heavy 8-bit sound to it, while still keeping a cure, upbeat sound. The vocals are vocodered, but it’s still not at an extremely high level. Just enough to make them fit. It’s one of the fastest songs on the album, which doesn’t always work with the 8-bit sound, but it worked pretty well here. I’m surprised that this song was a b-side in the first place considering its name, and the fact that it’s a b-side makes me surprised that it’s even here. Either way, it’s a good song, especially for the NES and SNES players out there, if they weren’t annoyed to hell by the music.
wonder2 closes the album, and the echoing “la”’s over the spacey synth doesn’t sound very good at all. When the girls stop ad-libbing and it’s just the arrangement, it’s not as bad, and the verses tend to sound very well done. I think this is the first time the vocoder is used to sort of granulate their voices and break segments up into multiple sounds, too. It’s another b-side, but this tends to be my second favorite of the three (after Perfume), apart from those damned “la”’s. It was a nice way to end the album, and it fits the position well, too.
Album Score
B-
Favorite Tracks
1. Computer City
2. Electro World (Album Version)
3. Perfume
4. Sweet Donuts
5. wonder2
While the album goes towards the idol sound to an annoyingly large amount, a lot of the songs here are at least decent, with the songs towards the end of the era sounding a lot more like the Perfume that we all know and love. I’d call it a decent introduction to the girls, but GAME is, overall, a superior album.
love the world is Perfume’s 7th major label single, and their 12th overall. As I’m sure many fans expected, love the world debuted in the top spot: #1 on the Oricon charts. (I was personally ecstatic over that.) It was released on the 9th of July, 2008.
Tracklisting
1. love the world
2. edge
3. love the world -original instrumental-
4. edge -extended mix-
I’ve been in love with love the world ever since I heard it. I’m not sure why, as it’s not a huge step from Perfume’s previous releases, but the BGM for this song is extremely infectious (Especially the beginning, it sounds so 80’s~). Unfortunately, I can’t include the vocals in that statement, because they are, unsurprisingly, filtered. It’s alright, though, because the song still sounds great, but I’d like to go over a few flaws. While the verses and opening are great, I must admit, I’m not totally impressed by the transition from bridge to chorus… It just sounds like something’s missing. Once the chorus gets going, however, it sounds great (And for whatever reason, I love the deeper, extremely distorted back-up vocals. Don’t ask, I don’t know why either.) The exact beginning of the chorus sounds a bit weird, lyric-wise, as well, so I’m not sure what part of this song is best, which is a first for me. Either way, I love it.
YES. OH, DEAR GOD, YES, THANK YOU, NAKATA~ Ever since GAME, the title track from Perfume’s first original album, began to grew on me, I was hoping they’d go for something that sounded a bit more mature and aggressive instead of the usual synth-pop. Thank GOD Nakata delivered. edge opens with a very sinister gush of wind, and is quickly followed by a dark, aggressive synth line, which sounds great. It keeps a similar sound throughout the song, and while the repetitive vocals that the song boasts can get slightly annoying, it still sounds great. With a song like this, you expect the vocals to be distorted, so this isn’t a surprise. When it comes to the second singer (Seriously, I can’t tell them apart still, how bad is that?), that I ASSUME is Nocchi, I must admit, her voice kills me. It just sounds beyond nasally in a bad way, which the synth isn’t helping. When it gets to the chorus, however, the song reaches what I can safely say is its best point, as it gives the synth a more structured feeling, with the infinitely better lyrical arrangement. It seems to end a bit too abruptly, but still. THANKFULLY, this song is Kashiyuka-heavy, that much I can be sure of, so I’m happy.
I would just like to comment on something about the original instrumental of love the world: THIS SONG HAS SO MUCH HIDDEN SYNTH IN IT, OH MY GOD~ I swear, I could actually listen to this instrumental and love it just because of how awesome it originally sounded, yet now there’s more to discover. I’m unsure if this synth is actually in the original version, because half of the time the vocals drown it out, but it still sounds awesome.
We now come to the extended mix of edge. I must admit, when it leaked, I thought the original edge was the extended mix, due to its six minute length, which I thought was a bit odd. I guess I was wrong though, because the extended mix clocks in at eight minutes. Anyway, the song opens with a thumping synth line this time around, which plays continuously through the same ominous wind and dark synth lines from the previous version. I think it’s the same beat from when the full synth line’s playing, but I can’t be sure. Anyway, this is highly similar to the original version, with the main difference being that we get more choruses and some longer synth instrumentals. The bridge is also changed a bit, and it sounds a lot better with the additional effects added. The chous this time, however, starts as an instrumental before we get the same repeating vocals from the verses. AFTER this, the normal chorus comes in. I’d say this version is actually somewhat SUPERIOR to the original version, but it may be a mood thing, too.
Single Score
A+
Favorite Tracks
All
I admit that love the world had a few flaws, but overall, every song on this single had something to offer, and all ended up exceeding my expectations, including the extended mix of edge, which was a huge surprise. If Perfume keep up with this kind of music, then they may end up becoming even bigger than they are now.
OKAY, GUYS, SORRY! MY INTERNET’S ALIVE AGAIN, SO HERE WE GO, A REVIEW~ I might do more today, but I love procrastinating, so who knows?
GAME is the second offering from Nakata Yasutaka’s now-successful techno-pop trio, Perfume, while still being their first full studio album (Their first was a single compilation.) It debtued at #1, in both daily and weekly rankings, and is Perfume’s highest charting release overall. It has sold approximately 309,373+ copies and was released on the 16th of April, 2008.
Tracklisting
1. Polyrhythm
2. Plastic Smile
3. GAME
4. Baby cruising Love
5. Chocolate Disco
6. Macaroni
7. Ceramic Girl
8. Take Me Take Me
9. Secret Secret
10. Butterfly
11. Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow
12. Puppy Love
All you regulars will know I’ve been a Perfume, and overall Techno-pop, fanboy for ages. Well, that’s starting to wear off, and I’m getting into more acoustic music. However, one lingering thread of my fanboy period which I don’t think will ever fade is Polyrhythm. While the song does take a while to start, with only the girls singing over a simple synth beat at first, when it explodes into the chorus, the song gets about ten times better. I’ve been starting to notice how their voices aren’t always great, but they do a great job in this song, which you can tell even from underneath all that distortion. The looping of “Polyrhytumu” and “Polylupupu” (I have no idea how to spell it like they say it) can be somewhat grating at times, but it doesn’t ruin the song at all. The mixed meanings of love and recycling (or recycling love, I guess you could say) that come with this song make it interesting on another level, too.
I used to be addicted to Plastic Smile as well. However, this time I really only see it as filler material. I mean, it has a brilliant chorus, and I LOVE the synth beat for it, but overall the song tends to get a bit boring save for those factors. It’s one of my favorite Perfume choruses though, I must admit, so my views on the song are somewhat contradictory.
GAME, the title track, has always been a disappointment. However, recently it’s started to grow on me. The girls voices aren’t totally top notch here, and if you can hear it over all the kerfuffle the heavy synth beat is causing, you can tell they aren’t totally digitized, which isn’t helping the matter. This song is a lot more aggressive than anything Perfume’s released before (Except for Electro World, but I’d say this still beats it), which is a great change from all the cute pop they’ve given us. The lack of any real coherent lyrics is annoying, though, as the girls basically resort to looping.
Baby cruising Love is a mixed reaction song, through and through. I personally like the song, but the vocals in the chorus can get EXTREMELY irritating with the pitch they reach, on top of the distortion. It’s another case where I love the synth to the song though, and since the choruses are a bit more subdued, it’s not all bad. It’s not great, though.
Oh, good lord. I went through a phase where Chocolate Disco was my new Polyrhythm. This is definitely another lingering thread of fanboyism as, despite the exceedingly linear lyrical structure, the repetition of verses and the chorus consisting of nothing more than “Chokorreito Deisuko”, this song is EXCEEDINGLY ADDICTIVE. It’s an extremely cute song about valentines and confessing your love, which fits the bouncy feeling of the song perfectly. The bridge is full of win, by the way. One of the best parts of the song.
Macaroni slows the pace down a bit more, with an overall arrangement focusing less on synth than many Perfume songs have, namely due to the drums that you hear throughout the song. Overall, the slow, mellow feeling of the song feels like a bit of a bad choice for this album, which consists mainly of upbeat, fun techno-pop, as it slows it down just as it was getting good. The girls vocals sound a bit shaky here, too, but with them, you can never tell if it’s the distortion or not, which gets annoying.
Ceramic Girl has what I dub as one of the most annoying Engrish mispronounciations I have ever heard. It’s mainly because of the distortion over their voices, as when they say “Ceramic Girl”, the distortion removes the faintest trace of an R sound and leaves you with “Celamic Girl”, or the more widely enjoyed “Salami Girl” line. It’s not annoying overall, as while this is definitely one of the slower songs on the album (though it is fast at the same time), it’s also one of my favorites. It sounds like they’re singing too fast to keep up with the beat at times, which brings down the overall enjoyment factor of the song, but the beat makes up for it.
Take Me Take Me is what I view as a follow-up to the title track. It’s another song that consists of a synth beat. That’s nothing new, as the whole album is like that. What I mean is that it has almost no lyrics to speak of. “Take me take me” and “Take me tonight” are the main lyrics of the song, and it gets extremely annoying, especially with the somewhat boring synth. GAME grew on me; I’m sorry to say that Take Me Take Me doesn’t get that privilege, and probably never will.
We now come to the precursor of what my friends like to call the “Perfume are robots” theory. And the theory that robots are fueled by chocolate, and not oil or alcohol or any of that. Secret Secret has a totally different sound in its synth compared to the rest of the songs, as it sounds a lot smoother overall. It consists of a robotic, playful sound during the choruses, while the verses like to slow it down a bit with a more subdued sound. This is definitely my favorite non-single track from Perfume, and I’ve been in love ever since I saw it. Perfume should cut down on the advertising, though, as the video is basically an advertisement for Pino. I’m not sure if Pino is actually even a real treat, but there you go. I love the chorus dance for the PV though.
Butterfly annoys the crap out of me, plain and simple. It has a very jungle-reminiscent sound to it, which I like. However, when they jump in and start repeating the word Butterfly, their uber digitized voices reach a pitch that almost never fails to give me a migraine. The vocals in the chorus aren’t as bad, and the synth is a great change from the rest of the songs, but I can’t forgive the horrible chorus.
Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow is another mixed blessing. It opens with a somewhat awkward transition from opening synth to chorus, but overall, the wintery sound of the chorus with the vocals of the girls work well together. Their voices still sound sort of underdeveloped, though, and the verses are sort of boring, with the constant repitions of “lala la la la” and such. I still enjoy the sound of the chorus, but the verses drag the song down.
The final track wins my award for originality. Puppy Love won’t win any awards like that elsewhere, but on this album, it’s a godsend. It follows Macaroni’s subdued synth feeling, and instead showcases the use of DRUMS and ACOUSTIC GUITARS. This is one of the best presentations of the girls vocals, as they work very well with the song, and the upbeat, happy sound the song has suits the instrumentals a lot better than Macaroni’s subdued, slow feeling did.
Album Score
B
Favorite Tracks
Polyrhythm, Chocolate Disco, Secret Secret, Puppy Love
Okay, so I’m still a Perfume fan. This is definitely a good album, and while it has its share of sub-par and downright horrible tracks, it also has some of Perfume’s best material. It’s great that the girls ditched the cute theme and tried to get a bit more adult, but obviously it’s not completely lost. I’m hoping they try to release some more subdued stuff, though, as their less techno-ey songs can sometimes be their best, so it’d be great to hear more of it.
Okay, we all know what a Perfume fanboy I am, and as such, I always try to find everything I can about them. Namely, their entire discography. I just managed to find the one single that’s been eluding me for ages, so to celebrate, I decided to review it in all of its glory. Presenting the first special Musing/Review combo~
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AKIHABALOVE was a special event release by Perfume, and is not considered one of their official releases due to the guest producer, DJ Momo-i (Better known as Momoi Haruko). It was only available during the Uchimizu events during the summer of 2005, and is now a collectors item worth around $450 due to its rarity.
Track Listing
1. AKIHABALOVE (Perfume x DJ Momo-i)
2. AKIHABALOVE (Karaoke) (Perfume x DJ Momo-i)
Despite how stupid it may seem to review a concert single, this is Perfume as you haven’t seen them before. You can attribute this to DJ Momo-i, the producer of this single (instead of the usual Yasutaka Nakata.) This hasn’t appeared on an album by the girls to date, either.
Anyway, this song has a much heavier techno sound to it compared to any other works by the girls. It’s full of aggressive synth, and you can at least vaguely hear an electric guitar at certain intervals throughout the song. The vocals of the girls aren’t synthesized this time around, yet they still seem to suit the new style of music shown in this single. It shows that the girls can handle music that’s a lot more mature compared to their normal works, while still retaining the cutesy feeling their usual songs have. While Momoi is a vocalist/singer herself, she only features in this song by providing the back-up vocals for the girls, which can only really be heard in the Karaoke version of the song. It’s a shame, as Momoi is another great techno pop artist, but at least she gets some sort of feature in the song.
HOWEVER, I do have one gripe with the song. While the chorus is great, it can sound a bit awkward at times, and the verses do tend to get a little boring due to the quieter nature of them. It’s still a great song, so I won’t mark it down for it, but it can get annoying.
Anyway, despite this being released in 2005, I find myself hoping another collaboration between Perfume and Momoi takes place soon, because these two work great together.
Overall Grade
A+
For you readers who are getting sick of the cutesy style Perfume is well known for, AKIHABALOVE may be worth a listen due to the individuality the track shows. It even works well as a karaoke if you’re into the heavy techno style of music. Definitely the best song by Perfume, if not solely for its originality.
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I realize I did rave about this song, but in my opinion, it deserves it. This single alone should have shown Nakata that they don’t have to oversell the cutesy images of the girls. Anyway, both ways work. It’s just great to hear this different style of music from the girls.
This won’t be the first random/special review I do, either. They won’t be announced or anything, and I won’t be doing them very often (I’d say around one or two a month), because I don’t want to cause TOO much confusion to you readers. Not all of the specials will be about Perfume, either. I was going to review a special album instead, but I was overly excited by finding this, so I just had to do it~
I can’t provide a direct link to the song at the moment, so instead, I’ve decided to embed the music video. Credit goes to whoever uploaded it to YouTube~
I can provide a link to the forum where I downloaded it later~ Also note, this new section is only for special releases by featured artists, or albums released with no singles by artists that I don’t regularly feature. If I ever decide to review a past album by someone that I DO feature, that’ll go in the normal review section.
First musing~
Anyway, if you didn’t pick up on it yet, I’m a Perfume fanboy. I KNOW, SHOCK HORROR~ However, I thought their first album sucked. Hard. With the exception of three songs (Vitamin Drop (mainly for its cuteness factor), Monochrome Effect and Computer City.) Basically, I ignored the rest of the songs. Except maybe Inryoku…
Anyway, what with me being the eclectic fool that I am when it comes to my interests in music, I listened to the album again and found a song that I… Must have missed when I left the room or something. >>
This is currently the one song I can listen to continuously without being bored (Ok, that’s not entirely true, but still…), so I thought it deserved the first mention in this section. So, enjoy~ These’ll get more interesting, I swear…
Interesting note, this is actually Perfume’s most aggressive song, with the obvious exception of GAME. So, that’s probably why I like it so much. IT’S DIFFERENT.
I’ll write a review a little later, keep an eye out~
(NOTE: I am not responsible for this translation.)
On another note, is anyone else annoyed by the lack of an edit comment feature on other peoples pages? I mean, I made the comment, why can’t I edit it regardless of page? >.< I’m so bad at writing sometimes that I seem to repeat myself blatantly, it’s something people like me just neeeeeed.
Baby Cruising Love / Macaroni is Perfume’s 11th single overall, while being their 6th under a major label. It debuted at #3 on the Oricon charts, with its weekly rank also being #3. It has sold a total of 64,252 copies and was released on the 16th of January, 2008. ( Coincidentally, one day after my birthday. xD;; )
Track Listing
1. Baby Cruising Love
2. Macaroni
3. Baby Cruising Love (Instrumental)
4. Macaroni (Instrumental)
I’ve gotta admit, the digitized voices that open Baby Cruising Love annoy the hell out of me. I love the BGM that follows the opening, though. Which, of course, stays for the whole song. The vocals are just a big gripe for me in this song, as they never really change throughout the whole song. It’s a nice song, once again heavy on the synth and digital voices, nothing you haven’t heard from Perfume before. It’s not a great song, and it surprised me when I found out it was their highest selling single. It all depends on what degrees of digital sound you can take, really.
Macaroni is a lot easier on the ears. To be totally honest, I can’t tell if this song has drums in it, or just synth that resembles drums. Also, the girls voices are barely digitized in this sing, if at all, which was a great change from their previous works during the GAME era. It’s a simple song, much slower than any songs on their previous singles. It has a much more natural sound, which I was excited to hear. If they make more songs like this in the future, I’ll be happy. There’s at least one more like it on GAME, so that’s always good.
Overall Score
B-
Favorite Track
Macaroni
As strange as it might sound, Baby Cruising Love actually dragged this single down for me. Macaroni was the highlight this time around, but that might be easier to understand this time since they’re both A-sides. They’ve definitely released better material in the past, but hopefully Macaroni is a sign of new thing to come from the girls.
Polyrhythm is the 10th single released by Perfume, while only being their 5th under a major label. It was used as the NHK Kankyoku Recycling Campaign CM. It debuted at #4 on the Oricon charts, with a weekly rank of #7. It is the first single by Perfume to reach the top 10, and has sold a total of 63,981 copies. It was released on the 12th of September, 2007.
Track Listing
1. Polyrhythm
2. SEVENTH HEAVEN
3. Polyrhythm -extra short edit-
4. Polyrhythm ~Original Instrumental~
5. SEVENTH HEAVEN ~Original Instrumental~
Probably Perfume’s BEST song to date. Polyrhtyhm is the song that got me into Perfume in the first place (A lot of my reviews seem to share that trademark, eh?), it’s just so catchy when it gets into the chorus. I wasn’t a fan of the opening at first, but it’s grown on me. The voices of the girls sound all cutesy in this song as well, as you hear a lot from Perfume, and you have the digitization again. It’s got a simple electronic beat to it, and it actually utilizes a lot of “hidden” imagery in it. For example, the repitition of Polyrhythm and Polyloop can pretty much be called “rhythm recycling”, which fits in with the campaign the song was used for. While the song might seem to be about love once translated, it’s also supposed to be about recycling in and of itself. And if it wasn’t meant to be, it can be easily seen that way (For example, the plastic line at the end of the chorus refers to both love and plastic/recycling.) Pretty sneaky, so this song gets extra marks for its awesomeness in so many respects~
SEVENTH HEAVEN surprised me at first. I wasn’t expecting the B-Side to this single to be very good for some reason, but SEVENTH HEAVEN is pretty much on par with Polyrhythm (save without the bonus marks). It has a similar electronic style, but it opens with a beautiful piano solo, leading into one of the girls (I can’t tell which, the distortion makes it hard sometimes) singing. Again, it has a very cute style, more so than Polyrhythm does. The cute electronic beeps and interesting background effects heard at certain parts throughout the song make the song interesting to listen to, instead of having a totally linear rhythm to it.
The extra short edit of Polyrhythm was also good, but it just wasn’t AS good. I mean, why do you need to shorten it? They basically took out the looping polyrhythm/polyloop part and made it skip right to the section after that, which was a bad idea, as it removes half of the imagery that the original version possessed. I mean, it’s definitely still good, the track was just a bad idea in my mind.
Overall Score
A
Favorite Song
Polyrhythm, SEVENTH HEAVEN
This is still, and probably always will be, my favorite Perfume single. Polyrhythm is just so awesome by itself, while SEVENTH HEAVEN is great in its own respect. Butchering Polyrhythm for the extra short edit just wasn’t really needed, and it dragged the single down, really. It wasn’t even that long a song to begin with.
Fan Service is Perfume’s 4th single under a major label, and their 9th overall. It debuted at #20 on the Oricon charts, with a weekly ranking of #31. It has sold 9,214 copies, and was released on the 14th of February, 2007.
Track Listing
1. Chocolate Disco
2. Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow
Chocolate Disco is a simple song, and opens with an electronic beat, that proves to be the main background music of the song, along with some inaudible whispers. The girls have digitized vocals again, and the lyrics of the song are simple, especially the chorus, which consists of only the words Chocolate Disco. It has an extremely catchy chorus, and the song has a touching meaning, mainly about a girl confessing her love on Valentines Day. Overall, it’s a cute song, one of my favorites from the GAME album, even though it may be overly simple.
Twinkle Snow has more of a dance sound to it than Chocolate Disco, with more electronic sounds and altered vocals. It’s another upbeat song, not as cute, but you can still hear that influence. It’s better in the vocal department than Chocolate Disco, mainly because of the infinitely better chorus. I’d like to hear how it sounds without the digital voices, though. Their earlier work wasn’t great, but at least you could hear their real voices half of the time. It’s not a huge gripe, and I won’t mark it down for that, but still…
Overall Score
A
Favorite Song
Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow
I’m a little disappointed that this single only has two songs, but they’re both great, which makes it better. A huge improvement from their previous album’s works, which sometimes sounded a bit too immature to me…
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