When Perfume Plays Games…

…they expect to win.

Perfume Hits NUMBER 1 and Other Things

All of their hard work seems to have paid off:

Perfume’s new album GAME debuted at number 1 on Oricon!!!

Congrats to A~chan, Nocchi, and Kashiyuka ♥

As for the album GAME itself…  I shall have a review soon; life’s hectic (AP practice test after school tomorrow; from 2:30 to 5:30 in the same room *cry*)

Anyway, the album itself, I can say, is flipping awesome.  My favorite track is Take Me Take Me. ♫  So… stay tuned; Monochrome Effect may have had a short hiatus but I’m back ♥

“Ceramic Girl” is theme for Drama

Well, well, well.  According to Tokyograph, he rumoured song Ceramic Girl is a real song, and it’s being used for a drama called “Sumire 16!!”  It’s safe to assume that the song will be released on GAME then; perhaps it will also be a single.  Sumire 16!! premieres on April 13, while GAME is being released on April 16.  Quite interesting.

Even more interesting?  Sumire 16!! stars none other than Tokito Ami.  I guess fate likes to play games with us.

…That totally was NOT a pun, I swear.

Further Tour News

Well, okay, so it took me about 5 minutes to verify my kanji-skills (read: nearly nonexistant kanji skills), but I’ve got the tour dates and locations, from Perfume’s official site:

Game Tour: April to May

4/27 ~ Zepp Osaka (Osaka)
4/29 ~ Takamatsu Olive Hall (Takamatsu)
5/1 ~ Club Quattro (Hiroshima)
5/2 ~ Drum Logos (Fukuoka)
5/4 ~ Zepp Tokyo (Tokyo)
5/6 ~ Zepp Nagoya (Nagoya)
5/10 ~ Niigata Lots (Niigata)
5/16 ~ Club Junk Box (Sendai)
5/18 ~ Penny Lane 24 (Sapporo)
5/31 ~ Yokohama Blitz (Yokohama)

It’s interesting to hear that they’ll be playing the Yokohama Blitz, as the last group I remember caring about playing there was Hello! Project.  Go figure!

PERFUME ALBUM + TOUR NEWS

As previously reported, Perfume will be releasing their first original album on April 16th.  While there is currently no cover, we now have a TITLE:

The album is titled GAME (if you’re like me, you’re thinking Hamasaki Ayumi right now).  There is still no tracklisting that I can find, however, songs from the singles Fan Service [sweet] up to Baby cruising Love/Macaroni are sure to be on there.  In addition to those 6 songs, there are to be 7 new ones, produced by Nakata Yasutaka.

To promote GAME, the girls will be going on tour in 10 cities across Japan.  They’ll be touring from April 27 until May 31.

The current rumor is that there is a song on the GAME album called Ceramic Girl, but I’m not too sure how reliable the rumor is.  Although, I’ve got to admit, Perfume and Pottery might not be a bad match.

And, in other news, Kashiyuka has a new hairdo~~~ ♫  I’ll try to picspam later.

The Perfume Effect

In deciding on a “first post,” I realized… Well, there’s really nothing HUUUUGE going on in Perfume land!  So what are you supposed to do when you need to bs a blog entry?

The same thing you do when you need to bs a DBQ for US History AP!

Perfume is Love.  That’s the tagline of this blog (even though wordpress believes its “Just a kickin’ Perfume blog”).  But why is Perfume “Love”?

That, ladies and gentlemen, would be called the Perfume Effect.  What is the Perfume Effect, you ask?

It’s Perfume innate ability to win over most people through their cuteness, catchy music and the kickass PVs.

This monochrome effect…

Did you know that there’s a tragic lack of Perfume blogs?  There is.  This is a travesty.  Seeing as though Perfume is probably my favorite group out there besides Morning Musume, running a Perfume blog aside from MK seemed like a natural step, like evolution or something.

And so, Monochrome Effect has been born.  ♥   For those who don’t know, I’m Kuri, who runs Morning Kuri, the H!P-centric blog.  My favorite member of Perfume is Kashiyuka because of her cute voice and delicate features, and my favorite Perfume song is probably Electro World.  However, Monochrome Effect makes for a better blog title, so, there we are.

As for early news, Fan Service ~Prima Box~ is 9 on Oricon  ♥  Yay~~~  As for tragic news, the Perfume blog is now only available to members of the fanclub.  Boo~~ D:

I could make a mission statement, but that takes about an hour to word eloquently (because it is, essentially, just stating that I’ll fangirl over Perfume at any given point and that I love them and they need more fanblogs because they are just awesome) and I don’t have that time.  But I will say that Perfume (and Kashiyuka) will surely take over the world one day, and at that point I will say: “Told you so.”