Looks like Perfume will be going back to basics with their newest single, slated for a 4/14 release. It has confirmed to be entitled ｢ナチュラルに恋して｣ or Natural ni Koishite, which is a new CM song for NATURAL BEAUTY BASIC. The CM will go on-air 3/10, so keep your eye’s peeled!

What do you guys think about this fresh, non-techno look?

[Edit] Before it gets deleted, check out a preview of the CM on YouTube with A~chan’s version and Nocchi’s version.

All the CMs have been released, and just in case you haven’t seen any of them, you can view them right on NATURAL BEAUTY BASIC’s website. It contains each of the girls individual shots and one together all in one video! What do you guys think?

As they rightfully are allowed to do, since the songs were illegally uploaded onto the iTunes Store for international customers to purchase around January. One could tell it was obviously illegal since it was uploaded under the label “Tukuma Japan Communications”, as opposed to Perfume’s official label Tokuma Japan Communications, and various song titles were purposely misspelled.

Today, their staff put up a notice on Perfume’s official site, stating:

Recently, between late January ~ early February, some songs from Perfume’s GAME album and Indies era songs were illegally available on iTunes under unauthorized distribution.

After the incident, information was disclosed to Apple iTunes to initiate an investigation. Ultimately, we have confirmed that an overseas record label has uploaded the music without permission. Although the music has been already removed, Tokuma Japan Communications and Amuse Inc. will collaborate to prepare appropriate legal actions.

In addition, in regards to the iTunes Store content purchased on iTunes, to acquire a refund from the iTunes Store, you may contact the iTunes Store via their customer service page e-mail form below.
http://www.apple.com/jp/support/itunes/contact.html
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, and we ask for your continual support of Perfume.

It’s good to see that the illegal uploads were taking down, especially since people were paying for it and the profits were not going where it was supposed to. However, it also goes to show how much fans want Perfume’s music to be openly distributed–not just in Japan but all over the world. capsule’s music is already on iTunes, albeit on a different record label, but hopefully Perfume’s music will be available on some kind of legal download site for the world to listen soon.

Well sort of, but any reference to Perfume is groundbreaking! Perfume’s 4th indies single Monochrome Effect played in the background of a scene in the FOX American cartoon American Dad (from the creators of Family Guy), where the music was referred to as “Japanese funk” that “everyone loves it in the future”. Hilarious!

You can view the video clip here (hopefully it stays up long enough):

Perfume – Monochrome Effect on TV
Uploaded by eNVee569.

Thanks to our forum members for finding this, and eNVee for uploading the video!
Is this awesome or what?

Every year CDTV has conducted a poll containing the viewers most wanted boyfriends/girlfriends around Valentine’s Day. This year, all of Perfume claimed a spot in the Top 20 countdown.

At #16 we have Kashiyuka,

At #9 we have A~chan,

And right after, we have #8 as Nocchi!

You can view the complete countdown here

via YouTube

Perfume’s youngest is now 21 years old! Congratulations, A~chan!

If you have a Twitter, listen up!

We’re going to trend #HappyBdayAchan at 9 AM JST (GMT +9) all at once for an hour.

What is a trend? On the side of your twitter page, a list of Trending Topics can be found, which are keywords a mass of people use during a certain time frame.

How does it work? When a sudden large number of users tweet the same catch phrase, a trend will start.

Please note:

- Only put the tag in once per tweet. Repetitive tag inputs filter through Twitter as SPAM, and the tag will NOT trend.

– However, do not simply tweet the tag. That aslo counts as SPAM.

- More users, not more tweets. We need strength in number of people; not only one person will make a topic trend.

Good Tweet:

- “Congratulations! #HappyBdayAChan”

Bad Tweet:

- “#HappyBdayAChan#HappyBdayAChan#HappyBdayAChan”

- “#HappyBdayAChan”

Get it? If you have more questions, leave a comment. Thank’s for reading all of this! Let’s all ban together for her birthday!

Also, don’t forget to follow Perfume_City on Twitter for live updates!