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prfm-multiverse · 1 month

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#2024 #video clip #love cloud #code of perfume #prfm #perfume #a-chan #kashiyuka #nocchi #U-NEXT #japan #dance #electronic

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lovestereo · 8 months

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#love cloud #perfume #2023 #2020s #moon

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ystk-archive · 11 months

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[Translation] Perfume discuss recording “Love Cloud” (TV Bros, 23.06.06)

“At our first London concert in nine years, we performed a new song!”

A~chan: We performed our new song "Love Cloud" at our show in London! Nakata-san made it specifically for this overseas appearance.

Nocchi: Nakata-san did advise us that it might be better to perform songs that the crowd would be familiar with, rather than debuting new material at a foreign show. But we wanted to ask him to make something new anyway since the London concert is the best version of our live performances so far and Japanese fans would be watching it too through online streaming and the ABEMA TV broadcast.

A~chan: Yep, we totally did. When we were able to meet with him, that was the main thing we discussed. After that was the "how about doing a 'Polyrhythm Pro Max' version?" conversation (editor's note: they're referring to the iPhone's top-of-the-line Pro Max model). So something where when the song starts, the audience will be like "huh, what song is this? Is this a new song?" and then they get all hyped up once they realize it's one they already know. We're doing that at the [Primavera Sound] festival in Spain and also at the London show, and it was because we could talk about it with him that this new arrangement exists.

A~chan [continued]: We also talked about the new song. I told him that since it was going to be our first overseas concert in four years, I thought it'd be good to have a new track to showcase specially for all the people who waited for us. I wanted to bring a surprise along with us, so he made a track just for the overseas show... During the recording he was like "I made something seriously awesome." He was in a really good mood, huh?

Nocchi: He was!

A~chan: He kept saying things like "isn't this good?" and also expressed that he wants Perfume to have the kinds of songs that other artists on the chart would envy. Though I understand that there are all sorts of artists whom appear together on music shows and sing certain songs that they can only do because of the point they're at in their careers, or artists who specifically pick a particular song to perform, and singers each have their own reasons and sense of timing that explain their choices in music. He said he wants people to think the songs that Perfume sings are really cool. We were extremely moved hearing Nakata-san tell us his dream for us. It was one thing after another while we were sitting there like "Nakata-san, you really thought of us this much..." We were simultaneously excited and moved to tears from hearing him talk like that.

A~chan [continued]: The new track turned out really, really great. Usually when we record he has his back to us the whole time, but while we were working on Love Cloud he kept turning around and saying things like "oh, isn't this awesome?" He was in a super good mood. That said, even though I think the song is cool, when it came time to record the vocals it was insanely difficult. It might've been our longest recording session ever. I must've spent at least three hours in that recording booth.

Kashiyuka: It's because it's a new type of melody for us, isn't it? Nakata-san himself seems aware of the fact that we couldn't pull off this kind of melody in the past but now we can, and he said that when he was young he could never figure out how to put vocals to this sort of thing. So even though we received this song from him and it's really good, it was so tough to sing.

A~chan: It was~ (cries).

Kashiyuka: It's like I couldn't pick up on the notes in the melody at all, even though I can hum it no problem.

A~chan: In my case I was struggling to understand Nakata-san's instructions. "It's not (while humming) 'uuu, uuu~,' it's 'uuu, uuun." I was like...huh? What d'you mean??? All while the song was still playing and I had to sing to it. Like what am I gonna do...

Kashiyuka: It's been a while since we've seen Nakata-san's strict, Spartan side (laughs).

A~chan: He was super aggressive (laughs). Normally the songs play about four bars ahead of us as we record, and before we start a section we discuss it and say things like "I get it" or "I'll try" in response to his direction. Then we usually get a signal to begin but this time it was just, "Like I said, it's 'uuu, uuun.'" And then it was like a phone call getting disconnected, the way I was suddenly thrown into it (laughs). What's worse is the song was played two bars ahead and I had to start singing immediately while still trying to understand what he wanted and I just couldn't keep up. I was so confused that I stopped the recording for the first time by saying, "Um... I really don't understand, I can't pinpoint the melody."

Kashiyuka: Yep, you really did.

A~chan: But when I took a look at the demo, the sound that Nakata-san was talking about wasn't there. It was missing one note. So that's the reason why I wasn't getting it (laughs).

Nocchi: Hahaha!

A~chan: Nakata-san even hums songs like he's shy, so the notes don't come through properly.

Kashiyuka: He sings like he's in a hurry (laughs).

A~chan: Exactly (laughs).

Kashiyuka: He sings and plays the piano in such a rush that I have to ask him for more time so I can process the notes properly.

A~chan: I totally didn't get it. Of course Nakata-san thinks very quickly, and his mind and imagination are moving at speeds so fast that the average person can't keep up with him. Seriously. "Huh? Uhhh, umm, gimme a second..." (laughs). I always try so hard to understand him, but this time I had no choice but to be like "I'm sorry but I'm confused." He said "well, then sing it this way" and then he altered it to how he was originally instructing it to me.

─ This was the first tense recording session you've had with him in a while, isn't it?

A~chan: It was, but we were laughing? Nakata-san was too. We all laughed ourselves silly.

Kashiyuka: While saying stuff like "let me see here, it's supposed to be like this" and "no, hold on..."

A~chan: When we said stuff like "I don't get it," he laughed (laughs). At first I was about to cry trying to figure it out, but I was struggling so much that he broke out into laughter and then I laughed too. Jeez, this track really was hard to record. It's a house-style song.

Kashiyuka: It's probably because the rhythm is so tricky. He wanted to include a lot of syllables and the pronunciation of all the words became complicated. It was a tough battle.

A~chan: It really was.

Kashiyuka: But even Nakata-san was like "try singing it a different way," "no, maybe this way is better," and "whoops, my bad!" (laughs). It was a trial and error process for everyone. We were all trying to find the easiest way to communicate the song.

Nocchi: Yep.

#perfume #Love Cloud #Primavera Sound #code of perfume #nakata yasutaka #2023 #interviews #translations #TV Bros

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thatverywitch · 8 months

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Perfume - Love Cloud

#(having to add 8 seconds of silence bc idk how lovestereo does it)#anyway the clubs are BACK #perfume #prfm #love cloud #ラヴ・クラウド #music

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sonofkumiko · 8 months

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Perfume - Love Cloud

(English translation)

Original lyrics: Nakata Yasutaka

I don’t wanna dance

I don’t wanna go

I don’t wanna feel you, love’s scary

Innocent voice, an improv life

Casually holding on, drifting away, like a love cloud

Drifting so far away, becoming the wind

Without a sound, just like the mist

When I fall in love it seems to escalate, to escalate, to escalate, to escalate

I don’t wanna dance

I don’t wanna go

I don’t wanna feel you, love‘s scary

Innocent Voice, an improv life

Casually holding on, drifting away, like a love cloud

A love cloud

At the corner of the street, I saw you there

Clouds reflecting in buildings, up into the sky

When I fall in love it seems to escalate, to escalate, to escalate, to escalate

I don’t wanna dance (I’m afraid)

I don’t wanna go (to fall in love)

I don’t wanna feel you, love’s scary (love’s scary)

Innocent Voice (I’m afraid)

An improv life (to fall in love)

Casually holding on, drifting away

I don’t wanna dance

I don’t wanna go

I don’t wanna feel you, love’s scary

Innocent Voice, an improv life

Casually holding on, drifting away, like a love cloud

#perfume #prfm #love cloud #english translation #lyrics #ラヴ・クラウド #2023 #Moon

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sadhoglet · 8 months

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Okay how is this such a jam

#prfm #perfume #love cloud #music #Spotify

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highsummonertemptress · 11 months

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Code of Perfume - London, 230603

#prfm #code of perfume #perfume #yuka kashino #ayano ōmoto #ayaka nishiwaki #a~chan #nocchi #kashiyuka #polygon wave #love cloud #polyrhythm #chocolate disco #spinning world

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herbertlangethings · 11 months

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Perfume 電音香水新歌 "LOVE CLOUD" 初披露 @Perfume LIVE 2023 "CODE OF PERFUME"

what a found and what an incredible stage performance here, "legendary" J-Pop as its best, choreo and power, voices and our cute girls all here too, love it sooo much !!!!!!!!!!!