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Perfume gave their first televised performance of “Cosmic Treat”. But, before blasting off to the funky beat, they performed “Baby Cruising Love” wearing fashionable outfits. Yes bitch. FASHIONABLE outfits. Nocchi knew she looked good. a-chan was feeling every inch of her ponytail. And Kashiyuka was regretting that long ass skirt, given that she had to kneel in it. But we’re dealing with a group who have had to perform in three layers of outfits on stage with no fans. Some long bulky ass skirt ain’t shit for Kashiyuka.
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Let’s talk about the choreo for “Cosmic Treat”. I was lukewarm on it when I first saw it in the music video. But now having seen the entire thing (kinda, as they performed a shortened version of the song and changed the end pose), I like it more than I did initially. Once again we’re seeing Mikiko fold in certain movements and motifs from other songs. One such instance which stood out to me, being the hand thing with the waving fingers for the end pose, which is reminiscent of the ending pose of “Polyrhythm”. And something I didn’t pick up on from the music video, but noticed with this live performance, is that the pose Perfume are holding on the regular edition Nebula Romance: Part 1 album cover, is in the “Cosmic Treat” routine. It’s really cool to see that Team Perfume are tying everything together in the smallest of ways. I really do hope this carries through into the tour.
But I can’t help but feel that the routine is missing something, which is also how I feel about the song.
“Cosmic Treat” is such a vibrant song that makes you wanna move your entire body, so I was expecting some element of that in the routine. And yet, the chorus feels so static compared to the verses. When the chorus hits, it’s like the energy just gets sucked out of the choreo. I felt similarly about “The Light”, where there was once again a mismatch of energy and a lack of movement for a chorus which is so vibrant.
It’s strange. Because “Cosmic Treat” has the type of routine I expected “Ima Ima Ima” to have, and “Ima Ima Ima” has all of the movement and energy I expected “Cosmic Treat” to have. It’s like they Freaky Fridayed. But I do like that the choreo for “Cosmic Treat” feels like it’s part of the same story as “Ima Ima Ima”. The same goes for “The Light” too. They feel connected in ways, beyond being choreographed by the same person, and I like that. There is a real sense of the choreography telling a story which isn’t in the song.
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I’d be more forgiving of the choreo if Perfume actually sang live. And maybe their choreographer Mikiko considered that. Because not only do Perfume have mics, but it seems like a routine which wouldn’t be so crazy for Perfume to pull off whilst singing live. A lot of the time when Perfume are performing with handheld mics, they are actually singing into them, we just don’t hear it. But there are some performances where if you listen closely, you might catch moments where you can hear their live vocals due to the mic levels being turned down super low so they sit in the mix of the song. I can’t see the mics being on and volume up for “Cosmic Treat” anytime soon. But Perfume have been surprising me with everything concerning Nebula Romance: Part 1 so far, so who knows!?