Perfume perform “Flash” and “Cosmic Treat” for CDTV Live! Live!

Perfume gave two televised performances for CDTV Live Live “Flash” and “Cosmic Treat”. But this wasn’t some regular studio performance. Perfume performed at the Shin-toyosu Brillia Running Stadium. This not only looked cool, but it resulted in some really nice camera work. The focus was capturing the space, as opposed to the invasive-ass camera work we woulda got had Perfume performed in a studio.

⚠️ The video quality defaults to the lowest setting, which looks like absolute shit. So, upon pressing play on the video, click the gear icon to change the video quality to 720p.

Perfume performing “Flash” on CDTV Live Live | Video courtesy of prfm-multiverse

I know a-chan ran those tapes back and asked Nocchi why she couldn’t hold her balance for her one-legged pose near the end. And why do I have a feeling that “Flash” is going to end up on the Nebula Romance: Episode 1 Tour setlist? It absolutely should not be. But it’s probably going to be.

Perfume performing “Cosmic Treat” on CDTV Live Live | Video courtesy of prfm-multiverse

I think Perfume need a version of the Nebula Romance: Part 1 dresses which shimmer. Within the world and story of Nebula Romance, it’s a uniform. It should look utilitarian. I get it. But in performances, these dresses look so dead, because so much of the dress is one type of fabric in one colour, which doesn’t catch light at all. A version of these outfits which looks better on camera and catches the light would add so much, especially for a performance of a song like “Cosmic Treat” — a song which sounds like it’s constantly shimmering. Maybe the Nebula Romance: Episode 1 Tour will have a snazzier version of the dresses, the same way that the LEVEL3 tour had snazzier versions of the LEVEL3 dresses, which looked less like paper and better under stage lights.

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