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>>19486089
Yes yes.
What people don't realize is how important that polyrhythm is. It's like a fuck you to the radio. The song starts off like a normal pop song but then you get to the bridge and those polyrhythms hit you and fuck you up. After it's done you get a beautiful transition to those chords and their singing. People always wonder why this was the song that sky rocketed them to the top, but think about it, nakata new exactly what he was doing. This song had to be a hit or they would be dropped. Now I don't know how much he cared about the group back then but, the bold smart move he made. Starting it off with a nice catchy techno pop sound, which seemed popular at the time, simple pop chord progressions and catchy pop melodies but then, he breaks the rules of traditional pop music and those polyrhythms surprise you. I think I remember reading somewhere that their management where telling him to keep that part out but nakata told them to trust him with. To this day that is still the most memorable and one of the most influential things about perfume. It's so dumb that the radio still plays that edited version without the polyrhythm. This is what made yasutaka nakata one of the best things in pop music. His bold creative decision's that clearly was just him being himself. Not caring about anything but how he wants his music to sound. Pop genius.

What was the first perfume song you heard. Mine was polyrhythm. I remember watching the video and thinking why do these baby faces sound like autotuned babys. It felt kind of cringey at first but in a weird good way. The first thing I thought of the music was "OH it's pop" but more on the electronic dancey side. The melodies are catchy the bass is fun. And then "Poririzumu, Poririzumu, Poririzumu" and I get mind fucked.
So what's you guys story.