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"FLASH"
"FLASH"
	File:Perfume Flash.jpgArt work for Japanese Band Perfume's FLASH
Song by Perfume
from the album Cosmic_Explorer
Released	March 16 2016
Genre	J-pop
Label	Universal J; Perfume Records;
Producer(s)	Yasutaka Nakata
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"Flash" (stylized as "FLASH") is a single by Perfume, released in iTunes on March 16 2016. It is the fifth single from their fifth studio album COSMIC EXPLORER. ^[1] The single reached first place in the real-time ranking of iTunes with 200,000 downloads.

^[2]The single is used as the theme song for the live action adapted film Chihayafuru.

Background

^[3]In the Cosmic Explorer album release announcement, there was two limited edition with the first one Blu-ray, and the second with DVD. The music video for the single was included in both of the Blu-ray and DVD, which then had a video clip of it uploaded on 31 December 2015.

It is theoretically believed that the digital release was going to be a surprise release, which was leaked few days prior on Twitter.

Music Video

The song also has a music video for it on YouTube with some CGI to go with the dance. It is their most watched video on YouTube with more than 60 million views. The music video is directed by Yusuke Tanaka based on the credits in the Cosmic Explorer album.

Synopsis

The video starts with a text of the song's name. Eventually, it switches to the girls that are in a room. The video randomly switches scenes from one member to all members dancing throughout the video. The drop before the second verse shows the girls walking to each other, walking in circles. When entering the second verse, the girls put their hands out one by one, holding each other before the pre-chorus, and back to circling again. The first hall of the bridge shows them dancing in slow motion. Going into the final chorus, the scenes with them dancing with the ^[4]LED light sabers which are believed to be operated by their technology team Rhitzomatiks were added to resembles the lyrics. The video ends with the girls doing the signature pose.

Awards


Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
2016	Hello Asia! J-Pop Awards	SONG OF THE YEAR	Nominated

Chart Position and Certification


Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications
Title	Year	JPN Hot 100 ^[5]^[A]	Certifications
"FLASH"	2016	2	RIAJ (250,000): Platinum^[6]
"—" denotes items that did not chart, were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, or were released before or after the existence of the RIAJ Digital Track Chart.

References

^ "Flash won first place on iTunes". Twitter. 18 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Flash was used as the theme song for Chihayafuru".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Cosmic Explorer Released Announcement". Perfume Official Site. 6 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "LED Light Sabers". Perfume Global Lab. March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "レコード協会調べ　5月度有料音楽配信認定" [Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

External

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[1] "Flash won first place on iTunes". Twitter. 18 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Flash was used as the theme song for Chihayafuru".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Cosmic Explorer Released Announcement". Perfume Official Site. 6 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "LED Light Sabers". Perfume Global Lab. March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Billboard-5] Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "レコード協会調べ　5月度有料音楽配信認定" [Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications] (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

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 == Chart Position and Certification ==
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 |-
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 ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
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 !style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|JPN Hot 100<br /><ref name="Billboard"/>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=BillboardSingles}}
-!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|''RIAJ''<br/>[[RIAJ Digital Track Chart|Digital<br/>Track<br/>Chart]]<br />{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The RIAJ Digital Track Chart is a depreciated chart that ran from 2009 until early 2012 and tracked full-length cellphone downloads.}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=RIAJdigital|Sources for chart positions are as follows:
-"Night Flight",<ref name="RIAJ20090526-50">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 2009年05月20日～2009年05月26日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞
-|trans-title=Record Association report: 2009.05.20~2009.05.26 <abb. Reco-kyō Chart 'Chaku-uta Full'> |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090526&rankKbn=50 |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=May 29, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010042413/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009f&weeklyCd=20090526&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=October 10, 2014 |accessdate=October 10, 2014}}</ref>
-"I Still Love U",<ref name="RIAJ20090721-50">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 2009年07月15日～2009年07月21日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞
-|trans-title=Record Association report: 2009.07.15~2009.07.21 <abb. Reco-kyō Chart 'Chaku-uta Full'> |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009s&weeklyCd=20090721&rankKbn=50 |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=July 24, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226131346/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2009s&weeklyCd=20090721&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=February 26, 2012 |accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>
-"Chocolate Disco",<ref name="RIAJ20100727-100">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 2010年07月21日～2010年07月27日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞
-|trans-title=Record Association report: 2010.07.21~2010.07.27 <abb. Reco-kyō Chart 'Chaku-uta Full'> |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20100727&rankKbn=100 |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=July 30, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009094138/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20100727&rankKbn=100 |archivedate=October 9, 2014 |accessdate=October 9, 2014}}</ref>
-"575",<ref name="RIAJ20100831-50">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 2010年08月25日～2010年08月31日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞
-|trans-title=Record Association report: 2010.08.25~2010.08.31 <abb. Reco-kyō Chart 'Chaku-uta Full'> |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20100831&rankKbn=50 |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=September 3, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107051041/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2010s&weeklyCd=20100831&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=January 7, 2015 |accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>
-"Communication".<ref name="RIAJ20120508-50">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ 2012年04月25日～2012年05月08日 ＜略称：レコ協チャート（「着うたフル(R)」）＞|trans-title=Record Association report: 2012.04.25~2012.05.08 <abb. Reco-kyō Chart 'Chaku-uta Full'> |url=http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2012f&weeklyCd=20120508&rankKbn=50 |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=May 10, 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228001454/http://satsuki.musicdb.gr.jp/all_info/ranking_weekly/WeeklyRankingAction.do?term=2012f&weeklyCd=20120508&rankKbn=50 |archivedate=December 28, 2014 |accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>}}
-|-
-! scope="row" | "Twinkle Snow Powdery Snow"<ref>{{cite web | title=テクノ・アイドル、Perfumeが配信限定で新曲を発表 | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000029017 | publisher=Barks |language=ja |date=December 25, 2006 | accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> <!--Released digitally in 2006-->
-| 2006
-| — || —
-|
-|rowspan="2"| ''Fan Service [sweet]'' / ''GAME''
-|-
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Chocolate Disco"|チョコレイト・ディスコ|Chokoreito Disuko}}
-| 2007
-| 24{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Charted in 2014.}} || 76{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Charted in 2010.}}
-|
-|-
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"[[Secret Secret]]"|シークレットシークレット|Shīkuretto Shīkuretto}}
-|rowspan="3"| 2008
-| 49 || —
-|
-|rowspan="2"| ''GAME''
-|-
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Ceramic Girl"|セラミックガール|Seramikku Gāru}}
-| 54 || —
-|
-|-
-! scope="row" | "edge"
-| — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Charted at number 66 on the ''RIAJ'' monthly ringtones chart.<ref name="RIAJw080920_2">{{cite web |title=レコード協会調べ　8月度有料音楽配信チャート（「着うた（R）」） |trans-title=Record Association report: August paid digital music chart (ringtones) |url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080920_2.html |language=ja |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |date=September 20, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609201549/http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w080920_2.html |archivedate=June 9, 2012 |accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref>}}
-|
-|"love the world" <span style="font-size:85%;">(single)</span> / ''Triangle''
-|-
-! scope="row" | "Night Flight"
-|rowspan="2"| 2009
-| 13 || 20
-|
-|rowspan="2"| ''Triangle''
-|-
-! scope="row" | "I still love U"
-| 75 || 21
-|
-|-
-! scope="row" | "575"
-| 2010
-| 73 || 4
-|
-*RIAJ <span style="font-size:85%;">(100,000)</span>: Gold<ref name="RIAJ-sep2010digi"/>
-| "VOICE" <span style="font-size:85%;">(single)</span> / ''JPN''
-|-
-! scope="row" | "GLITTER"
-| 2011
-| 88 || —
-|
-| "Spice" <span style="font-size:85%;">(single)</span> / ''JPN''
-|-
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Communication"|コミュニケーション|Komyunikēshon}}
-| 2012
-| — || 18
-|
-| "Spring of Life" <span style="font-size:85%;">(single)</span>
-|-
-! scope="row" | "1mm"
-| 2013
-| 9 || rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
-|
-| ''LEVEL3''
-|-
-! scope="row" | "Hold Your Hand"
-| 2014
-| 41
-|
-| "Cling Cling" <span style="font-size:85%;">(single)</span> / ''COSMIC EXPLORER''
 |-
 ! scope="row" | "FLASH"
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 * RIAJ <span style="font-size:85%;">(250,000)</span>: Platinum<ref>{{cite web | title=レコード協会調べ　5月度有料音楽配信認定 |trans-title=Record Association Investigation: January Digital Music Download Certifications | url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html| publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |language=ja | date=February 20, 2016 | accessdate=February 20, 2016}}</ref>
-| ''COSMIC EXPLORER'' (Limited Edition)
 |-
 |-
+| colspan="10" align="center" style="font-size:90%;" |"—" denotes items that did not chart, were released before the creation of the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart, or were released before or after the existence of the [[RIAJ Digital Track Chart]].
-! scope="row" | "Let Me Know"
-| 2018
-| 53
-|
-| ''Future Pop
-|-
--
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Nanananairo"|ナナナナナイロ|Nanananairo}}
-|rowspan="2"| 2019
-| —
-|
-| ''Perfume The Best ‘P Cubed’
-|-
-! scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Saisei"|再生|Saisei}}
-| 28
-|
-|{{TBA}}
-|-
-|colspan="12" align="center" style="font-size:90%;"|"—" denotes items that did not chart, were released before the creation of the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100 chart, or were released before or after the existence of the [[RIAJ Digital Track Chart]].
 |}

v t e Perfume
Yuka Kashino (Kashiyuka) Ayano Ōmoto (Nocchi) Ayaka Nishiwaki (A~chan)
Studio albums	Game Triangle JPN Level3 Cosmic Explorer Future Pop Plasma Nebula Romance Part 1
Extended plays	Polygon Wave EP
Compilation albums	Perfume: Complete Best Love the World Perfume the Best: P Cubed
Singles	"Omajinai Perori" "Sweet Donuts" "Monochrome Effect" "Linear Motor Girl" "Computer City" "Electro World" "Fan Service (Sweet)" "Polyrhythm" "Baby Cruising Love"/"Macaroni" "Secret Secret" "Love the World" "Dream Fighter" "One Room Disco" "Fushizen na Girl"/"Natural ni Koishite" "Voice" "Nee" "Laser Beam" "Spice" "Spring of Life" "Spending All My Time" "Mirai no Museum" "Magic of Love" "Sweet Refrain" "Cling Cling" "Relax in the City"/"Pick Me Up" "Star Train"
Other songs	"Secret Secret" "Glitter" "575" "Next Stage with You" "Flash"
Related articles	Discography Mikiko Yasutaka Nakata Amuse Inc. Rhizomatiks
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