"Sayonara Plastic World" Released: April 29, 2022 (digital)
Plasma (stylized in all caps) is the seventh studio album by Japanese girl group Perfume, released on July 27, 2022, by Universal Music Japan sub-label Universal J and its imprint Perfume Records. The album consists of twelve tracks: five singles and their B-sides released between November 2019 and April 2022, plus four new tracks.
Background
After the release of the group's third compilation album
TBS Japanese drama Fight Song.[4] A day before the release of "Flow", the album release was announced, slated for a summer release. On April 29, Perfume released a digital single titled "Sayonara Plastic World". The song served as the theme song for the NHK program Minna no Uta from April to May 2022.[5] The digital single debuted at number 14 of the Oricon Digital Singles chart.[6] On May 31, the album release details were announced. The album's title track, "Spinning World", was released on July 15, 2022, along with its accompanying music video. The song debuted at number 45 of the Oricon Digital Singles chart.[7]
Composition
According to Perfume's management
funk, with the entire album being "suitable for a change of pace in driving".[8]
Like all of the group's albums, all the songs were written, arranged, and produced by Yasutaka Nakata.
Commercial performance
Plasma debuted at number three of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart, selling 42,579 copies in its first week of release.[9] This became Perfume's first studio album not to top the said chart. However, Plasma debuted and peaked at the top spot of the Oricon Weekly Digital Albums chart with 3,033 downloads.[10] On its second week, it dropped to number 19 in the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 3,330 copies sold.[11] It went further to number 32 the following week with 1,966 copies.[12]
