#system reboot

HOSTS:

Stanley. Uhhhhh. Hey. I'm. Like. The actual guy. The guy whose body this is. Turns out I went completely dormant a while ago. I'm the actual kid whose body all these random people and critters are stuck in (?? This is so weird wtf i come back to my body and these RANDOS are all over my fucking brain!)

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I'm. Uh. Sorta a walking stereotype? Like, I'm a teen boy with shaggy hair, I like rock, punk, gen alt, etc music, I dress kinda like a fucking skater boy half the time, I like skateboarding and video games and my girlfriend and my dog, and I like to go on long ass walks all by myself listening to music. I also like trains, space, buncha mythos and other shit too, ask me bout it whenever. Im 'tistic as FUCK bro it ain't even FUNNY.

I go by he/him pronouns and use the tag #Stanley you dumbass because it is something said to me on almost a daily basis by either my gf, friends, or one of the other assholes in my head, and I find that funny, so get fucked I've stolen it heheheheheheheheh

Zhe Medic, hello! I am a new host, zhe Medic from (in your reality) zhe game Team Fortress 2! My full name is Herbert Ludwig, if anyone other that Mikhail or Dell call me Herbert I VILL preform vivisection on you! :] I use zhe tag #Better call zhe Medic !

Vhen typing/speaking I have a visible German accent. Zhis is not somezhing I am physically capable of changing, please be advised!

Misgender one of zhe ozhers and I vill saw through your bones. Zhis is your only varning.

HEAVY, MIKHAIL, MISHA, MEIN LIEBE, VHATEVER NAME YOU VANT ME TO USE, PLEASE INTERACT MEIN EHEMANN I MISS YOU

Fictive, source: TF2

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The Doctor — the ~original~ (?), used to be sorta fused(?) with Death, has now come back as a full creature! (It/he)

Just is The Doctor; yes as in Doctor Who, yes we're alright with fictionkins of The Doctor or other DW 'characters' interacting, we love meeting other versions of us!

Uses tag #Hello! I'm the Doctor!

FICTIVES/INTROJECTS(?)/COLLECTIVE MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS MEDIA

The Narrator! He/him! Very British, very formal, very snide; be warned. He/him pronouns, uses tag #The Narrator yapping OR #The Narrator's monologues

Fictive, source: The Stanley parable

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Spy, or Jacques you may see me referred to, he/him/his pronouns, and I use zhe tag #the debonaire with deadly flair.

Fictive, source: TF2

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The Sniper, or Mick or Snipes, pretty much fully aligned to canon, he/him/his, I don' ave a tag yet jus because I want no part in this hellhole

Fictive, source: TF2

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Dell Conagher, the Engineer, howdy! If I ever wanna reblog or interact wit y'all, it'll be usin the tag #the Engineer's in the field, or I'll speak wit what is pretty clearly a texan lingo. Take care now!

ZHE OZHER FUCKERS IN HERE VITH US

(Note, do not let Herbert edit the pinned post...)

T or Tŕey or Tŕeūs, Death Eternal — is the most literal concept of Death and Darkness (in the shadow/lack of light sense).

The interpretation that Death can control these factors is some level of delusion, but please do not reality check ANY of us, as it may be extremely harmful.

We will likely NEVER mention anything not being reality, please do not bring it up if you can help it.

D.E. uses it/its/its pronouns and may forget to tag reblogs due to our disabilities, but if it remembers will use #T re-borf OR #T OR #re-borf. May also use #death eternal*

*AS OF MARCH 2026 ANY OTHER TAGS/NAMES FOR DEATH WILL ALMOST NEVER BE USED, IF ASKING ABOUT IT PLEASE DO NOT USE THOSE NAMES

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Jay — Jay is a birdie guy and an anthropomorphic Corviknight! Jay's wings, head, and tail feathers often leak over into the physical form, causing what alterhumans may refer to as 'phantom shifts' for the body. We can see these limbs when this happens.

Jay uses xe/xer/xers pronouns and will reblog things using #Jay re-chirp OR #Jay OR #re-chirp.

Otherwise xe may mention xis pronouns or being a Corviknight/bird!

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Zenon — Zenon is sort of an offshoot of T, zeir form being basically a meldable mass of black ooze.

Zenon uses ze/zey/zeirs/xe/xim/xis and ooze/oozeself pronouns and will reblog using #Zenon's dripping thoughts OR #ooze time depending on what he subject of the post is.

Otherwise, ooze is not likely to add any other notes to any posts zey reblog.

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Chomps or Chompy — Chomps is, in the simplest of ways, a dawg.

He is part of our user's namesake for a reason, inviting himself into a core part of our existences.

Doggy is a theriform maned wolf, with doggy's ears, tails, and mane often leaking into the physical form, causing so called 'phantom shifts' just like Jay's feathers.

Chomps uses he/doggy/doggyself pronouns and is unlikely to be active on here at all, doggy just wants to be included in the list.

Just in case, however, the alter who helps Chomps put doggy's thoughts into words will use the tag #Chompy ramblings and may also use their own tag to help sort through.

Otherwise, if the reblog reads as excitable or puppy-like, it's probably Chompy.

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AS OF MAY 2026, Chomps has fused with Doc, therefore this tag will likely not be used, or will only be used when the Doctor ends up 'shifted'. This has also led to him becoming our new hyperactivity holder, so please have patience.

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Bozzy, straight up just a theriform dog, specifically a Turkish Boz Shepherd! Will never interact, as they are completely illiterate.

B. Because they're a dog.

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Dog. That is his name, yes, his name is Dog. Another theriform canine, a brown mutt dog! Same as Bozzy, will never interact — again, he's. He's literally a fuckihg dog we dont know what else to say lmfao

Zhere are more of us, but zhese are zhe main ones!

General tags!

Art will use either the general tag #scribbles OR will have a member's name in front of the word scribbles, e.g. #T's scribbles!

Things reblogged in general or by no particular creechur will have #system update OR #system reboot!

Random 'lore' (information about the collection) will have #lore drop or maybe something else, idk man just go with it we're so tired.. UPDATE we're using #~~~ T H E C O L L E C T I V E ~~~ . It's decided. It's done. I've decided on that.

Info

This tagging system was started December 31st, 2025 and will likely be updated! Any posts or reblogs from before that point in time, please send us an ask if you for whatever reason would like to know who reblogged it!

"A closer relationship than that between "producers" and "singers.

Kashiyuka: In the past, we'd record songs after we'd decided on a release or a tie-up, but this time we were free to write and record without thinking about whether we'd use them or not, so the pace was faster than usual. When we were recording, people would say things like, "We might not use this song," but since we've already sung it, we've grown to love it (laughs). (laughs) So I sang it, thinking, "I hope it doesn't disappear. (laughs) So I sang the songs while thinking "I hope they don't disappear". In fact, I recorded songs that were not on the EP.

A~chan: Mr. Nakata's mode was different. He's always been a fast songwriter, but what happened to him?  It was so fast. I think he had a clear idea of what he wanted.

Nocchi: You and Nakata-san talked a lot before and after the recording, didn't you? We talked about our old music, our stance when being interviewed, what we hope Perfume will be like in the future, and what we want to do.

In the last interview, you said that there were only two songs that you made demos for and rejected (see Perfume "Perfume The Best "Cubed"" interview). That's a big difference.

What was the recording process like?

A~chan: we talked for hours.

Your relationship with Nakata-san is completely different from what I've heard from everyone.

Nocchi: Yes. Before, we used to talk about such things only in the occasional discussions. Nakata-san used to only reveal a little bit of what he was thinking, but this time, he was overflowing with it on .......

Kashiyuka: This time, I was happy to feel that we were working together at a closer distance than the previous relationship of "producer" and "singers". "I thought, "Oh, it was easier for Mr. Nakata to work this way. I'm not sure why I didn't realize that until now (laughs).

I'm curious to know what songs you recorded but didn't include in the EP.

Kashiyuka: The song we played at the end of the live the other night is also not on the EP, but we recorded it at that time. We don't even know if that song is finished (laughs). (laughs) But I liked that song so much from the moment we recorded it that I told MIKIKO that I wanted it to be included in the live set list.

 It's rare to play a song in its current state in a live performance. In rock bands, they sometimes show off songs that they are still working on.

Kashiyuka: That's true (laughs).

Nocchi: But we wanted to sing that song at this live, because it expresses the message that Perfume wants to convey to the fans now. It might not be released for a long time, or it might not be released at all, but we were aware that this live performance would remain as a video for a long time.

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`A desert world where all organic matter is made up of digital bits.`

So, I felt that both "∞ Loop" and "Android &" selected for this song are similar to the world view of "Polygon Wave".

Nocchi: I like both of them very much. The music is stylish and light without being mechanical, but "∞ Loop" is about the scary feeling of living in a world where time loops, and "Android &" is about falling in love with an android.

A-chan: Nakata-san told me the meaning of the lyrics. The main character of "Android &" is actually an android who thinks he's completely human. That's why the title of the song ends with "&", but it's supposed to be like "Android & Human". It's interesting, isn't it?

Kashiyuka: But we didn't know the titles of either "∞ Loop" or "Android &" until the songs were announced (laughs). (laughs) When we were recording, we said "loop" and "android", so we thought that was the name of the song, but when the information was released and we read the news article, it said something different. "But when I read the news article after the information was released, it said something different. "Is this "&" a typo? I thought, "Is this okay? I contacted them just to make sure. I asked him if it was okay, and he said, "Nakata-san told me it's "Android &". The other song is called "Mugen Loop" (laughs).

Nocchi: The lyrics of "Android &" are kind of harsh, looking at the world from a bird's eye view (laughs).  It's a song with a clear story, so I hope you'll write a story based on it.

A~chan: It looks like it's going to be hard to draw the CG (laughs).

Kashiyuka: But we can probably cover the motion with the data we've collected so far (laughs). I feel that Nakata-san had envisioned a total world in this EP.  He wanted to express the whole thing like a movie.

That's right. I thought it was a very conceptual composition that "∞ Loop" depicts a world that keeps rebooting at the end of the day, and the song "System Reboot", which means "reboot", is included at the end of the same work.

Kashiyuka: Nakata-san's image for this EP is "a beautiful & broad desert, but all the trees and organic matter growing there are made of digital bits. It's a world with a sense of discomfort," he said.

Director Yusuke Tanaka's signature "Wow, I'm so scared"

You made a dance practice video for "Polygon Wave", didn't you? It was the first time for Perfume to make a video focusing on the choreography, but it seems that there was a demand for a video where you can see every detail of the body movements, and the response was great.

Nocchi: I'm so happy (laughs). It's not often that I get to dance in sneakers, so it was fun to film.

A~chan: Whenever I appear on a music program, I always take a short video of myself dancing and submit it to the TV station. I can't show that kind of footage to the public, but the atmosphere of the dance practice video is similar to that. It's hard to dance in heels, so just wearing sneakers made it really easy.

I heard that you're working on a music video for this song, will there be a lot of dance scenes in the music video?

Nocchi: Basically, it's like a dance video.

Kashiyuka: But we just shot it, so I haven't watched it yet (laughs).

A~chan: It's a video with a clear world view, so I'm sure you'll understand how to listen to this song by watching it. Is this real? Is this real or is this virtual? In the music video, the three of us are driving together, and in the middle of the road, we're like, "What? It ends with Yusuke Tanaka's signature "Wow, this is so scary! (laughs). During the shooting, I was dancing so hard that my legs became sticks.

The choreography is quite complicated, isn't it?  It's a collage of past songs, updated with the skills of the three of us, and it's the culmination of Perfume's dancing to date.

A~chan: What! Is that so? I thought you were doing it consciously, but it's not like that?

Nocchi: I wasn't conscious of it at all. To be honest, I just thought, "I've never done all these moves before" (laughs).(laughs)

Kashiyuka: When I was being choreographed, I took it as "new movements for a new song", so I didn't feel anything special. But we didn't talk about such messages.

A~chan: I thought that the arrangement of the song had various old tastes. I thought, "That sound in the background is the one they used in 'Polyrhythm'! It brings back memories! I'm nostalgic!

─ Speaking of which, the newly recorded "Polygon Wave (Remix)" is a very interesting remix, with a series of tones and phrases that remind me of various Perfume songs.

A~chan: I think Nakata-san has that planned out! I mean, he said something like that, didn't he?

Oh, so that's what he said. I was listening to the song thinking that it was like a concept live "Reframe" that reconstructed Perfume with the most advanced production, and that it was like your own "Reframe" that reconstructed Perfume's history in one song.

A~chan: Yes, yes. When you've been doing this for a long time, you get to make this kind of music.In many cases, remixes are done in a way that is different from the artist's usual style, as if to say, "This could be interpreted in this way," but this remix has more of a Perfume feel to it.

Nocchi: Yeah, I was expecting it to be weirder, but when I listened to it, it sounded so much like Perfume (laughs).

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