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COSMETICS live at Apple Store Shibuya: report

Yesterday I went to Apple Store Shibuya to see COSMETICS, the three piece idol unit produced by Rocketman (aka Fukawa Ryō who is also a popular comedian). I've been a big fan of him as both musician and comedian. He has previously collaborated with Konishi Yasuharu in the late 90's, and his two latest albums "Love, sea & music" and "The Sound of Musique" were co-produced by Yoshida Tetsuto. I was relistening to them this week as they're good summer albums with a club sound.

So yesterday, I thought I was a bit early 30 minutes before the start, and was going to do some shopping on the way, but by curiosity I passed in front of Apple Store and found a long line of people outside! Of course I didn't wait and went to take place in the line.

When finally entering the shop, I was able to find a place to stand some 5 rows away from the stage, but because the stage is about floor level I couldn't see much at all, only a glimpse of a girl at a time. The place was packed, impressive for a new unit that has only released 2 songs for download only.

Still I could enjoy COSMETICS's nice show, their very first, cutely dancing along their first two singles "Love Is All" and "Tomorrow".

Fukawa P came on stage in between for some funny MCing, saying things like "you might notice halfway through the song... 'wait! is there any volume on their mics?', the volume is set to 2 while they sing", and telling the crowd to see this as a dance recital, and how he feels the most nervous of them all even though he watched away from the stage. Before the songs he told the girls "so as soon as I press play I'll rush out of the stage here, so be careful not to stand in the way." :)

These photos I took are the best I could see: