Aulis & Kentahashi
Following the relative success of Asuka Virtanen's "Dragon Ride", the committee felt it was time to hand over the decision of Tödlichebujoku's WorldVision entry to the masses. With a catchy chorus and pumping beat, "Perfect Good Time" trumped its competition soundly. The result of a collaboration between the artists Aulis Pekkanen and Kenta Hashimoto- better known as Aulis and Kentahashi- "Perfect Good Time" became popular mainly due to the combination of its uplifting message and expression of popular lifestyle.
Aulis hails from Vulgärebijon-o, having started out in a school choir and soon becoming famous through a series of youth singing competitions. He is known especially for his fun fast-paced songs, some of which became hits both at home and abroad. Kentahashi is from a more Lagoan background in Seltsamebochi, though he only achieved fame in faraway Äußerstenkeiken, perfecting his style in bars and taverns where his Português skills were novel. Around the time of his move he suffered emotional problems, which he often includes or alludes to in his work, but now has it mostly under control. The duo met at a concert in the party city of Frigidekasai, and enjoyed each other's company enough to agree to a collaboration on the spot. When they found out they had won the WV31 spot, and celebrated appropriately, Kentahashi went back to his roots and asked a dance team over from Seltsamebochi to perform with him and Aulis, and they gladly agreed.
For a second or two, blue accents streak around the edges of the stage and background screens. Then, the lights turn on, illuminating the front of the stage as Kentahashi, in a black jacket, starts the song
Sometimes here we don't want these hoesTranslation
They sure can be sexy, though
A lot of times you know, we just want a pack of bros
The background screen's facets each flash black and white independently of each other
Huone no naka の中, heiß, verschwitz ja engIn a room, hot, sweaty and tight
Gotta love the feeling, huh
If you really see our gleam
Fureru 触れる minua täälläTouch me here
Hei hei!Bye!
The lights quickly intensify for a moment before returning to normal, and the white parts of the background screen become magenta and lime green so that no colored facet is next to another. They alternate with each other, more slowly than before, fading instead of flashing as Aulis enters the stage in a white jacket
It's a cool night
Cruising down the street
I found the right door
Flashed our little code
Pick the right crowd
In the city lights
Here I am now
For a perfect good time
The colored facets suddenly alternate more quickly than before, now flashing again to match the pace of the beat. They also switch places with the black portions each time they alternate. The lights focus on Aulis and Kentahashi as they both sing the chorus
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ja jayeah yeah
What a perfect good time
Mmm mmm ooh ooh
Mmm mmm ooh ooh
Mmm mmm joo jooyeah yeah
For a perfect good time
The Seltsamebochi Kestrels dance team enters from both sides of the stage. A group of 14 attractive young men, they are clad in identical blue jackets and collide in the middle of the stage before coalescing into two sides, busting party dance moves in unison led by Kentahashi. Meanwhile, each colored background facet becomes a flickering neon sign, still alternating with the black portions of the screen. The facets return to the slower pace they were alternating at before
I'm here with my boys and we know how it goes
You might just notice that we're pretty sexy-ay-ay
We're tumbling around, having fun on the floor
No one notices 'cause we don't take pay, pay, pay…
The camera zooms in on Aulis, swings by, and zooms back out
The girls know us but they don't give a crap
Even if they giggle at everything
Shopping for stuff
I know exactly what they really do want
But I don't care because I'm right here
Just fun
The Kestrels form a line across the stage behind Aulis, strutting about. Aulis eyes the camera, which swings by him, before turning back to the audience with his head bobbing to the tune
Matching jackets
Through the misty air
We really look good
Exclusive posse
If you're with us
You sure love some fun
Here we are now
For a perfect good time
The neon signs in the background revert to the lime and magenta they were before, and the Kestrels arrange themselves in a two lines, one in front of the other, to back the chorus. The overhead lights shine straight down, every other light switching on and off with the beat
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm joo yeah
It's a perfect good time
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm joo yeah
What a perfect good time
The lights return to normal, and this time the colored facets, again slowing down in pace, contain silhouettes of dancing figures. The dancers' lines converge into one and they turn their bodies to face the right, but their faces turn toward the audience, smiling
We turn heads, too attractive to miss
Doesn't really matter if it's midnight or day, day, day
Our passions are fiery, anybody can see
We mold ourselves together like clay, clay, clay
The Kestrels split up to the left and right sides of the stage with Kentahashi in the middle; they then converge in the center in a large mass. Aulis grins as he glances over, but turns back to the audience with more of a pained expression
Before I met these friends, I just didn't know
I used to be down, just straight out of luck
Locked in this rut
I never thought that this would simply just change
But then I found these guys at just the right time
Just yeah
The dancers extricate themselves from the mass of bodies and huddle around Aulis, arms over each other's shoulders but staying behind Aulis to keep him in view. Aulis himself brightens up his facial expression
Found my new life
In a cozy room
Friends with empathy
Right then I just knew
I found my group
And my favorite people
So here I am
For a perfect good time
Suddenly each colored facet explodes, overwhelming the black ones- for a moment the entire background is chaotic, dynamic field of lime, magenta, yellow, green, red, and blue, which then resolves into a colorful checkerboard of bouncing squares. The lights shining straight down and alternately blinking to the beat like before. The Kestrels line up on the opposite sides of the stage with Kentahashi quite theatrically enjoying the music as everyone on stage sings
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm yeah yeah
What a perfect good time
Mmm mmm ooh ooh
Mmm mmm ooh ooh
Mmm mmm joo joo
For a perfect good time
Kentahashi changes positions with Aulis so that he is up front. The background squares flatten to colorful horizontal bars, still bouncing. The lights slant left and right to every other beat, with a "blink" in between, and occasionally rapidly slant left and right without blinking. Aulis moves up and the farthest dancers move in to form a kind of "A" formation behind Kentahashi, with Aulis forming the bar of the A. In unison, they jerk their bodies from side to side and motion with their arms, and Aulis breakdances around Kenta.
Mmm feel this twist
Look at it through the mist, mist
Feel that bump everyone, one
Take me somewhere else, fun, fun
Mite見て minut tobu飛ぶ bis zum taivaalleSee me fly up to the sky
Take me back down into a restful valley
Ja wieder madeまで neuen korkeuksiaAnd back up to new heights
Treasure it today, Cada vez que nosEvery time we
The Kestrels' two lines switch sides, crossing each other in the middle of the stage while doing so. Kentahashi quickly takes a breath and glances at the camera, which is to his side. He seems a bit more emotionally involved than Aulis
tocamos eu me sinto mais jovem e mais fiel comigo mesmatouch makes me feel younger and more true to myself
You never know when you might need help
Don't go the other way that's, painless
Know it's different just to say it
One day you'll lose this menace
Because we have, and now here we are
Together here
Everything and everyone freezes for a moment, looking straight ahead as the camera cuts to a view directly in front
For a perfect good time
The camera zooms out and circles the stage as sparks shoot out around the stage and the lights combine the alternating slanting and shining with the beat. The background bars once again "explode" but this time they resolve into waving neon signs and dancing figures. A cylindrical bundle of rods lowers from the ceiling just enough to notice and glows a rotation of colors
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm joo yeah
It's a perfect good time
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ja ja
What a perfect good time
Kentahashi shouts for the audience to get involved. As they join, Aulis sings some lines from earlier in the song, the duo strolling around the edge of the stage. The cylindrical bundle of rods switches from simply glowing a rotation of colors to flashing the colors, LED-bright. The camera circles around the stage, this time also filming the audience
Mmm mmm oh yeah (It's a cool night)
Mmm mmm oh yeah
Mmm mmm joo yeah (We really look good)
For a perfect good time
Mmm mmm ooh ooh (If you're with us)
Mmm mmm ah ah
Mmm mmm ja ja
Always a perfect good time
All the lights brighten, and the camera zooms to the performers, who are smiling and waving.
Kenta and Aulis exclaim, "THANK YOU CELESTE!!!" , as the Kestrels bow, and they exit the stage.