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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kiriko Takemura (Japanese: 竹村桐子, born January 29, 1993), known professionally as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Hiragana: きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ), is a Japanese tarento, singer, and model. Her public image is associated with Japan's ''kawai ...

, from her debut studio album ''

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''. The lyrics are about a girl putting on her

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. The song is described as "an ambitious track" that is "bursting with Kyary's individuality". The single was digitally released on December 7, 2011, and then physically on January 11, 2012. The physical single was released in two editions: a limited edition containing a photobook and a CD-only regular edition. A limited edition

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was released exclusively to DJs on 17 July 2013 with the extended mix of "Tsukematsukeru" as the A-side and the extended mix of "Mina No Uta" as the B-side.

Background and chart performance

In an interview with the press, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu stated that the song was created after texting her producer, Nakata Yasutaka. Kyary said that she became addicted to putting on false eyelashes, and Nakata texted back saying that "''Tsukematsukeru'' has a great ring to it". The song was written and recorded the next day. "Tsukematsukeru" was featured in a commercial for the Mameshiba characters, while the B-side "Kyary ANAN" (きゃりーANAN) was used in a commercial for the ''An'' part-time job magazine. Upon the song's digital release, "Tsukematsukeru" charted at No. 93 on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100, and later peaked at No. 3 on the issue dated January 23, 2012. The single's physical release debuted on the Oricon weekly singles chart at No. 7, selling 13,100 copies. It charted for 17 weeks, selling a total of 34,079 copies. In February 2013, "Tsukematsukeru" was certified Gold for 100,000 legal ''

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'' full downloads, and 100,000 legal PC downloads.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *Yasutaka Nakata – written, arranged, produced, recorded, mixed, mastered *Steve Nakamura – art director *Shinji Konishi – hair, make-up *Takeshi Hanzawa – photographer *

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– stylist

References

External links

* (Warner Music Japan) * (Kyary Kyary Pamyu TV) {{Authority control 2011 singles 2012 singles Songs written by Yasutaka Nakata Kyary Pamyu Pamyu songs Song recordings produced by Yasutaka Nakata Unborde singles 2011 songs J-pop songs Japanese songs