The Perfect Girl (song)

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"The Perfect Girl"
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Single by Mareux
ReleasedDecember 8, 2021 (2021-12-08)
Genre Dark wave
Length3:14
Label Revolution Records Warner Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Mareux singles chronology
"Dance Floor Dolor"
(2020)
"The Perfect Girl"
(2021)
"Glass"
(2022)

"The Perfect Girl" is a song recorded by the American musician Mareux. It is a cover of the 1987 song by the English rock band the Cure. The song was released as a single on December 8, 2021.

"The Perfect Girl" went viral on TikTok. [1] A few famous users on the app used the song in the summer of 2021, which began the song's spread throughout the community. It is often used in association with fan edits of the film American Psycho [2] and meme edits of the film Zoolander. The song debuted and peaked at number 35 on Billboard 's Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart in December 2021 and peaked at number 14 on the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart in December 2022. [3] [4] The viral success of "The Perfect Girl" allowed Mareux to shoot a music video for the song in 2022 starring Violet Chachki, the winner of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] as of 2022, videos on TikTok using "The Perfect Girl" have collectively received 2.3 billion plays. [5] It also has over 250 million plays on Spotify as of May 2023. [6]

Certifications

Certifications for "The Perfect Girl"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [7] Gold15,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [9] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 Ludwig, Jamie (May 17, 2023). "Los Angeles electronic artist Mareux soaks in gloomy romanticism on the new Lovers From the Past". Chicago Reader. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. "Goth's Digitized Batcave Revival Reaches The Surface". MTV. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  3. "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of December 25, 2021". Billboard . Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  4. "Mareux chart history". Official Charts Company. December 1, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. McCafferty, Kenna (April 20, 2022). "Violet Chachki Is 'The Perfect Girl' in Mareux's New Visual". Paper.
  6. "Q&A: Mareux Talks Performing Coachella & Is Set To Launch His 2023 Tour". THE LUNA COLLECTIVE. March 24, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  7. "New Zealand single certifications – Mareux – The Perfect Girl". Radioscope. Retrieved June 3, 2025.Type The Perfect Girl in the "Search:" field.
  8. "British single certifications – Mareux – The Perfect Girl". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  9. "American single certifications – Mareux – The Perfect Girl". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved June 3, 2025.