"Pink Masquerade" is the seventh single released by the Japanese band Sug

Sug

Sug is a Japanese rock band that formed in 2006. They are also part of the visual kei movement of Japan. The band has released two EPs, two full-length studio albums, and several singles. Until 2009, the band was signed to "Indie PSC", a subdivision of PS Company...

. The song was released on 18 November 2009.

Music video

The video starts with an emergency news cast on a fictional news channel called "SuG Dollar Television" in which a news presenter

News presenter

A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...

 named Kerwin, in terribly broken English, reveals that an extremely expensive painting was stolen from an art gallery by a band of thieves called the "Pink Masquerade". However, before he can elaborate further, the news station is apparently attacked and the camera is turned off, showing static

Noise (video)

Noise, in analog video and television, is a random dot pattern of static displayed when no transmission signal is obtained by the antenna receiver of television set and other display devices...

. The picture returns and the song starts, showing Takeru dressed as an Oshare Kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

-themed Vampire

Vampire

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

 singing. Takeru is then shown dancing with two women in front of a bar lit completely by black lights. The song plays as the video shows scattered scenes of Takeru infiltrating the bar crowded with people in bizarre Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

-themed costumes and stealing back the painting, along with scenes of the band playing their instruments and singing as the musical guest at the bar, close-ups of Takeru singing, and Takeru dancing in front of the bar. When the song ends, it is revealed that the painting is a portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

of Takeru himself. The scene suddenly cuts to a split-second, extreme close-up of Takeru's eyes before the video ends.