"Perfect" is a song by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins.

Rolling Stone notes that the song "picks up on the synth-pop echoes of the 1996 Pumpkins hit 1979.

"[3] To expand on the similarities between "Perfect" and "1979", the band released a music video which continued the story of the characters in "1979".

[4] The same directors were hired, husband-and-wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

[6] The set played at the taping included heavier songs the band was not performing during regular concerts at the time, such as "Where Boys Fear to Tread", "Bodies", and "Pug".