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FEMM's Latest Albums Now Available on CD for First Time

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For the first time, Neo Tokyo’s sentient pop mannequins FEMM have pressed their latest two studio albums to CD ahead of the electronic duo’s European and UK tour this July.

FEMM surprised fans at the start of the year by following up their 2014 debut hit album Femm-Isation (streamed over 15 million times world wide) with not one, but two full length albums released digitally within days of each other.

The latest of the two albums is Tokyo Ex Machina. Despite the apocalyptic cover art designed by award winning cyber punk visionary Liam Wong, it features 10 tracks that explore FEMM’s energetic and kawaii electro-pop side. Lead track ‘We Got Each Other’ sees catchy and cute pop vibes supplied by Nicki Minaj and Ke$her producer Kool Kojak; ‘Outta The Clouds’ captures dreamy pop beats courtesy of K-pop production queen Woo Min Lee, plus a track featuring future pop vocalist LIZ makes this album a must for fans of unapologetic pop anthems from some of the most exciting forces in eastern and western pop right now.

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Tokyo Girls Anthem, the other new album, highlights FEMM’s fierce side which was originally explored with breakout viral hit ‘Fxxk Boyz Get Money’. It includes dark pop trip ‘Mental Health’ which features guest vocals from upcoming Japanese hip hop star Yup’in, frantic electro track ‘Peach’ co-produced by PC Music and Rina Sawayama cohort Danny L Harle, plus the album’s empowering title track part-written by DaBaby / Lil Uzi Vert collaborator Star Boy amongst others.

To mark the first time Tokyo Girls Anthem and Tokyo Ex Machina have been available in a physical format, London label JPU Records has also re-issued FEMM’s debut Femm-Isation on CD, as well as EP PoW! / L.C.S. that includes tracks only available physically.

All four CDs are out now from JPU Records. FEMM’s cover album 80s / 90s J-POP REVIVAL, featuring their reimagining of classic Japanese pop hits is also available from the label on CD and cassette. Latest EP 404 Not Found, released physically exclusively on MiniDisc has sold out but is available to listen digitally.

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About FEMM

Rap duo RiRi and LuLa are two mannequins with a will of their own. Their signature song, "Fxxk Boyz Get Money," was a girl's anthem with a poignant message that was supported by American teens and quickly spread to Europe, South America, and Asia by agents (the name of FEMM's fans) including global influencers. As a result, their debut album "Femm-Isation" made it to the "Top 10" of the U.S. Billboard chart "World Albums". In the U.K., they were selected as one of the "6 Acts To Watch in 2016" by the Huffington Post and as the "Best Indies Album" by all HMV stores, opening up a new decade in the female rap scene both at home and abroad. They are also well versed in internet culture, and was one of the first to start the revival that is now sweeping the world, releasing the Vapor Wave interpretation of  "80's-90's J-Pop Revival". In 2020 they released "404 Not Found", a six-song EP with the message of "a brand new sound that doesn't exist anywhere else (yet)". This led to  an “upgrade” and launched a new era for the iconic duo as FEMM 2.0.

Their most recent album Tokyo Girls Anthem was released in December 2021, packed with a wide variety of rap tracks made in collaboration with globally active hip-hop producers such as Boys Noize and Star Boy. FEMM then released their latest album, Tokyo Ex Machina in January 2022. The artist’s aggressive musicality, which is linked not only to their agents but also to the dark world view and the global trend known as "Hyper Pop," has garnered deep and sharp attention from both domestic and international media.

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