Electronic · FEMM · J-pop · Live / Tour Dates · Jul 06, 2023

FEMM July Festival Tour Announced as Part of ‘Last FEMM-Isation’ Activities

FEMM pic from Crystal Ball music video with RiRI and LuLa dressed in white

Neo Tokyo’s FEMM, a pair of sentient mannequins sent from the future, recently announced that 2023 will be their final year within our timeline. Their mission here has been completed and they will go back to the future shortly. Before they go, the unit’s members RiRi and LuLa will spend their July with us by appearing at Japan-related festivals in the UK and Germany. Also, collaboration with Japanese pop-culture outlet Village Vanguard was announced.

FEMM will appear at the UK’s biggest J-culture event HYPER JAPAN on Saturday 22 July, followed by Geek Festival in Germany on Friday 28 July. It will be their final time to appear at HYPER JAPAN, and their first and final time to perform at Geek Festival. Performance times and meet & greet schedules can be found below.

FEMM has also announced a collaboration with Japan’s pop-culture purveyors Village Vanguard, where a selection of Tshirts, airpod cases, towels, posters and various other merchandise has been made available for the first time. Fans outside of Japan can order using Village Vanguard’s international webshop.

FEMM, which was recently revealed to stand for “Far East ‘Military’ Mannequin”, are intelligent dolls forced to perform in proxy wars on behalf of humans. However, when FEMM units RiRi and LuLa arrived within our timeline in 2013, only their “memories” were sent across time and space and connected with two humans. One of these humans has been revealed to be Emily Kaiho, who was previously an actress, dancer and model who has appeared alongside Woody Harrelson, Josh Hartnett and GACKT in the movie BUNRAKU. The other human’s identity who synched with LuLa’s memories has yet to be revealed. The full debriefing from FEMMs Agency Syndicate is below, along with personal messages from RiRi and LuLa to fans, and to their respective human hosts.

Since appearing in our world in 2013, FEMM has released four CDs internationally, including breakout release FEMM-Isation with their hit ‘Fxxk Boyz Get Money’, and latest albums Tokyo Girls Anthem and Tokyo Ex Machina.

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FEMM July Festival Dates:

HYPER JAPAN

Location: Olympia, London, UK
Date: Saturday 22 July 2023
Meet & Greet: 16:00-16:30
Performance: 19:30-20:15

Geek Festival

Location: Feierwerk, Munich, Germany
Date: Friday 28 July 2023
Performance: 23:30-00:30

Messages from FEMMs Agency Syndicate, LuLa and RiRi:

Message from FEMMs Agency Syndicate (1 of 2)

Message from FEMMs Agency Syndicate (2 of 2)

Message from LuLa to Agents

Message from RiRi to Agents

Message from LuLa to Girl

Message from RiRi to Emily

FEMM CDs:

Tokyo Ex Machina

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Tokyo Girls Anthem

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90s / 80s J-POP REVIVAL

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PoW! / L.C.S.

Buy / Download / Stream

FEMM-Isation

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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.