FEMM at J-Pop Summit 2015 in San Francisco
RiRi (left), LuLa (right)
Studio albums
1
EPs
2
Singles
8
Remix albums
1
The discography of Japanese–American female duo FEMM includes one studio album, one remix album, two extended plays, four remix singles, and ten singles. All of their English and Japanese musical releases have been with Maximum10 and Avex Music Creative Inc., two sub-division record labels of Avex Group.
FEMM, who debuted under the abbreviated name Far East Mention Mannequins, originally debuted with several singles and an extended play (EP) Astroboy.[1] Performing in the English language, they released several singles through digital retail stores including iTunes Store and Amazon.com; some of the singles include "Kill the DJ", "Fxxk Boyz Get Money", and "Dead Wrong".[2][3][4] FEMM released their debut studio album Femm-Isation (2014) through digital retail stores, and was a collection of songs that FEMM released premiered through their official YouTube channel.[5] After signing an exclusive distribution deal with London-based record label JPU Records, FEMM released their debut physical release Pow!/L.C.S., which also issued a double album with the physical edition of Femm-Isation.[6]
Throughout their career, FEMM have released several music videos to support the release of their singles. FEMM have also promoted their work by releasing remix versions of their previous singles. FEMM released their first remix album in 2014, Femm-Isation Instrumentals, which is an album containing instrumental versions of their debut album.
FEMM have released a total of 17 music videos from their own discography, alongside one live concert video, three miscellaneous promotional videos, one remix video, and two featuring artist music videos. A total of 13 music videos from their debut album Femm-Isation were directed by creative unit IKIOI.[35] Each music video from FEMM's discography has been choreographed by Japanese production and choreographing team Hidali.[36] The group's fashion directors and designs are by Shoichiro Matsuoka of GM Atelier, a Japanese fashion company that specialize in latex fabrics.[35] Several music videos by FEMM, particularly "Kill the DJ", "Fxxk Boyz Get Money", and "Party All Night", received a large amount of favorable feedback, praising the concept, its convenient use of cosplay and otaku culture, and choreography.[37] "Fxxk Boyz Get Money" received media attention for its imagery and choreography,[38][39] with several online figures including American blogger and journalist Perez Hilton, American YouTube star Miles Jai, among others publicly commended the video and FEMM themselves.[39][40]
Title
Year
Director(s)
Description
Ref.
FEMM Agency Syndicate (Teaser)
2013
IKIOI
A "teaser" video that features FEMM walking around the streets of Tokyo and Shibuya, Japan.
The video portrays FEMM with other male background dancers. The video introduces FEMM's managers, Honey-B (portrayed by RiRi; Emily Kaiho) and W-Trouble (portrayed by LuLa; Hiro Todo). The music video has the girls dancing to the song, duplicated several times in front of a white backdrop.
The video portrays FEMM in front of a dark backdrop with a latex school-girl uniform on. Several computer generated imagery surrounds or interferes through the video, with them dancing to several steampunk-influenced imagery.
The video portrays FEMM as mannequins in still motion. CGI is aimed towards the backdrop of the video, with the girls standing underwater and moving motionless through a city.
The video features Japanese artists tagging a wall in the middle of a street. FEMM appear near the middle of the song and wear a large zip-shirt that gets spray painted over, camouflaging into the tagging on the wall.
The video portrays FEMM in latex Lolita outfits, dancing and twerking to the song. Several lyrics from the song is superimposed throughout the video, and features minor GCI.
The video portrays FEMM in front of a greyish-blue backdrop wearing latex nurse/combat uniforms. FEMM walk through a space-like club, with several clones dancing to the song. They walking around several sections of the club, and perform several dance moves.
The video portrays FEMM as Japanese geishas, wearing latex kimono's whilst performing in front of CGI imagery of cherry blossoms (Japanese wording "Sakura") and other natural imagery.
The video portrays FEMM in front of a brown backdrop, performing the song in purple wigs and a latex catsuit. Intercut scenes features a man hacking through a computer system, whilst FEMM (as robotic mannequins) gradually shut down after the man completes his process on the computer.
The video features FEMM on a stage with several background dancers, all in latex catsuits. The dancers and FEMM perform the song with several camera directions changing throughout the process.
The video contains the audio track "Anaconda" by Trinidian-American rapper and songwriter Nicki Minaj; the video features FEMM twerking with background dancers, protesting against the 2015 law changes in Japan that state that no one can dancer after a certain time. Failing to do so may lead to possible arrest and charges.
The video contains the audio track "P.I.M.P" by Japanese producer and composer Invaderous; the video features FEMM dancing to the song in a high skyscraper, wearing white latex mini-dresses and have strapped balloons on their hair.
The video portrays a selection of several songs from FEMM's back catalogue; the video emphasizes FEMM's future material, the promotion of their EP Pow!/L.C.S., and further information of the FEMM Agency Syndicate background and history.
The video portrays FEMM walking around Japan in the same costumes from "Fxxk Boyz Get Money"; FEMM dance with background dancers, and also have scenes where they sing in front of shiny foil. The video was inspired by comic book and pop art styles.
The video features cameo appearances of Japanese producers and composers Invaderous and Fz from Sfpr; the video features FEMM performing songs at BRDG to promote their remix material from their EP Pow!/L.C.S.
The video features cameo appearances of Japanese singers Lil’ Fang from FAKY & Yup’in × VJ Daihei Shibata; the video features FEMM performing songs at VRDG+H to promote and their "FAMM'IN" avex supergroup project and "BRDG" and "HIP LAND MUSIC" 3D hologram live show Technology.
District81 × FEMM collaboration, vertical video showns the duo dancing on the backseat of a car driving through Shibuya sights, and features a preview of FEMM's unreleased song "Keep it Cool".
Collaboration with singer LIZ. The video uses Fake 3D technology, using the technique called "SPLIT DEPTH", it is innovative to use the optical illusion that the depth and the stereoscopic feeling are felt without using 3D graphic processing by delimiting the screen on the screen with a line.
The video features previews of avex today singers remake music videos of older avex singers. It include FEMM feat. Hitomi Kaji performing hitomi's song "Candy Girl".
Beverly, FAKY, FEMM, lol, Yup'in and Kalen Anzai reunite in the special unit "REVIVE 'EM ALL 2020" to make a remake of MAXIMIZOR「CAN'T UNDO THIS!!」, it is an insert song on "M Aisubeki Hito ga Ite" drama. RiRi (FEMM) and Yup'in were the songwriters.
The video, taken in a shot with a fixed angle from a single camera, shows a live performance in which members of the FEMM interact in real time with giant screens and other objects. On a stage 25 meters wide by 15 meters high, huge 3D objects equipped with LED screens move and disappear or reappear, controlled by a technical production system called KINESYS.