New Music Monday: FEMM Releases THE SIX, Featuring Hyper-Pop Japanese Zombie Drama Theme

Written by on 22/08/2022

Japanese Female Rap Duo FEMM have released their latest EP, THE SIX. Coinciding with the EP release, the group also dropped the music video for their lead single of the same name.

The track is the theme song to hot new Japanese zombie drama series Ikinokotta 6-Nin Ni Yoru To (‘WHAT SIX SURVIVORS TOLD’). The TV adaptation of the zombie series began airing in Japan last week and has been trending on Twitter since, attracting attention domestically and internationally.

The music video for ‘THE SIX’ features choreography by GENDAI, leader of popular Japanese popular dance team KUROKO. At first glance it seems as if FEMM are dancing through an industrial estate by the sea. On closer inspection the members RiRi and LuLa have succumb to a zombie virus, husks of their former selves, aimlessly walking towards the end as the last fragments of their consciousness flicker, eager to dance and celebrate brighter days.

THE SIX documents FEMM’s audacious attitude to keep taking pop in new directions. Included on the six-track EP is ‘Crawl Away’, an 80’s new-wave ballad with bouncing future-bass undertones; ‘Level Up’ features cyberpunk hip-hop sounds, followed by ‘Peach’, a pop-trap track produced by Danny L Harle (Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama); co-produced between FEMM, Danny L Harle, and pop anthem heavyweight John Ryan, ‘Crystal Ball’ switches up the pace; and rounding out the EP with a dark and sexy conclusion, ‘Private Dancer’ is powered by M.I.A producer ADP.

Listen to THE SIX on Spotify, below:


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