''Empire'' is a single album by Chinese-Australian

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featuring Minnie from South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It was released on October 18, 2019 by Unicorn Pop and distributed by LINYL. It consists of the title track "Empire" in three different versions, Korean, English, and Korean and English. A music video was also released alongside the single. The song was released through several music portals, including

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Background

On October 15, it was announced that

and Minnie teamed up for a collaboration song "Empire". The collaboration is part of Wengie's 'World Wide Music Project' following the project of her first single with Filipino pop star

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on May 4. According to Wengie, "Empire" is a song about '

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' and contains a message that cheers and encourages the listeners.

Composition

The song was composed by

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and Michel “Lindgren” Schulz. It was described as a "Korean-English hybrid propelled by a pulsating, clapping beat and trap percussion" and "bilingual female empowerment banger".

Commercial performance

"Empire" debuted at number 22 on the '' Billboard''

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. The song was featured in

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's mixtape, ''The MixtapE'' where they select their favorite new songs and added into it.

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Composition

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Track listing

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