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Far East Movement (abbreviated FM) is an American hip hop and
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group based in
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. The group formed in 2003 and as of August 2018 consists of Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Virman Coquia), and formerly J-Splif (Jae Chong). Their 2010 single, " Like a G6", featuring pop-rap duo The Cataracs and singer
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hit number one on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and on the
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chart in late October 2010, making them the first Asian-American group to earn a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Among their other chart successes are: "Rocketeer" featuring Ryan Tedder of One Republic, which peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; "Turn Up the Love", which peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom, and their 2012 remix of the song " Get Up (Rattle)" by the
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, which topped the charts in the United Kingdom. The group's latest album, ''
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'', is the first release under their own record label Transparent Music. ''Identity'' focuses on bridging Eastern artists with FM's Western dance music roots. The album received a positive review in ''Billboard'' magazine; the single "Freal Luv" with Marshmello featuring
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and
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from the chart topping K-pop group Exo, received 40 million plays on YouTube. Far East Movement has also branched out with a number of collaborations on labels Ministry of Sound, Dim Mak, and Ultra. In 2016, Far East Movement's company, Transparent Arts (TA), moved into artist management. TA manages seven artists of various genres, including Korean-American K-pop superstar
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, rappers
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and Year of the Ox, DJ producers Yultron, Autolaser, and singer Satica. The artists have garnered millions of social media plays, sold out national tours, and have released tracks through labels Owsla, Spinnin', Armada, and Universal. FM also has a joint label, BredNButter, with Trap City, a large
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dance music channel with more than ten million subscribers. BredNButter's many releases have amassed millions of plays in total in a little over a year of existence. They also founded Identity Festival, a festival celebrating Asian American Heritage with the City of Los Angeles on the steps of City Hall that gathered over 10,000 attendees in 2018 with headliners
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of
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and K-pop star Jay Park. Far East Movement is in the process of recording their next full-length release.


Musical career


2003–2007: ''Folk Music''

The three original members of Far East Movement, Kevin Nishimura (Kev Nish), James Roh (Prohgress), and Jae Choung (J-Splif), grew up in the
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area. They were close companions in high school and shared a passion for music together. The trio promoted their music online and began performing at local clubs and events in Los Angeles; soon, they began their musical career with the name "Emcees Anonymous" by 2001. However, they later changed it to Far East Movement or FM, originating from a song that they produced with the same name. In 2003, they organised an event called "Movementality" in
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, Los Angeles, featuring ten different performances with all the proceeds sent to a local youth drug rehabilitation center. In 2005, Far East Movement released a mixtape called ''Audio-Bio'', which was one of their first CDs and contained many of their earliest songs and many songs not available anywhere else. Their first album, titled ''Folk Music'', was released in early 2006. The single "Round Round" was featured in the film, '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', appearing both on the self-titled
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and video game. This critical breakout was the catalyst that cemented their decision to pursue music as a full-time career. Their songs "Get Offa Me" and "Make Ya Self" were featured in ''
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'' video game. They proceeded to perform on two world tours (including USA, South America, Canada, and Asia), and they signed distribution deals in Japan and Korea with Avex Network and JF Productions for their album. In 2007, they were featured in the
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film called ''
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'', making the song "Satisfaction" for the film. They also released the single "You've Got A Friend" featuring
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and
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, which became their first song on major national radio.


2008–2009: DJ Virman and ''Animal''

LA's radio station Power 106 DJ, DJ Virman, came to the group as their official DJ. They released another single titled "Lowridin" that received heavy airplay in 2008. Soon after, they planned on showcasing a second album, releasing ''Animal'' later on in the same year. ''Animal'' featured three hit singles that frequently won national radio play: "You’ve Got A Friend", "Lowridin", and the successful "Girls On The Dance Floor". "Girls on the Dance Floor" reached 27 on the
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for the Latin Rhythm Airplay, which marked their debut on the Billboard's charts. There were several collaborations on the ''Animal'' album, including The Stereotypes,
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, Bionik, 24/8, IZ, DB Tonik, and Jah Free. Their songs from the ''Animal'' album were featured in major film and television on multiple occasions. FM's single "Girls on the Dance Floor" has been played on MTV's ''
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'' on the Season 4 Finale during a performance with Artistry In Motion, Vogue Evolution and
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. It was also featured on '' Get Him to the Greek'', FOX's ''
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'' and on the 7th episode of ''
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'' Season 8. In addition, "Dance Like Michael Jackson" was aired on ABC Family's '' Lincoln Heights'' on November 10, 2009 and on the '' Gossip Girl'' episode, "Dan de Fleurette". "I Party" was highlighted on FOX's TV series '' Lie To Me'' and "Fetish" was on Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards 2009. "Girls on the Dance Floor" has attained over 5 million hits on Myspace while attracting over 8 million views on YouTube. Streetwear company Orisue teamed up with Far East Movement and helped shoot a music video for "Lowridin". In May 2009, Far East Movement joined the Korean hip hop group
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on their "Map the Soul" tour throughout the U.S. Then they held their first headlining concert at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood by July 2009, which resulted in a sold-out show. Together with Wong Fu Productions, FM has established another three sold-out "International Secret Agents" concerts titled as "ISA", hosted in
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, Los Angeles, and New York in order to promote Asian American artists in the media with performances by Quest Crew,
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, Jay Park, and others. FM's mixtape ''Party Animal'' was released on the first date of
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's Party Rock Tour. Their two singles, "Girls on the Dance Floor" and "2 is Better w/ Ya Boy", garnered successful radio airplay. They later announced that they were working on a new album with Grammy nominated producers, The Stereotypes, who had produced their hit track, "Girls on the Dance Floor".


2010–2011: Cherrytree/Interscope Records and ''Free Wired''

In February 2010, Far East Movement signed a major record deal with Cherrytree Records, a subsidiary of
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. They were managed at the time by Ted Chung and Russell Redeaux of Stampede Management. Later in the same year, the group supported Robyn and
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on their double headlining tour along with
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, in addition to being announced as the opening act of
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's tour on the Japanese leg of The Monster Ball Tour. Furthermore, their previous hit track, "Girls on the Dancefloor" & "Fetish", was featured in '' Piranha 3D'', yet it was not slotted into the film's soundtrack. Their 2010 "ISA" shows in New York and LA were held on August 28 and September 5 respectively. They performed their songs alongside acts by
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, Jay Park, Wong Fu Productions,
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and Quest Crew (both winners from
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), David Choi, Jennifer Chung, David Garibaldi, Lydia Paek, and more. From September 13 until mid-October, the group was one of the opening acts for the Up In The Air Tour with Mike Posner, across various cities in North America. ''
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'', their debut album from Cherrytree/Interscope Records, was released on October 12, 2010. The album includes collaborations with Keri Hilson,
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from
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. In the October 30, 2010 edition of ''
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'', their single featuring The Cataracs and
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titled " Like a G6" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well as
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. While gathering success for both their album and single, they were featured in a series of tour dates with their Cherrytree/Interscope Record label mate,
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, in November 2010. On November 20, it was confirmed that the group had reached the double Platinum status for "Like a G6", collecting two million in sales. Their second single which was released for airplay as a follow up to "Like A G6" was "Rocketeer", which featured
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. The group was awarded Best International Artist in the 2010 M.net Asian Music Awards. The group toured with
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from late February to early March, as part of Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour. Right after the tour ended, the group began headlining their own tour, The Free Wired World Tour. The group visited
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, Hong Kong, Singapore,
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and
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. The group were due to tour selected venues in the United Kingdom in early July but cancelled these dates due to recording commitments. However, they performed at the Barclaycard Wireless Festival on July 1 in London. Far East Movement toured with
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on the I Am Still Music tour. On tour, the group took out a second tour bus to work on their second album under the Cherrytree Records label.


2012–2015: ''Dirty Bass'' and ''KTown Riot''

Their second major label album, ''
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'', was released on May 18, 2012. The lead single from the album was " Live My Life", featuring
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. It was more successful than the original first single " Jello". The single was released on February 28, 2012, with the release of the music video on March 23, 2012. The video was shot on the streets of Amsterdam, and directed by Mickey Finnegan. Far East Movement also worked with producers such as
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, Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (aka Cherrytree founder/president Martin Kierszenbaum), will.i.am and
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. In September 2012, the group performed in
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with
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as part of the
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. On October 22, 2012, they released a new single, "For All" which they then performed at then President Barack Obama's re-election inauguration. Far East Movement also performed the official theme song for the first season of the American-Japanese animated series '' Monsuno'', which airs in the United States on Nicktoons. In January 2013, " Get Up (Rattle)," a song by the
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on which they were featured, topped the charts in the United Kingdom. It remained at the top of the
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for two weeks before being dethroned by " Thrift Shop" by
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&
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. "Turn Up the Love", a track from "Dirty Bass", reached the top 5 on the overall singles charts in over a dozen countries. On April 29, 2013, Far East Movement released the song "Lovetron", featuring Travis Garland. On June 2, 2013, they released the song "
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", featuring Riff Raff. On January 9, 2014, they released the song "Bang It To The Curb", featuring
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. Their EP ''KTown Riot'' was released on October 28, 2014.


2016: ''Identity'' and J-Splif's Departure

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, announced that
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, from popular
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band EXO, would be collaborating with Far East Movement in their track "Freal Luv", which also features
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and Marshmello. On October 10, 2016, Starship Entertainment announced that Hyolyn, from
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girl-group Sistar, would be featured in a new song titled "Umbrella". Both songs were included in the band's fifth studio album, ''
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'', released on October 21. It features various Korean artists, such as Tiffany from
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, rappers
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. On October 14, 2016, Far East Movement released "We Out Here" featuring Blackbear and Thurz. On November 23, 2016, Far East Movement announced that J-Splif had left the group due to family reasons.


2017–present: International collaborations

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. On February 8, 2019, Far East Movement released a single titled "Blossoms" which features Troop Brand and Chinese rapper Vava. On March 14, 2019, Far East Movement released a single titled "Lovebird" which features
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. On April 19, 2019, Far East Movement released a single titled "Paint the Clouds" which features vocals from Tia Ray. On June 21, 2019, Far East Movement released a single titled "Maps", featuring Diamond, Starchild Yeezo, and Rell the Soundbender. On July 26, 2019, Far East Movement released a single titled "Glue", featuring Heize and Shawn Wasabi.


Discography

*''Folk Music'' (2006) *''Animal'' (2009) *''
Free Wired ''Free Wired'' is the third studio album and major label debut of American group Far East Movement, released on October 12, 2010, by Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records. The album debuted at number twenty-four on the ''Billboard'' 200, w ...
'' (2010) *''
Dirty Bass ''Dirty Bass'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Far East Movement, released through Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records (Universal Music Group) on June 12, 2012. Despite having two top 40 hit singles, the album received ...
'' (2012) *''
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'' (2016)


Filmography


Members

DJ Virman joined the group in 2007. Before joining Far East Movement, he was working as a DJ for the Power 106 radio station in Los Angeles. On November 23 2016 , The group announced that J-Splif had left the group due to family reasons and can still be a part of the group sometimes ;Current Members *Kev Nish (Kevin Nishimura, born January 12, 1980) (2003–present) *Prohgress (James Roh, born January 14, 1980) (2003–present) *DJ Virman (Virman Coquia, born January 24, 1982) (2007–present)
;Former Members *J-Splif (Jae Choung, born February 11, 1984) (2003-present)


See also

* List of artists who reached number one in the United States


References


External links

* (USA) * (Japan) {{Far East Movement 2003 establishments in California American dance music groups American rappers of Asian descent Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups from Los Angeles Music promoters Rappers from Los Angeles Hip hop groups from California Pop-rap groups