''Neon Future IV'' is the sixth studio album by American DJ and producer Steve Aoki, succeeding his 2018 album ''
Neon Future III
''Neon Future III'' is the fifth studio album by American DJ and producer Steve Aoki. It was released on November 9, 2018, through Ultra Records and Dim Mak Records, serving as the third chapter of Aoki's '' Neon Future'' concept albums. A fou ...
''. It was released on April 3, 2020, through
Dim Mak Records
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. It contains collaborations with
Lights
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* Alok (DJ) (born 1991), Brazilian DJ and music producer
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, Indonesian singer
Agnez Mo
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, Australian musician
Timmy Trumpet
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, German DJ
Felix Jaehn
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, American DJs
Slushii
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,
Travis Barker
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Showtek
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,
Bassjackers
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that he was working for a song with American rapper
Ty Dolla Sign
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, which will be included in ''Neon Future IV''. The album availability date has been announced several months after the release of ''Neon Future III'' in November 2018, and two dates were defined, first in Spring 2019, then in September 2019. In June, during an interview for ''MusicTech'', he confirmed that he was working on it and prevented that many new singles will be dropped in order to complement the upcoming album. During an interview for '' iHeartRadio'' about his song "Let It Be Me" released in September, Aoki said, "''Neon Future IV'' is packed with collabs. Every song is gonna be very interesting, diverse collab list of artists from all different kinds of worlds — which is how I love to do Neon Future. It's all about connecting with artists from all different walks of life." In November, he premiered his album during
All Nippon Airways
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Celebration in New York. A few moments before his performance, he said, "It's a bit nerve wracking because I've never played it for anyone. Actually, some of these songs never heard the light of day outside my studio. So this is a big moment, and the moment's coming soon. The ''Neon Future IV'' album will be coming out soon, but people in this room tonight will be the first to ever hear what I've been working on for a long time." The DJ also confirmed that it will be released at the end of 2019, and then debuted a mix containing his previous tracks and seven unreleased songs – all of them are collaborations – which should appear in the album tracklist. Liz Kraker of ''EDM.com'' noted that they varied in subgenre with dance-pop,
future bass
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,
trap
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and
moombahton
Moombahton (, ) is an electronic dance music genre, derived from house music and reggaeton, that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Nada coined the name as a portmanteau of "Moombah" (a track by Su ...
. After the release of the track "2 in a Million" in December 2019, the album was announced for release in 2020.
Track listing
Notes
* signifies a co-producer
* signifies a vocal producer
* signifies a producer and vocal producer
* signifies a remix producer
* signifies a producer and remix producer