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f5ve on Working With BloodPop and Coming Together as a Global Group: ‘We Felt Like We Could Expand More to the World’
f5ve open up about working with BloodPop on their genre-blending debut album 'SEQUENCE 01.'
That’s because, unlike their other projects, f5ve’s expressed mission is to make “Japanese pop music for an international audience,” which also means challenging stereotypes about what sounds the island nation produces. Their debut album, SEQUENCE 1, helmed by executive producer BloodPop(Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me”), makes good on the goal of subverting expectations and bending genres to their will. Tokyo rave beats (“Underground,”) intergalactic hyperpop (“UFO,” co-produced by A. G. Cook,) and sleek runway stompers (“Television”) supplement high-energy, anime-theme-ready J-pop (“リア女 (Real Girl),” “Jump.”) Meanwhile, the music video for bass-heavy trap banger “Sugar Free Venom,” featuring Kesha, self-referentially nods to their previous life as members of E-girls — while simultaneously paying tribute to Beyoncé and The Pussycat Dolls.
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