''Femm-Isation'' is the debut
studio album by Japanese musical duo
Far East Mention Mannequins, who later adapted their name into FEMM. It was released as an independent
digital album
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on October 1, 2014 by Maximum10 and
Avex Music Creative Inc. After releasing a digital
EP ''Astroboy'' in April 2014, Avex announced new material from the group. The album's production was handled by several music producers and songwriters, such as
Dan Book
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, Alexei Misoul,
Leah Haywood
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Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top 40 album, ''Leah'', re ...
, Daniel James, Kevin Ross,
Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter.
Biography
Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kr ...
, and
Dreamlab
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. It also features a guest appearance from FEMM's alter-egos; the managers Honey-B and W-Trouble. Performed in
English language
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, ''Femm-Isation'' is primarily an
electronic dance album with numerous elements of
pop ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romance (love), romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn m ...
,
disco, and
eurodance
Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. Thi ...
.
Upon its release, ''Femm-Isation'' was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom complimented the commercial appeal of the songs and group, and praised the lyrical and musical delivery. However, some critics singled out some tracks that weren't good. Commercially, ''Femm-Isation'' was unsuccessful. The album failed to chart on the Japanese
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon ...
due to their policy of restricting digital sales and releases, and failed to chart on any Japanese
''Billboard'' albums charts. The album managed to chart for a sole week on the US ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart at 10.
''Femm-Isation'' spawned thirteen promotional singles, and eight digital singles. Despite no chart positions, the singles: "Kill the DJ" and "Fxxk Boyz Get Money" achieved
viral status because of the song's musical and lyrical delivery, along with its music video aesthetics. Because of this, several online figures and websites begun spreading the songs and the group virally. FEMM promoted the album on several live performances and concert gigs. In February 2016, ''Femm-Isation'' will be re-released physically as a
double album
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with the group's subsequent release ''P.o.W.!/LCS'' (2016).
Background and development
Far East Mention Mannequins, which consists of Japanese–American model and actress Emily Kaiho, and Japanese singer Hiro Todo, premiered their musical debut in October 2013 with a
YouTube
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video about two Japanese "mannequins" roaming the streets of
Shibuya
Shibuya ( 渋谷 区 ''Shibuya-ku'') is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. As a major commercial and finance center, it houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shinjuku Station (southern half) and Shibuya Station.
As of April 1 ...
and
Tokyo
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city; they were subsequently hired by Maximum10, a sub-division label from
Avex Music Creative Inc. As part of their character development, where Kaiho and Todo portray the mannequins RiRi and LuLa respectively, FEMM's label approach and background is unknown. As a result, two new alter-egos, "agents", were made to represent the group; Kaiho as Honey-B and Todo as W-Trouble; Honey-B and W-Trouble are present on the album respectively with RiRi and LuLa.
They released their first
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. with Avex exclusively, ''Astroboy'' through digital stores on April 2, 2014. Due to positive reaction, Avex hired several producers and songwriters to create songs for the group's debut studio album, such as
Dan Book
Daniel Book (born July 20, 1983) is a platinum-selling, BMI Award-winning producer and songwriter, originally from Baltimore, Maryland. After moving to Los Angeles, he has racked up an impressive discography with notable label artists as well as ...
, Alexei Misoul,
Leah Haywood
Leah Jacqueline Cooney, known professionally as Haywood (formerly Leah Haywood), is an Australian record producer, songwriter and singer.
Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top 40 album, ''Leah'', re ...
, Daniel James, Kevin Ross,
Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter.
Biography
Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kr ...
, and
Dreamlab
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Description
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.
FEMM begun recording the album at Avex Studios and Prime Sound Studios in Japan around at the start of 2014 with Hideaki Jinbu, and the album's material was finalized and mixed by Tom Coyne at Sterling Studios in
New York City
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,
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
.
Composition
''Femm-Isation'' is primarily an
electronic dance album with numerous elements of
rap
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
,
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
, and
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the ...
.
EDM is the most prominent element in the songs, which include "We Flood the Night", "Kill the DJ", "Party All Night", "White Noise", "Wannabe", and "Whiplash".
Other tracks have elements of different musical genres;
R&B in "The Real Thing",
dancehall
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in "Dead Wrong", and
pop ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romance (love), romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn m ...
melodies through "Unbreakable".
Corynn Smith from MTV Iggy labelled some tracks; "A romantic trance trip a la (We Flood the Night), craving a techno remix of '70s J-pop hit (UFO), or in a
twerk-tastic, rubber-maid-outfit-clad (Fxxk Boyz Get Money) kinda mood."
''Femm-Isation'' is recognized as the first J-pop album, released through Avex, to have been entirely recorded in English language.
According to FEMM, both members did not yet have any professional experience in singing. The duo stated that the first time recording and appearing in a music video for "Astroboy" as their agents was challenging.
Release
''Femm-Isation'' was released
digitally on October 1, 2014 by Maximum10 and
Avex Music Creative Inc. The digital album consists of thirteen tracks; "Astroboy" from their self-titled EP was included on the album. However, "UFO" from the EP did not.
The cover sleeve immolates the music video to their single "Wannabe"; it features FEMM with
gas mask
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s on, holding up a flag that bears the title "Far East Mention Mannequins".
That same year on
December 24
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, Avex Music Creative Inc. released the
instrumental
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instr ...
version of the album. The digital album consists of thirteen instrumental tracks.
The cover sleeve is an inverted version of the original album.
On December 11, 2015, FEMM announced the release of a new
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. entitled ''PoW!/LCS'' as their major debut through Avex Trax and
JPU Records
JPU Records is a British record label formed in 2012, which specializes in handling international releases by Japanese artists. Notable acts on JPU's roster include The Gazette, Band-Maid, Lovebites, and Nemophila.
History
The label was est ...
.
FEMM confirmed that two formats would be released; a separate EP format, and a
double album
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that includes a physical copy of ''Femm-Isation''. The third format, the EP and a blank
CD-R
CD-R (Compact disc-recordable) is a digital optical disc storage format. A CD-R disc is a compact disc that can be written once and read arbitrarily many times.
CD-R discs (CD-Rs) are readable by most CD readers manufactured prior to the int ...
disc, will be released so audiences who purchased the digital release of ''Femm-Isation'' can burn it on the disc.
The double album will be released worldwide as a digital release on February 3, 2016, whilst the physical release will be released on February 24 that same year.
Critical and commercial responses
''Femm-Isation'' received positive reviews from most music critics. Andy Malt from
Complete Music Update
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was positive towards the tracks; he stated "Thankfully, the musical side makes more sense. Over the last seven months they’ve released fourteen globally-minded pop tracks onto YouTube, all of which make up their debut album, ''Femm-Isation'', which will be released internationally on iTunes tomorrow. Tracks like 'Fuck Boyz Get Money' (a satire of
The Notorious B.I.G.
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line, “fuck bitches, get money”) and my personal favourite, 'Wannabe' (not a
Spice Girls
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cover)."
Greg Hignight from J-Generation.com was very positive towards the songs on the album, and stated "My pick for the J-Pop album of 2014 is ''Femm-Isation'', a celebration of the artificial aspiring for something more genuine, and in the process, delivering some the most exciting and original music to come out of the Japanese pop scene in years."
Despite not reviewing the album, Molly Osbery from
Vice.com
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was praised the producers and songwriters from their material for being hidden pioneers in order to popularize the group, as she felt producers now were more "the front men".
Despite not reviewing the album, Corynn Smith from
MTV Iggy
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was impressed by their English language skills of the singles, and commended majority of the album's composition and singles.
That same year, MTV Iggy listed FEMM as their "Artist to Watch".
Because it was released digitally, ''Femm-Isation'' failed to chart on the Japanese
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon ...
due to their policy of restricting digital sales and releases, and failed to chart on any competent
Billboard Japan
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is a Japanese private railway compa ...
album chart. However, ''Femm-Isation'' managed to chart for a sole week on the US Billboard World Albums Chart at 10; this is FEMM's first charting effort from their discography as of January 2016, and were the second Japanese artist after Shintaro Sakamoto on the chart week of October 18, 2014.
Promotion
Album and remix singles
"Wannabe" was released as the album's
lead single
A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date.
Release ...
on April 16, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. Two accompanying music videos were shot for the single; one featured FEMM being sprayed painted to immolate body art in the middle of a street, while the second video featured FEMM dancing to the song in a white studio. "Kiss the Rain" was released as the album's second single on April 30, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM inside a steam punk environment dancing the song. Intercut scenes feature FEMM kissing each other and dancing in front of
computer generated imagery
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. "White Noise" was released as the album's third single on May 7, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM dancing to the video, and performing in
latex
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latexes are found in nature, but synthetic latexes are common as well.
In nature, latex is found as a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosper ...
body suits. The video is primarily made with
lyric video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...
scenes,
computer generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the use of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, simulators, and visual effects in films, television programs, shorts, commercials, and videos. The ima ...
, and scenes of FEMM dancing. "We Flood the Night" was released as the album's fourth single on May 14, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM as mannequin dolls, traveling through a city and underwater world.
"Kill the DJ" was released as the album's fifth single on May 28, 2014. The song received favorable reviews from most music critics, many whom praised the song's production and composition.
Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features RiRi and LuLa in a
cadet
A cadet is an officer trainee or candidate. The term is frequently used to refer to those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries which can include youths in ...
and
nurse
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...
uniform, dancing and fighting to the song. The video received a large amount of favourable feedback, praising the concept, its convenient use of
cosplay
Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subcultur ...
and
otaku
is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in '' Manga Burikko''. may be used as a pejora ...
culture, and choreography.
"Fxxk Boyz Get Money" was released as the album's sixth single on July 30, 2014. The song was critically acclaimed from many music critics, many whom praised the song's commercial nature and lyrical message.
Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM singing and
twerking
Twerking (; possibly from 'to work') is a type of dance that came out of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s. Individually performed chiefly but not exclusively by women, performers dance to popular music in a sexually prov ...
in an overlapped lyric video. The video received a large amount of favourable feedback, and attracted large attention from several online figures including American blogger and journalist
Perez Hilton
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, American
YouTube
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star Miles Jai, among others.
"Party All Night" and its remix by sfpr was released as the album's seventh single on August 27, 2014, and debut remix single. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video for the original composition was shot; its features FEMM in a futuristic world and in a small room.
The "Invaderous" remix to "Kill the DJ" was released as the album's eighth single on August 27, 2014, and second remix single. No music video was produced for this remix. "Dead Wrong" was released as the album's ninth single on August 27, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM wearing traditional Japanese
kimono
The is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan. The kimono is a wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, and is worn left side wrapped over right, unless the wearer is deceased. The kimon ...
dancing the song in front of computer generated imagery. "Whiplash", alongside two remixes by Invaderous and sfpr, was released as the album's tenth single on September 17, 2014, and third and fourth remix single respectively. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video for the original composition was shot; its features FEMM in a black latex uniform, dancing with back-up dancers on a stage. "Unbreakable" was released as the album's eleventh and final single on September 17, 2014. Despite its release, the song failed to enter any music charts. An accompanying music video was shot for the single; its features FEMM singing the song in a white room, whilst sitting near a
grand piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
.
Live performances and gigs

Femm promoted ''Femm-Isation'' on several concert gigs and concerts. FEMM made their debut concert performance at Tokyo's Baamm at Shinkiba. In mid-July 2014, FEMM performed at
Tokyo in Tulsa
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, an anime convention in Oklahoma, which was their first performance in
North America. FEMM's second major performance was at Tokyo's newly hosted Twerk 'Em All; this was the host party for FEMM's then-new single "Fxxk Boyz Get Money", along previous material. FEMM were part of a one-night only show for the Japanese leg tour of Dutch recording artist and songwriter
Eva Simons
Eva Maria Simons (born 27 April 1984) is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song " Policeman" and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack; in 2012, Simons broke through internationally after being featured on ...
, and FEMM performed all the album tracks on their Femm-Isation Vol.3 concert the following day; this gig was hosted at Hatsudai Tamai Hospital. FEMM performed alongside electronic musicians
Afrojack
Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the World' ...
,
Alesso,
Fedde Le Grand
Fedde Le Grand (; born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ, record producer and remixer from Utrecht.
Biography
In 2006, his single " Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one in the UK Singles Chart ...
,
Kaskade
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, and
Martin Garrix
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amongst others at the annual
Ultra Music Festival
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It was first held on Miami Beac ...
in Tokyo; this was FEMM's first musical performance at a live festival tour. FEMM performed at the
Versace
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after party in Tokyo, and performed on several other concert gigs until December 2014.
In August 2015, the duo returned to the United States to perform at Rage, a gay bar and dance club in
West Hollywood, California
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. In the same weekend, they were guests at
J-Pop Summit
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The festival brings together different a ...
in San Francisco along with other Japanese acts such as
Eir Aoi
is a Japanese singer from Sapporo, Hokkaido, signed to Sacra Music. After being discovered through the Japanese video sharing website Niconico, Aoi made her major debut in 2011 with the release of her first single "Memoria", whose title track ...
,
JAM Project
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,
Gacharic Spin
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and more. The group's final performance promoting material from ''Femm-Isation'' was for the 2015 YouTube FanFest Japan, where YouTube personalities and artists gathered together for a live streaming event.
Track listing
All formats
* Digital download – Consists of thirteen original tracks.
* Digital download instrumental set – Consists of thirteen original tracks in instrumental form.
*
Double album
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– Re-released under the title ''PoW!/LCS + Femm-Isation''; Consists ten tracks on one disc, and thirteen tracks from ''Femm-Isation'' on the second disc. Includes a bonus
t-shirt
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and poster.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''PoW!/LCS + Femm-Isation''.
*Emily Kaiho – (FEMM band member; RiRi and Honey-B agent); lead vocals, backing vocals
*Hiro Todo – (FEMM band member; LuLa and W-Trouble agent); lead vocals, backing vocals
*Mark Weinberg – songwriting, producing
*Tania Doko – songwriting
*Andrew Richard Smith – songwriting, producing
*Brian Lee – songwriting, producing
*Stuart Critchon – songwriting
*Ruby Rose – songwriting
*Jorge Mhondera – songwriting
*Ben Preston – songwriting, producing
*Sofia Toufa – songwriting
*Scott Stallone – songwriting, producing
*Dan Book – songwriting, producing
*Alexei Misoul – songwriting, producing
*
Leah Haywood
Leah Jacqueline Cooney, known professionally as Haywood (formerly Leah Haywood), is an Australian record producer, songwriter and singer.
Born in New Zealand, she grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and recorded a top 40 album, ''Leah'', re ...
– songwriting
*Daniel James – songwriting
*
Christopher Rojas
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Biography
Rojas grew up in Flushing, Queens and attended Hunter College High School from 1994– ...
– songwriting, producing
*
Dreamlab
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Description
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– producing
*Evan Bogart – songwriting, producing
*Bryan Michael Cox – songwriting, producing
*Emanual Kiriakou – songwriting, producing
*Brandon Lowery – songwriting, producing
*Dan Omelio – songwriting, producing
*Andreas Carlsson – songwriting, producing
*Markus Bøgelund – songwriting, producing
*Danielle Senior – songwriting, producing
*Patrick Lukens – songwriting, producing
*Nicole Tranquillo – songwriting, producing
*Daniel Fält – songwriting
*Johannes Jorgensen – songwriting
*Grace Tither – songwriting
*
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– producing
*Scott Cutler – songwriting, producing
*Anne Preven – songwriting, producing
*Priscilla Renea – songwriting, producing
*Oliver Goldstein – songwriting, producing
*Hideaki Jinbu – mixing, engineer
*Tom Coyne – mastering
*Invaderous – remixing
*Fz – (sfpr member) remixing
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Avex Trax – FEMM's record label
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Avex Entertainment Inc. – Femm's distribution label
Charts
References
External links
''Femm-Isation''– FEMM's official website.
''Femm-Isation'' (Instrumental)– FEMM's official website.
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