FEMM (short for Far East Mention Mannequins) is an electronic pop duo from Tokyo, Japan ... The group cites synthpop, EDM, eurodance, rap, and Otaku culture as their major influences. FEMM has been compared to Americanized music, including Hip-Hop and club culture. The group has explored themes of girl power, feminism, and freedom of speech in their music. The FEMM singles "Fxxk Boyz Get Money" and "Girls Night Out" have lyrics which discuss female empowerment, and not relying on male labor or assistance. For their single "Unbreakable", the entire production relied on actual orchestral instruments, and was considered a "versatile" move by both fans and critics. ... FEMM are portrayed as plastic dolls, known as mannequins. Both RiRi and LuLa are "identically-different", although FEMMs are categorized by their attributes, such as: military, pilot, medical, maid, spies, RiRi and LuLa are exclusive-attribute and exclusive-rank FEMM without any of the attributes and that is indicated in their serial numbers 000000. Many of the latex outfits are made by Shoichiro Matsuoka of GM Atelier. According to FEMM, their tagline "Do Dolls Have Feelings? Do Their Songs Move People?" represents their virtual goal is to free all mannequins from human oppression ... Their major label debut EP album PoW!/LCS will be released on February 24, 2016.
