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What Is The Far East Movement?

What Is The Far East Movement?

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We learn about what true "fly" music is from Far East Movement who is a fresh group taking club music to a new level. The men of FM tell us all about how they keep the energy up and the "Girls On The Dance Floor." Hosted by Larissa Wohl.

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Young Hollywood

Welcome to younghollywood. com. Hey there, I'm Larissa Wohl and we are catching up behind the scenes with the Far East Movement.

Far East Movement

I got a fetish for these kicks, a fetish for these jeans, a fetish for my hoodie gotta have it, I'm a fiend. A fetish for these kicks, a fetish for these jeans, a fetish for my hoodie. I got a fetish, fetish, fetish.

Young Hollywood

I read up about you and something was said about fly music. Is that what, what is fly music?

Far East Movement

Fly is like the scene. It it it is the scene that that is Los Angeles right now. I'd say is Hollywood. The music scene, you got LMFAO, you got Pac Div. You got, you know, numerous amounts of fresh artists that they care about the clothing, they care about the jewelry, they care about how they look.

Young Hollywood

You guys are kind of multi-faceted. You've done a lot of different things.

Far East Movement

We've had a couple like little landmarks here and there. I guess our our first uh really big thing we had a song on the Fast and the Furious 3, Tokyo Drift. On the video game, the soundtrack for the movie. And we had a couple of songs on Entourage.

Young Hollywood

Talk to me a little bit about where the sound came from.

Far East Movement

You notice that the energy of the club is starting to go faster, starting to rise, get more dance-centric. So we thought, yo, let's do our performances around more high energy tracks like Daft Punk, DJ Tiesto, um just Krockers, you know, anything like that.

Young Hollywood

Girls on the dance floor. Hit single, love it.

Far East Movement

What happened was we met up with these producers named The Stereotypes who did Dan Niqueem Damaged, which is a high energy song. We got in the studio with them and within two hours we made Girls on the Dance Floor. And that was, we said this is the sound, this is the new sound for the Far East Movement.

Young Hollywood

What is that sound? How would you describe?

Far East Movement

Party music, you know what I mean? It's just Hollywood lifestyle that we, you know, live, you know, live uh at the clubs. What's up to all the DJs, you know what I mean? Just dancing, girls, drinking, having a good time.

Young Hollywood

Who would you like to collaborate with at some point?

Far East Movement

I'm gonna throw it out there and say Gwen Stefani.

Far East Movement

Gwen Stefani.

Far East Movement

Let me throw another one out there. How about M. I. A.?

Young Hollywood

What can someone expect coming to a performance?

Far East Movement

You expect a lot of energy. Us giving it 120% and um a lot of fun.

Young Hollywood

When you're up there and you see the crowd and you're hearing the music and you're just all into it, how do you feel?

Far East Movement

I mean J-City told me like, you know, this is behind the scenes. He said, dude, I've actually being on stage makes me feel like an exotic dancer and I've always wanted to do that. So it's like it ends up fulfilling dreams. Now I get to do it in front of a lot of people 'cause usually I give a private show.

Far East Movement

'Cause he's a freak like that, this this guy right here.

Young Hollywood

No, I can tell you guys get along well and have a great chemistry with you guys. How how has that helped?

Far East Movement

We're all childhood buddies. I mean, we've all been friends since we're like 15 years old. And um we've grown up together, we see each other every day. So you can't really hide anything. You don't need to hide anything, you don't gotta mince your words. If you think something sucks, just tell them it sucks, you know. And and having that, I think it makes everything a lot faster, a lot easier, and no one's trying to hide anything from each other. Just have a good time.

Far East Movement

Yo, what up? We are FM, the Far East Movement, and you are now rocking with Young Hollywood. Keeping it fly, baby. Far East Movement on your dial. Girls on the Dance Floor.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Larissa Wohl

    Host of the interview

  • LMFAO

    Cited as an artist part of the 'fly music' scene in Los Angeles

  • Pac Div

    Cited as an artist part of the 'fly music' scene in Los Angeles

  • Daft Punk

    An artist whose high-energy tracks influence their live shows

  • DJ Tiesto

    An artist whose high-energy tracks influence their live shows

  • Krockers

    An artist whose high-energy tracks influence their live shows

  • The Stereotypes

    Producers who collaborated with Far East Movement on 'Girls On The Dance Floor'

  • Danity Kane

    Artist mentioned in relation to The Stereotypes' work on 'Damaged'

  • Gwen Stefani

    Artist Far East Movement would like to collaborate with

  • M.I.A.

    Artist Far East Movement would like to collaborate with

  • J-City

    Member of Far East Movement, shared a funny anecdote

FAQ

What is Far East Movement's definition of 'fly music'?+
Far East Movement defines 'fly music' as the scene that is Los Angeles and Hollywood, characterized by artists who care about clothing, jewelry, and their overall look.
What film soundtrack featured Far East Movement's music?+
Far East Movement had a song on the soundtrack for 'The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift', which was also featured in the video game.
How was the song 'Girls On The Dance Floor' created?+
'Girls On The Dance Floor' was created in two hours with producers The Stereotypes after Far East Movement met with them.
How does Far East Movement describe their sound?+
Far East Movement describes their sound as party music, embodying the Hollywood lifestyle of clubs, dancing, and having a good time.
What can people expect from a Far East Movement performance?+
Attendees can expect a lot of energy, with the group giving 120% and ensuring everyone has a lot of fun.

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