Far East Movement's song "Like a G6" (featuring Dev and The Cataracs) has been tearing up the music billboards lately. It's receiving major play on pop radio stations everywhere. It currently sits at #16 on the billboard top 100 [1], which is easily the highest ever for an Asian American musical group. This is unprecedented territory, and encouraging news for other talented musical groups like Legaci [2] that faced early barriers but see recent traction.

The hip hop-electro-dance blended sound of Far East Movement (FM) is extremely catchy.  "Like a G6" headlines FM's upcoming album Free Wired, which is due out on October 12th and features collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder. 

Free Wired is also a movement the group coined to represent everything from lifestyle, culture, fashion, technology, and mindset. The group explains [3] that their music "represents a free wired lifestyle... Good vibes, positivity and a lot of fun." The group promotes the idea of "geeking out" [4]: "Free Wired is about 'geekin out' however you feel most comfortable. Whether it's partying at the club, at home online, dressing a certain way, enjoying a certain activity, whatever. To live free and stay connected 25 hours a day, 8 days a week is where it stems." 

"It's a free-wired lifestyle, fashion, sound," says Kev Nish [5].

Those of you on the West Coast may recognize another of their recent hits, "Girls on the Dance Floor," which reached #1 in Los Angeles radio markets in 2009. Their music has also been featured on shows like Entourage, CSI, and in movies like Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Get Him to the Greek, and Finishing the Game.

You can pre-order their upcoming album [6] on Amazon.com.

Here are some past Hyphen articles covering Far East Movement:
Far East Movement Signs with Cherry Tree Records [7]

Hyphen Interview with Far East Movement [8]