f5ve Escape the Pressures of Society in ‘Underground’

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Japanese girl group sensation f5ve have released their brand-new single and video ‘Underground’, out now via Three Six Zero Recordings. Following their whimsical single ‘Lettuce’ earlier this year, f5ve shift gears with the high-energy dance anthem ‘Underground’. Joining forces once again with executive producer and Grammy award winner BloodPop® and acclaimed producer Count Baldor, ‘Underground’ continues to showcase the group’s versatility and unmatched artistry.

Listen to ‘Underground’ here: https://f5ve.lnk.to/underground

Though it appears to be a fun-loving track, ‘Underground’ carries a meaningful message about the pressures of society and the desire to leave the worries of the world behind and go underground.

Clocking in at 177 bpm, this four-to-the-floor dance track whizzes by faster than a Japanese bullet train. The group expresses their dissatisfaction with “life that feels like a manual” and a yearning to go underground where “the music is divine and I finally feel alive.” The track is charged with exhilarating energy and features a captivating post-hook “chika chika chika”, a clever word-play in Japanese that signifies ‘under’, ‘electric sounds’ and the sound of a train rushing towards you at full speed.

Speaking about the new single and video, f5ve said:

We are so unbelievably excited to be sharing this new MV for 「underground」 with the world. It showcases a different side of Japan, a side that many people from the outside don’t get to see. Amongst the intense and strict working conditions is also a thriving subculture, hopefully you will love it like we do!! This is our first all-Japanese lyric single, we wanted to be authentic with this release. Please continue to support us, it means the world to us!!! ありがとうございます

– f5ve

Inter-dimensional dream agents from Tokyo, f5ve [pronounced fi-vee]are a newly formed five-piece group composed of J-Pop icons SAYAKA, KAEDE, MIYUU, RURI (previously in Happiness and E-Girls) and RUI (from iScream). The band originally released one single under the name SG5 but chose to reform as f5ve late last year. f5ve’s mission is to infiltrate the subconscious mind to eradicate self-doubt and bad vibes. Utilizing their arsenal of optimism, confidence, fantasy, intelligence and female empowerment, these five women create surreal aural landscapes in which fear can’t exist. In a genre often associated with innocence and sweetness, f5ve dares to embrace the darker and more mature aspects of love and womanhood, setting themselves apart as a force to be reckoned with