Free Wired


Free Wired is the third studio album and major label debut of Asian-American group Far East Movement, released on October 12, 2010 by Cherrytree Records and Interscope Records.
The album debuted at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, with sales of 17,000. The album has sold 168,000 copies in the US as of January 2012.
The first single "Like a G6" was released on April 13, 2010. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The second official single is "Rocketeer", which features Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. The music video for the song premiered on VEVO and YouTube on October 29, 2010. "Rocketeer" reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song "Girls on the Dance Floor" was originally included on the 2009 album Animal.

Background

Speaking about the album in March 2011 to Blues & Soul—Kev Nish of Far East Movement stated: "'Free Wired' was basically a slang-word we came up with back in the day, that we'd use whenever we'd do something that was outside the box, that was original, that was fresh, and that mashed-up things that maybe SHOULDN'T have been mashed-up! Which is why, when it came to titling this album, it made so much SENSE! Because it really represented our lifestyle, represented what we listen to... You know, we'd basically go in the studio and take hip hop-style drums, electronic synths, alternative-style hooks and just - as I say - mash it all UP!... So yeah, with 'Free Wired' you definitely get exactly what it says in the TITLE!"

Track listing

"So What?"
"Don't Look Now"
"Fighting For Air"