Neon Future III is the fifth studio album by American DJ and producer Steve Aoki. It was released on November 9, 2018, through Ultra Records and Dim Mak Records, serving as the third chapter of Aoki's Neon Future concept albums. A fourth installment of the series, entitled Neon Future IV, was released in 2020, and features collaborations with Nicky Romero, Play-N-Skillz, TWIIG, Don Diablo and Lush & Simon.
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| Released | November 9, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2018 | |||
| Length | 57:05 | |||
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Content
Prior to the album's release, Aoki revealed the meaning of each track in an interview with Billboard magazine. According to him, the album is "really about embracing technology" and "the future of science and ideas, music and humanity. It's just the general overview of a techno future optimist." It includes themes from various genres of music, along with a cameo from Bill Nye on one track, “Noble Gas”.[1] In advance of the album, "Waste It on Me" charted on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Neon Future III" (Intro) |
| Steve Aoki | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Just Hold On" (featuring Louis Tomlinson) | 3:18 | ||
| 3. | "Waste It On Me[3]" (featuring BTS) |
| Aoki | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Be Somebody" (with Nicky Romero) (featuring Kiiara) |
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| 3:18 |
| 5. | "Pretender" (featuring Lil Yachty and AJR) | Aoki | 3:08 | |
| 6. | "A Lover And A Memory" (featuring Mike Posner) | Aoki | 3:28 | |
| 7. | "Why Are We So Broken" (featuring Blink-182) | Aoki | 3:48 | |
| 8. | "Golden Days" (featuring Jim Adkins) |
| Aoki | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Our Love Glows" (featuring Lady Antebellum) |
| Aoki | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Anything More" (featuring Era Istrefi) |
| Aoki | 2:59 |
| 11. | "All Night" (with Lauren Jauregui) |
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| 3:25 |
| 12. | "Do Not Disturb" (featuring Bella Thorne) |
| Aoki | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Lie To Me" (featuring Ina Wroldsen) |
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| 2:59 |
| 14. | "Azukita" (with Play-N-Skillz) (featuring Daddy Yankee and Elvis Crespo) |
| 3:46 | |
| 15. | "Hoovela" (with TWIIG) |
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| 3:27 |
| 16. | "What We Started" (with Don Diablo x Lush & Simon) (featuring BullySongs) |
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| 3:23 |
| 17. | "Noble Gas" (featuring Bill Nye) |
| Aoki | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 57:05 | |||
[c] signifies a co-producer[a] signifies an additional producer
Personnel
Charts
Album
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] | 69 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 132 |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 153 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 43 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US [9] | US Dance [10] | AUS [11] | BEL (FL) Tip [12] | BEL (WA) Tip [13] | CAN [14] | FRA [15] | GER [16] | NLD [17] | UK [18] | |||
| "What We Started" (with Don Diablo and Lush & Simon featuring BullySongs)[19] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Just Hold On" (with Louis Tomlinson) | 52 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 2 | ||
| "All Night"[24] (with Lauren Jauregui) | 2017 | —[A] | 9 | — | — | — | — | 196 | — | — | — | |
| "Azukita" (featuring Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz and Elvis Crespo) | 2018 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 199 | — | — | — | |
| "Pretender" (featuring Lil Yachty and AJR)[26] | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lie to Me" (featuring Ina Wroldsen)[27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Be Somebody" (with Nicky Romero featuring Kiiara)[28] | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hoovela" (with Twiig)[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Waste It on Me" (featuring BTS) | 89 | 6 | 61 | — | — | 64 | — | 98 | — | 57 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||