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| Released | November 9, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2018 | |||
| Length | 57:05 | |||
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Neon Future III is the fifthstudio album by AmericanDJ andproducerSteve Aoki. It was released on November 9, 2018, throughUltra Records andDim Mak Records, serving as the third chapter of Aoki'sNeon Future concept albums. A fourth installment of the series, entitledNeon Future IV, was released in 2020, and features collaborations withNicky Romero,Play-N-Skillz, TWIIG,Don Diablo and Lush & Simon.
Prior to the album's release, Aoki revealed the meaning of each track in an interview withBillboard 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 fromBill Nye on one track, “Noble Gas”.[1] In advance of the album, "Waste It on Me" charted on theBillboard Hot 100.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Neon Future III" (Intro) |
| Steve Aoki | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Just Hold On" (featuringLouis Tomlinson) | 3:18 | ||
| 3. | "Waste It On Me[3]" (featuringBTS) |
| Aoki | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Be Somebody" (withNicky Romero) (featuringKiiara) |
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| 3:18 |
| 5. | "Pretender" (featuringLil Yachty andAJR) | Aoki | 3:08 | |
| 6. | "A Lover And A Memory" (featuringMike Posner) | Aoki | 3:28 | |
| 7. | "Why Are We So Broken" (featuringBlink-182) | Aoki | 3:48 | |
| 8. | "Golden Days" (featuringJim Adkins) |
| Aoki | 3:23 |
| 9. | "Our Love Glows" (featuringLady Antebellum) |
| Aoki | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Anything More" (featuringEra Istrefi) |
| Aoki | 2:59 |
| 11. | "All Night" (withLauren Jauregui) |
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| 3:25 |
| 12. | "Do Not Disturb" (featuringBella Thorne) |
| Aoki | 2:43 |
| 13. | "Lie To Me" (featuringIna Wroldsen) |
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| 2:59 |
| 14. | "Azukita" (withPlay-N-Skillz) (featuringDaddy Yankee andElvis Crespo) |
| 3:46 | |
| 15. | "Hoovela" (with TWIIG) |
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| 3:27 |
| 16. | "What We Started" (withDon Diablo x Lush & Simon) (featuring BullySongs) |
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| 3:23 |
| 17. | "Noble Gas" (featuringBill Nye) |
| Aoki | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 57:05 | |||
[c] signifies a co-producer[a] signifies an additional producer
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] | 69 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 132 |
| USBillboard 200[6] | 153 |
| USTop Dance Albums (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
| USIndependent Albums (Billboard)[8] | 43 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" (withDon Diablo and Lush & Simon featuring BullySongs)[19] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Just Hold On" (withLouis Tomlinson) | 52 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 2 | ||
| "All Night"[24] (withLauren Jauregui) | 2017 | —[A] | 9 | — | — | — | — | 196 | — | — | — | |
| "Azukita" (featuringDaddy Yankee,Play-N-Skillz andElvis Crespo) | 2018 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 199 | — | — | — | |
| "Pretender" (featuringLil Yachty andAJR)[26] | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lie to Me" (featuringIna Wroldsen)[27] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Be Somebody" (withNicky Romero featuringKiiara)[28] | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hoovela" (with Twiig)[29] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Waste It on Me" (featuringBTS) | 89 | 6 | 61 | — | — | 64 | — | 98 | — | 57 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
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