Popular five-member girl-group, FAKY has released their second single of 2021, “99” Across all digital music streaming platforms. The track is a part of an OST from popular Japanese drama Rika-Reverse and was performed by the group on International Women’s Day this year [watch it here]. The performance was part of FAKY’s participation as icons of clothing company Adidas’ WATCH US MOVE campaign; this campaign was promoted globally by K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK.

"From ‘Rika-Reverse-’ I felt the mixture of passion, purity, jealousy, exclusivity, and affection that everybody has so I dared to create lyrics that affirms all those emotions. The numbers in the title of the song represent the frustration and sadness that just can't be satisfied. It feels like something is missing but you don't know what it is. I hope that people who have never known FAKY will know our music because of this song." - Lil’ Fang, leader of FAKY

Since the start of the year, FAKY have been making many headlines including being featured on ET Canada, NYLON, an interview with Kevan Kenney (MTV and Radio.com), and Billboard Japan to name a few. Their previous single, “The Light” hit over a million views only two weeks after its release along. At the same time, their music video for “little more” also crossed over the million view mark while the video for “half-moon” hit over 3 million.  FAKY plans to continue to take 2021 by storm with all of their current and upcoming activities. 

Since the group formed in 2013, FAKY’s videos have over 25 million views on YouTube and their music streamed by millions of fans on Spotify and Apple Music from over 120 countries. Their EP “CANDY” (2016) hit #1 on iTunes J-POP Album chart, #3 in the iTunes general top album chart after Ariana Grande and Radiohead and a year later their single “Surrender” made it into the Top 10 in Japan and the US on the "Spotify" Viral Top 50 chart. In 2019, FAKY was recognized as “a new wave of J-Pop” for their dance-trilogy of releases (on the famous news program Sukkiri on Nippon Television (known for major performances from artists such as BTS, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift) and were a trending topic on Twitter. That same year, FAKY performed at one of the largest summer festivals in Japan, a-nation, with a total audience of more than 6.1 million, alongside artists such as BLACKPINK and Red Velvet and have performed and various cultural and stages in Japan, Brazil, Canada, and Spain. 

Be sure to check out “99” across all streaming services here!