| Neon Future III | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Steve Aoki |
| Cover: | Steve Aoki – Neon Future III.png |
| Released: | November 9, 2018 |
| Length: | 57:05 |
| Recorded: | 2016–2018 |
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| Prev Title: | Steve Aoki Presents Kolony |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Neon Future IV |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
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.
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]
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| US [4] | US Dance [5] | AUS [6] | BEL (FL) Tip [7] | BEL (WA) Tip [8] | CAN [9] | FRA [10] | GER [11] | NLD [12] | UK [13] | ||||
| "What We Started" (with Don Diablo and Lush & Simon featuring BullySongs)[14] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Just Hold On" (with Louis Tomlinson) | 52 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 2 | |||
| "All Night"[19] (with Lauren Jauregui) | 2017 | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 196 | — | — | — | ||
| "Azukita" (featuring Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz and Elvis Crespo) | 2018 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | 199 | — | — | — | ||
| "Pretender" (featuring Lil Yachty and AJR)[20] | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lie to Me" (featuring Ina Wroldsen)[21] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Be Somebody" (with Nicky Romero featuring Kiiara)[22] | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Hoovela" (with Twiig)[23] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "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. | |||||||||||||