Neon Future II#Singles

The second installment was finished around the same as the first. While Neon Future I contains more party-themed/club-styled songs, Neon Future II is supposed to show a "darker", more "emotional" side of the Neon Future theme.{{cite magazine|last1=Lynch|first1=Joe|title=Exclusive: Steve Aoki on 'Neon Future,' Working With Fall Out Boy & Trying to Live Forever|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6236405/steve-aoki-neon-future-interview|magazine=Billboard|date=August 28, 2014|accessdate=October 15, 2014}}

It was announced to feature collaborations such as Linkin Park, Harrison, Matthew Koma, Tony Junior, Snoop Lion, and many more on the album. The songs with DJ Fresh and Tinie Tempah did not make the final cut of the album.

The album debuted at No. 2 on Dance/Electronic Albums, and No. 66 on Billboard 200, selling 7,000 copies in its first week.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6575669/steve-aoki-neon-future-II-dance-electronic-albums |title=Steve Aoki's 'Neon' Lights Up Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart |date=May 22, 2015|author= Gordon Murray|magazine=Billboard }}

The lead single with Moxie Raia, "I Love It When You Cry (Moxoki)", was released January 23, 2015. Ten days after Aoki had already uploaded the radio edit to YouTube, the music video for the single was released on February 24, 2015.

The second single "Darker Than Blood", which features American rock band Linkin Park, was released on April 14, 2015. The song is their second collaboration after "A Light That Never Comes", which was featured on the band's second remix album Recharged. The single was first revealed in an interview with Billboard.Eric Spitznagel [http://www.billboard.com/articles/6140987/steve-aoki-36-hours Steve Aoki 36 Hours] Billboard June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014. It can also be heard on Steve Aoki's official SoundCloud page.

The third single "Lightning Strikes", with NERVO and Tony Junior, was released on May 4, 2015. Steve Aoki released this song early for streaming on his SoundCloud page.

{{Track listing

| total_length = 43:52

| all_writing = Steve Aoki, with additional writers listed below

| extra_column = Producer(s)

|title1 = Time Capsule

|note1 = Intro

|writer1 =

|extra1 = Steve Aoki

|length1 = 3:01

|title2 = I Love It When You Cry (Moxoki)

|note2 = with Moxie Raia

|writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Laura "Moxie" Raia
• Freddy Wexler
• Dan Farber
• Jason Evigan
• Wayne Hector
• David Kuncio
• Austin Bisnow

}}

|extra2 = {{hlist|Steve Aoki|Wexler (add.)|Farber (add.)}}

|length2 = 3:11

|title3 = Youth Dem (Turn Up)

|note3 = featuring Snoop Lion

|writer3 = Calvin Broadus Jr

|extra3 = Steve Aoki

|length3 = 3:13

|title4 = Hysteria

|note4 = featuring Matthew Koma

|writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Matthew Koma
• Sam Watters

}}

|extra4 = {{hlist|Steve Aoki|Koma (vocal)}}

|length4 = 4:26

|title5 = Darker Than Blood

|note5 = featuring Linkin Park

|writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Chester Bennington
• Rob Bourdon
• Brad Delson
• Dave Farrell
• Joe Hahn
• Mike Shinoda

}}

|extra5 = Steve Aoki

|length5 = 5:12

|title6 = Lightning Strikes

|note6 = with Nervo and Tony Junior

|writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Olivia Nervo
• Miriam Nervo
• Tony Claessens

}}

|extra6 = {{hlist|Steve Aoki|Nervo|Tony Junior}}

|length6 = 3:58

|title7 = TARS

|note7 = featuring Kip Thorne) (Interlude

|writer7 =

|extra7 = Steve Aoki

|length7 = 2:20

|title8 = Home We'll Go (Take My Hand)

|note8 = with Walk Off the Earth

|writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Sarah Blackwood
• Ryan Marshall
• Gianni Nicassio
• Thomas Salter

}}

|extra8 = {{hlist|Steve Aoki|Luminati (co.)|Thomas "Tawgs" Salter (co.)}}

|length8 = 5:07

|title9 = Heaven on Earth

|note9 = featuring Sherry St. Germain

|writer9 = {{flatlist|

• St. Germain
• John Dahlbäck

}}

|extra9 = Steve Aoki

|length9 = 3:48

|title10 = Holding Up the World

|note10 = featuring Harrison and Albin Myers

|writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Harrison Shaw
• Albin Wagemyr

}}

|extra10 = {{hlist|Steve Aoki|Albin Myers}}

|length10 = 3:21

|title11 = Light Years

|note11 = featuring Rivers Cuomo

|writer11 = Nicholas Furlong

|extra11 = Steve Aoki

|length11 = 4:08

|title12 = Warp Speed

|note12 = featuring J. J. Abrams) (Outro

|writer12 =

|extra12 = Steve Aoki

|length12 = 2:07

}}

{{track listing

|headline = Japan version bonus tracks

|total_length = 49:14

|title13 = I Love It When You Cry (Moxoki)

|note13 = Boehm Remix

|length13 = 5:22

}}

• Steve Aoki – producer

;Additional musicians

• J. J. Abrams – spoken word in "Warp Speed"
• Kip Thorne – spoken word in "TARS"
• Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio – drums, guitar, percussion and ukulele in "Home We'll Go (Take My Hand)"
• Nicholas "RAS" Furlong – backing vocals in "Light Years"

;Other personnel

• Brian Roettinger – art direction, design
• Jamie Stuart – art direction, design
• Brian Ziff – photography

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.allmusic.com/album/neon-future-vol-2-mw0002836136 Neon Future, Vol. 2 – Steve Aoki] | AllMusic
• [http://soundcloud.com/steveaoki/sets/neon-future-ll Neon Future ll by Steve Aoki] | SoundCloud

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