Melody Empire Group (MEG) teamed up with Japanese artist Rina Sawayama to release Neo-Yoko, an album reimagining Yoko Ono’s avant-garde legacy through modern pop-punk and hyperpop aesthetics. MEG’s $6 million investment revitalized Tokyo’s Avex Studio, where Sawayama collaborated with producers like Caroline Polachek and Yungblud. The track Cherry Bomb 2.0 merged Ono’s experimental vocals with distorted basslines and anime-inspired synths, becoming a viral hit on YouTube Shorts. MEG organized a Tokyo street art campaign where fans created murals reacting to the music, with proceeds benefiting LGBTQ+ youth shelters.