Chart hits, festival slots, a fashion line, and finally a debut album – South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is a phenomenon.
Peggy Gou is a phenomenon. Born in South Korea and based in Berlin, the 32-year-old is one of the biggest DJs on the planet, having graced stages everywhere from Coachella to Primavera Sound to Berghain to Ibiza to the late Virgil Abloh’s Off White fashion show.
Gou’s turning point came in 2017, when her set at Glastonbury Festival was deemed so good that revellers raised one shoe in the air in that Australian sign of approval that’s been adopted at music festivals around the world. She’s since released EPs on Ninja Tune, started her own label, Gudu Records, contributed a mix to !K7’s illustriousHer debut album has been years in the making and comes out on XL, home to superstar artists such as Adele, the XX, and Thom Yorke.
, featuring Puerto Rican artist Villano Antillano rapping in Spanish, is a much better crossover track ., but Gou’s catchy, sing-song vocals and an infectious, bouncing beat make it her own., hitching Gou’s Korean vocals to a tinkling arpeggio synth, cascading chimes and a peppy bassline, and, another artful fusion of her heritage and club music that layers the Korean stringed instrument gayageum over drum & bass beats.
Like many beautiful, successful women, Gou has attracted a lot of hate along with the high praise, some of it not entirely unearned. She continued to perform throughout the pandemic at what were dubbed “plague raves”, or superspreader events; her private jet activity gets her mentioned in articles with titles such as “The Celebs Setting Fire to the Planet”; and she happily accepts eye-watering offers to play in contentious destinations, such as at Saudi Arabia’s Soundstorm Festival.
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This superstar DJ looks to go supernova with her strategic but edgy debutChart hits, festival slots, a fashion line, and finally a debut album – South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is a phenomenon.
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