Peggy Gou
Apple Music Live: NYE 2024 (DJ Mix)
Album · Dance · 2023
In a club scene littered with in-demand, big-budget DJs, few have had a more steadily meteoric rise than Peggy Gou. There are many reasons for this—her exquisite style, her sultry singing voice, her magnetic ability to truly perform—but perhaps the most notable is her mastery of surprise. The Korean producer is known for sprawling, emotive DJ sets that slide from shimmering disco to acid house (and everywhere in between), and she admits that she delights at keeping fans on their toes. “I kind of like when I get feedback where someone says, ‘I didn’t know she played that fast,’ or ‘I didn’t know she played tracks like this,’” she tells Apple Music. For this mix, which was recorded at Apple Music’s first-ever New Year’s Eve party in New York, Gou delivers an electrifying, zig-zagging set that includes archival gems (listen for a cameo from Doug Lazy’s 1989 hit “Let the Rhythm Pump”), reinterpretations of modern hits (Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” gets a club twist) and squelchy, dizzying acid stompers like Mogwaa’s “Boy (VIP Mix)” that remind you she is nothing if not an expert crate-digger.