I Wouldn’t Call Myself A DJ…
I always say ‘I’m not a DJ - I DJ.’ Give me another five years or so and I’ll be confident enough to say ‘I am a DJ’. But technically it’s been four years since I learnt what the play button was.
If it wasn’t for my good friend Jamz Supernova I wouldn’t be DJing right now. She phoned me up and asked me to open this night at Bussey Building, I told her I didn’t know how to mix and she told me she didn’t care. I bombed my set, I cried in the toilets afterwards and the rest is history - that’s how it all started.
I am a DJ but I don’t consider myself a DJ because I haven’t mastered the craft yet. I get better every time I practice but there’s still so much to learn.
My Ultimate Career Goal Is…
Never to be doing just one thing. I consider myself a broadcaster first, a curator second, presenter and DJ come somewhere after that. The goal is to be doing everything I’m doing already but at a higher level. Plus just to be a f*cking sick DJ.
The Songs That Get The Biggest Reactions Are Always...
Dependent on where they’re being played. If it’s 2am on a hot summer’s night I love to play reggaeton or garage, but the next day I might want to play something very funk-heavy. Or even just a nice Alicia Keys tune that everyone can close their eyes to and think back to high school.
However, the songs that people love the most are ones they haven’t heard for many, many, many years, a song you might have forgotten, that you didn’t expect to be pulled out at that time of night. Or simply, a good remix - everyone loves a good remix.
You Get Booked As A DJ If You Look A Certain Way…
You might have only booked me because I’m hot but I’m going to do a f*cking good job at what I do. The crowd’s reactions say it all.
I have a lot of experiences gathered from the women around me - who I get to call part of my community - that’s where I see real problems with the way women DJs are treated. I see real talent being overlooked all the time.
I see some girls getting booked because they do look a certain way...and I see others also being booked because they don’t look a certain way. People think, ‘I’ll book her because she’s a hypebeast’, or ‘I’ll book her because she’s attractive’.
I came into the industry when I was 27 so I was able to be more vocal. I call it ‘The Usual Shit’ - which is sad that I call it that - but of course I’ve had the ass-grab from a promoter before. It made me realise that if this is happening to me, I can’t imagine what’s happening to my other girls - in positions less privileged than me.
I worry for the girls who are less vocal, who are timid, who have different bodies and different personality traits. I am passionate about speaking up on behalf of those girls.
