Peggy Gou
Peggy Gou | |
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 Peggy Gou in Naples, Italy (2019) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kim Min-ji |
| Born | July 3, 1991[1] Incheon, South Korea |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | DJ |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Ninja Tune Phonica Gudu Records |
Peggy Gou is a Berlin-based South Korean DJ. She has released seven EPs on record labels including Ninja Tune and Phonica. In 2019, she launched her own independent record label, Gudu Records, and released a DJ-Kicks compilation, DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou, on !k7 Records.
Early life and education[edit]
Peggy Gou was born Kim Min-ji,[2] in Incheon, South Korea, on July 3, 1991.[3] She began classical piano lessons at age 8.[4] At age 14, her parents sent her to London, England to study English. She moved back to Korea when she was 18 years old, but six months later she returned to London to study fashion at the London College of Fashion. After graduating, she worked as the London correspondent editor for Harper's Bazaar Korea, and then moved to Berlin, Germany.[5][6]
Career[edit]
Gou was taught to DJ in 2009 by her friend from Korea. She had her first gig in Cirque Le Soir, Soho, and later performed weekly at The Book Club, East London.[7] In 2013, she learned to use Ableton and began to create her own tracks. Her first track, Hungboo, was completed in 2014.[5] Hungboo was named for the hero of a Korean fairy tale. She played the track in Korea for the first time at the 2016 Style Icon Awards opening show, featuring award-winning actor Yoo Ah-in in a visual art video.[8][9]
Gou made her recording debut in January 2016 on Radio Slave's Rekids label with The Art of War Part 1, featuring a remix from Galcher Lustwerk.[10] She next released four EPs[11] including Seek for Maktoop, with hit track It Makes You Forget (Itgehane).[12] Maktoop was named after the Arabic word "maktoob", the equivalent to "written" or "destiny".[13] This was followed by EPs Once and Han Jan in 2018, and Moment in April 2019.[14] Once is the first time she has sung on a record.[15]
Gou embarked on her first North American tour and made a Boiler Room debut in NYC in 2017.[16] She became the first Korean DJ to play in Berlin's nightclub Berghain.[17] She plays more than one hundred live gigs in a year and has performed alongside the likes of Moodymann, The Black Madonna and DJ Koze. She has since had gigs in the worldwide festival sets at Coachella, Glastonbury, Sonus in Croatia, Amsterdam’s Dekmantel, London’s Printworks, Ibiza, Amsterdam Dance Event, Primavera Sound in Portugal, Barcelona's Sónar, as well as Virgil Abloh's Off-White fashion show among others.[18][6][19] In an Interview with Vice, she stated that she preferred to stay out of politics and would just perform for the people who want to hear her music.[20]
In 2018, Gou released her music on record labels Ninja Tune and Phonica.[21] In September 2018, she won Best Track for It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) at the AIM Independent Music Awards.[22] It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) was listed on the tracklist for FIFA 2019.[23]
In 2019, Forbes named Gou as one of the Asian leaders, pioneers and entrepreneurs under age 30.[24] In February 2019, Gou launched her own fashion label KIRIN (“giraffe” in Korean), supported by Virgil Abloh, under the New Guards Group.[25][26][27] The following month, she announced the launch of her own independent record label, Gudu Records (gudu means "shoes" in Korean).[14]
In June 2019, Gou released DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou, the 69th installment of !K7's DJ-Kicks mix compilation. The album became her first Billboard chart appearance, reaching 9th in Dance/Electronic Album Sales, and the second compilation that ever got into the top 10 after Moodymann's.[28]
On July 25, 2019, Gou released her first music video for her hit 2019 track Starry Night exclusively on Apple Music, directed by Jonas Lindstroem, and once again featured Yoo Ah-in, the lead actor in the award-winning South Korean film, Burning.[29][30] The music video was released worldwide on YouTube in September 2019.[31] In December 2020, Gou joined Apple Music's New Year's Eve DJ Mixes with other 21 electronic artists.[32]
Discography[edit]
DJ mixes[edit]
- DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou (2019)
Extended plays[edit]
- Art of War (2016)
- Art of War (Part II) (2016)
- Seek for Maktoop (2016)
- Once (2018)
- Moment (2019)
Singles[edit]
- "Day Without Yesterday" / "Six O Six"
- "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)"
- "Han Pan"
- "Travelling Without Arriving"
- "It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) [Remixes]"
- "Starry Night"
References[edit]
- ↑ "Peggy Gou". Naver.
- ↑ "'가짜뉴스 전문가'가 배우 유아인에게 '난' 받은 사연은". News1 (in 한국어). January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Peggy Gou". Naver.
- ↑ "Feel Your Beat". Ray-Ban.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bromwich, Jonah Engel (July 3, 2019). "Peggy Gou Is Kicking Her Electronic Music Career to the Next Level". The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pitcher, Laura (August 30, 2018). "korean djing queen peggy gou is launching a fashion line". i-D. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ↑ Cliff, Aimee (August 8, 2019). "Just Gou it: how Peggy Gou became the world's hippest DJ". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ↑ "'SIA' 유아인, 아트필름 '흥부야'로 오프닝 장식 '유아인의 재발견'". Sport Donga (in 한국어). March 16, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ Jung, Min-kyung (March 16, 2016). "Yoo Ah-in reinterprets Korean folklore through visual art". The Korea Herald.
- ↑ "Peggy Gou". ADE. 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ Donovan, Louise (2019-03-12). "Meet Peggy Gou, The DJ Taking Over The World". ELLE. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ↑ Hutchinson, Kate (April 13, 2019). "One to watch: Peggy Gou". The Guardian. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ Girou, Baptiste (October 10, 2016). "Peggy Gou talks up 'Seek For Maktoop'". Inverted Audio. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Nast, Condé. "Peggy Gou Launches Label, Shares Song From New EP: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ↑ Sherburne, Philip (March 3, 2018). "Peggy Gou Once EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ↑ Witte, Rae (February 17, 2017). "Three Sheets to the Wind with DJ Peggy Gou". The Standard. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ "PEGGY GOU: WELCOME TO THE AGE OF GOU-MANIA". Mix Mag. February 22, 2018.}
- ↑ Morgan, Maybelle (March 25, 2019). "Peggy Gou Interview: Rolla Coaster". Wonderland Magazine. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Virgil Abloh & Peggy Gou Kick off Halloweekend at Circo Loco in Brooklyn". High Snobiety. October 30, 2018.
- ↑ Loiseau, Benoit (January 8, 2020). "Peggy Gou discusses online criticism and her resolutions for 2020". Vice. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Peggy Gou is winning over the world. In a one-off lecture, she's coming home to reflect on the journey". The FADER. March 15, 2018. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (September 4, 2018). "Tracey Thorn, Nadine Shah and Peggy Gou top Aim independent music awards". The Guardian. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ↑ Sherburne (September 19, 2018). "NOISE 101: PEGGY GOU". Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lee, Dick; Nishikori, Kei (2019). "30 under 30 Asia 2019: Entertainment & Sports". Forbes. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Meet Kirin's Peggy Gou: The DJ Turned Designer Mixing Fashion and Club Culture". Vogue. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hutchinson, Kate (2019-04-13). "One to watch: Peggy Gou". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ↑ Morency, Christopher (March 1, 2019). "KIRIN". High Snobiety. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ↑ "Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Young Bombs, Dion Todd and Peggy Gou". Billboard. July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- ↑ Holbrook, Cameron (July 25, 2019). "WATCH PEGGY GOU'S STELLAR MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'STARRY NIGHT'". Mixmag. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ "Watch Peggy Gou's Dreamy New Music Video Shot In South Korea". Electronic Beats. July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Servantes, Ian (September 25, 2019). "Peggy Gou Drops Dreamy "Starry Night" Video". High Snobiety. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ↑ Rollins, Dennis (December 25, 2020). "Peggy Gou Among A Select Crop Of DJs Picked to Provide Mixes For Apple Music's NYE Series". Mix Mag Asia.
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