Superstar DJ Peggy Gou talks about her debut album 'I Hear You' coming out in June, working with artist Olafur Eliasson on the album cover, her collaboration "I Believe In Love Again" with Lenny Kravitz, how much she loves her job and traveling all over the world, how her fans inspire her and more!
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00:00 Hi guys, this is Peggy Gu here. Welcome to my Billboard cover shoot.
00:04 We're in Mexico. Right now we're doing a shooting with Billboard.
00:12 And I was playing at the festival on Sunday as well.
00:15 I believe that Koreans are very hard workers.
00:24 They don't like to waste their time and they're very efficient.
00:27 And my team always say that about me. When efficiency is a person, it will be you.
00:32 I don't like fucking around. I don't like wasting my time.
00:34 And that comes from Korean blood.
00:37 I love this job. I take my job very seriously.
00:41 And one of the things that I love about my job is that I get to tour many countries every weekend.
00:46 Every weekend I feel like I learn a lot.
00:50 From not only the tour, by meeting people, by going to the country, cities.
00:55 And of course sometimes I wake up thinking, "Where was I?"
00:59 But I've been doing this since 2014.
01:03 So I think traveling is part of my life now.
01:06 Someone asked me recently, "What is luxury to you?"
01:10 And my answer was, "Sleeping in your own bed with your own pillow."
01:14 So that's the hardest part of this job.
01:17 I feel like I can't stay in one place.
01:23 I get bored super fast.
01:25 I have so much energy.
01:27 So staying in one place wouldn't suit me.
01:30 Even if I wasn't a DJ or producer, I would still be doing something that travels.
01:34 I'm back in London.
01:36 I'm a very visual person.
01:42 Doing this job, I get to see, hear a lot of things.
01:45 And that inspires me.
01:47 Visuals, colors.
01:49 And also I get inspired by my supporters and fans.
01:51 They are the ones who come up with really creative ideas.
01:54 And amazing groupons.
01:57 And that's where I get the Peggy Goops inspired.
02:00 My first ever album is coming in June.
02:13 It's called "I Hear You."
02:15 I feel like the world needs that attitude.
02:18 Everybody wants to be heard.
02:20 And I got a chance to work with my favorite artist in the world, Olaf Eliasson.
02:25 He created this amazing art piece for the album cover.
02:28 And then I have two amazing collaborations in music.
02:32 First one you probably heard it with Lenny Kravitz, "Legend."
02:36 And second one I want to keep it "Surprise."
02:39 This album is very special to me.
02:41 I hope people will feel my journey.
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