Gou Against The World

With her inimitable force and off-kilter humour, South Korean DJ Peggy Gou is a breath of fresh air in music’s prismatic landscape. Here, in between her one-night-only performance in Kuala Lumpur, the 28-year-old shares all— from her beer-shampoo days, to braving the world, against all odds.

- Amy Yasmine

There’s nothing more harrowing than having one of the world’s top DJs ask you to put some music on. Quite nervously, for fear of being judged for my confusingly polarised playlist (a mix of Sepultura metal, Girls Aloud pop, and Arvo Pärt classics), I hesitated going through my Spotify, but thankfully for me, South Korean artiste and all-round cool girl Peggy Gou, stepped in. “Let’s play A Tribe Called Quest!” she suggested, to my absolute relief and our crew’s jubilation, saving them from the torture of my wacked-out curation.