A cool girl hot on the party scene and a DJ Instagrammer who loves staying in, Ashley Lau goes on record to blur lines and bend expectations.
While her Instagram persona is edgy and the cool-girl image may seem intimidating, Ashley is the opposite in person. On set with #TeamCLEO, it was clear that beneath Ashley’s calm and composed exterior is a warm, friendly and funny girl who’s also #extra all the time (in her words!). In this exclusive Cover Story, Ashley rocked the set in the latest Coach x Selena Gomez threads and spoke about how she loves staying in (yet knows how to get the party started!), and how alt-rock and sad-girl music also has an influence on her. Ashley is the embodiment of contrasts — and she knows how to own it.
When did you start getting into mixing music and who was your inspiration prior to you joining the DJ scene?
I think it has been almost a year since I got into mixing. I ’ve been to a lot of music festivals and I got inspired by all the DJs around the world. I ’ve been to Tomorrowland in Belgium and it was crazy! That experience made me feel like trying it and I ’ve always liked music anyway so I figured why not share all the good music with others. That ’s really how I got into DJing.
What were some of your earliest memory of music?
This story is from the September 2018 edition of CLEO Malaysia.
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