BBC Sound Of 2024: Superstar DJ Peggy Gou breaks out of the dance bubble - BBC News

As her club sound goes overground, the Korean-born musician comes third in Radio 1's Sound of 2024.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Johngha ParkImage caption, Peggy Gou has been a huge star on the house music scene for the last decadeBy Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentPeople who know house music know exactly who Peggy Gou is.

The Korean-born, Berlin-based DJ has been a mainstay of the club scene for years. But last summer, she had a mainstream breakthrough with the pinging, percussive pop banger It Goes Like (Nanana).

"Even though I've been releasing music since 2015, last year really hit differently," she says.

"I did not expect this song was going to get so much love, but it really changed a lot of things for me."

Since the song hit the charts, she's graced the cover of Vogue magazine, been named the best house DJ in the world and linked up with Lenny Kravitz,

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