18 Facts About Peggy Gou

Kim Min-ji, known as Peggy Gou, is a South Korean DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer based in Berlin, Germany.

Peggy Gou has released seven EPs on record labels including Ninja Tune and Phonica.

Peggy Gou was born Kim Min-ji in Incheon, South Korea, on 3 July 1991.

Peggy Gou's father, Kim Chang-yong, a former journalist, is a professor of mass communication at Inje University and standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission.

Peggy Gou 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.

Peggy Gou had her first gig in Cirque Le Soir, Soho, and later performed weekly at The Book Club, East London.

Peggy Gou 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.

Peggy 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.

Peggy Gou next released four EPs including Seek for Maktoop, with hit track "It Makes You Forget ".

In 2017, Peggy Gou embarked on her first North American tour and made her Boiler Room debut in New York City.

Peggy Gou became the first Korean DJ to play in Berlin's nightclub Berghain.

Peggy Gou plays more than one hundred live gigs in a year and has performed alongside the likes of Moodymann, The Blessed Madonna and DJ Koze.

Peggy Gou has since played gigs as a part of worldwide festival lineups including Coachella, Glastonbury, Sonus in Croatia, Amsterdam's Dekmantel, London's Printworks, Ibiza, Amsterdam Dance Event, Primavera Sound in Portugal, Barcelona's Sonar, as well as Virgil Abloh's Off-White fashion show among others.

Peggy Gou released her music on record labels Ninja Tune and Phonica in 2018.

Peggy Gou has stated that she launched Gudu to give artists starting out better opportunities and treatment than she received at the beginning of her career.

In July, Peggy Gou released her first music video for her hit 2019 track "Starry Night" exclusively on Apple Music, directed by Jonas Lindstroem, and featured Yoo Ah-in, the lead actor in the award-winning South Korean film, Burning.

In December 2020, Peggy Gou joined Apple Music's New Year's Eve DJ Mixes with 21 other electronic music artists.

In June 2023, Peggy Gou released " Nanana" through XL Recordings, featuring a sample from Andre Tanneberger's 1998 song "9 PM ".