I Hear You

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Artist, producer, DJ and cultural trailblazer Peggy Gou announces details of her long-awaited debut album. One of the most hotly-anticipated debut records in recent years, I Hear You will be released on 7th June 2024 via XL Recordings. The ten track album is the culmination of years of work for the Korean-born artist, whos uniquely revered as both an underground icon and global sensation, sticking by her own unwavering vision to become one of the most in-demand electronic music artists and DJs in the world. Featuring previous singles, the 2023 chart-topping global hit (It Goes Like) Nanana and her Lenny Kravitz collaboration I Believe in Love Again, the LP sees Gou stepping into the next level of her artistry and boldly claiming her voice through the kaleidoscopic lens of 90s house music.

Talking about I Hear You, Peggy Gou says:

I Hear You is more than just my debut album. It embodies countless hours of dedication in my journey to create something timeless, and is a testament to the power of listening, to ourselves and to each other.

About Peggy Gou:

Peggy Gou is uniquely revered as both underground icon and global sensation, sticking by her own unwavering vision to become one of the most in-demand electronic musicians and DJs in the world. Having performed to over a million people worldwide in 2023, the self-managed South Korean-born, Berlin-based producer and artist has blazed her own trail as the first Korean DJ to play Berghain, the first female DJ to headline Ushuaïa Ibizas closing party and the first woman in over 20 years to appear within the Top 10 of DJ Mags annual Top 100 list.

Since 2016, shes forged a singular blend of club music thats as forward-thinking as it is nostalgic, finding her global breakthrough with 2018s Once EP, which birthed hits like It Makes You Forget (Itgehane), and Han Jan. An essential tastemaker, she runs her music and design label Gudu, through which she issued her 2019 critically acclaimed Moment EP, designs her acclaimed Peggy Goods fashion line, and sold out her own London Pleasure Gardens festival for four consecutive years. 2024 will see her biggest ever headline London show when she performs to 25,000 people in Gunnersbury Park in August.

Shes collaborated with everyone from house legend Maurice Fulton (2020s Jigoo) to South Korean counterculture hero OHHYUK (2021s Nabi), and was enlisted for a 2022 remix of Kylie Minogues iconic Cant Get You Out of My Head. Referred to as coolest DJ in the world by Rolling Stone, Gou has graced the cover of Vogue Germany, Vanity Fair Italia, GQ Middle East and Korea, Harpers Bazaar Malaysia, and others, while boasting collaborations with Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc and Samsung to name just a few.

She made 2023s international song of the summer with (It Goes Like) Nanana, which topped singles charts in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Greece, as well as the Billboard Dance Airplay chart. The balmy club hit appears on her highly anticipated debut album I Hear You, which arrives in June on XL Recordings. Also featuring her Lenny Kravitz collaboration I Believe in Love Again, the LP sees Gou boldly claiming her voice through the kaleidoscopic lens of 90s house music.