DJ Louie XIV

Bio

Louie is DJ and writer who was born and raised in New York City. Louie spins regularly at many of New York City’s premiere clubs and for private event clientele like The New Yorker, Twitter, Louis Vuitton, Maison Martin Margiela and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Louie also serves as a contributing culture writer for the Huffington Post and Jonathan “Shecky” Shecter’s Medium.com collection, Cuepoint. His popular written series, “Trapped in the Booth,” presents a semi-fictionalized version of his life as DJ published in monthly installments on Cuepoint. His words have also been published by Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, The Daily Dot and more.

If Young Metro Don't Trust You: Charting the Rise of Beat Tags From Bangladesh to Atlanta

By DJ Louie XIV

In February, Kanye West unveiled his Yeezy Season 3 collection alongside his seventh album, The Life of Pablo, in an ostentatious display of Kanye-ness at Madison Square Garden. Six minutes in, the world heard Pablo's second track, "Father Stretch…

Justin Tranter Talks Being "the Music Industry Gay Boy" Who's Writing for Cis Stars

By DJ Louie XIV

Justin Tranter still can't believe it either. "I walked into a session with a very famous producer and I'm in makeup and heels," Tranter, scribe behind Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and Selena Gomez's "Good for You," told Mic, said while sharing a story…

Musical Genome: Third Eye Blind On Their First Album, Bowie and How Music Shapes Us

By DJ Louie XIV

One sweaty Sunday in July, my best friend Hannah and I are speeding down highway 27 West heading home from my DJ gig in Montauk, New York. The '90s Sirius station has blared for the last 45 miles, and our hungover heads bob lightly to the sounds of…