

South Korea’s Peggy Gou makes dance music for thoroughly globalized dance floors. Welding skeletal machine beats to lush, melodic synths, her productions build bridges between ’80s Japan and ’90s Ibiza, touching on the timeless sounds of Chicago, Detroit, and London in between. Gou’s 2018 breakthrough hit, “It Makes You Forget (Itgehane),” captures her infectious style with glinting marimbas, a hint of acid, and an irresistible vocal hook. The 2019 piano-house jam “Starry Night” leans into her hypnotic tendencies, while 2021’s airy “I Go” is a pitch-perfect evocation of vintage house.