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Photo by KurszaBlond:ish has a lot going on at the moment. In 2025, the Canadian DJ held an 11-week residency at Ibiza’s Pacha, becoming the venue’s first-ever female headliner. She also released 12 tracks under her debut album Never Walk Alone — but that’s not all the new music the artist has in the pipeline. “I have 60 tracks sitting on my hard drive,” she tells Elite Daily. “I’m just trying to figure out how to release them.”
Historically, Blond:ish, whose real name is Vivie-ann Bakos, hadn’t put this much thought into releasing music. “Before, I was a club DJ and I was just putting out tracks. Now I understand my purpose around music. I really want to unlock people’s best lives. My own, too.” As if she doesn’t already have enough options, she’s heading to a friend’s house (Diplo’s) in two weeks for a makeshift music writing retreat.
We’re chatting in between her gigs at Palm Tree Festival’s Aspen leg, a two-day EDM festival in mid-February. She’s just played for 6,000 people in the snow at Rio Grande Park, alon...
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