With 2020’s festival season scrubbed from the calendar, our DJ friends are not having normal summers.
While the world’s dance music producers would typically be jetting from stage to stage, club to club and country to country, they’re instead currently staring at empty calendars and, much like the rest of us, figuring out ways to fill the newfound free time.
For many, the answer has been heading into nature, with myriad artists trekking to the mountains, the desert and various national parks. Some producers are kicking it at home alone, some are hanging with family, some are enjoying water sports in Ibiza and some are showing off their beach bodies.
Here are how 20 of your favorite DJs are spending their free time this summer.
Tokimonsta
The Los Angeles-based producer trekked north to Yosemite National Park to take in the landscapes and remind the world that Breonna Taylor’s murderers have not yet been arrested.
Diplo
The also Los Angeles-based producer went east to climb into the cliffs — and away from other humans — at Zion National Park.
Martin Garrix
The Dutch producer mastered levitation in Ibiza.
Steve Aoki
It was no shirt, no shoes, no problem when the producer strapped on a guitar for a musical pool party.
Tiësto
The producer and his stylish wife demonstrated their “specialty” via a pair of elevator selfies.
Rezz
While up in Canada, Rezz social-distanced at home with Marilyn Manson.
Skrillex
Dance music’s resident nice guy got his skate on at an epic looking abode in Malibu.
Galantis
Meanwhile, one half of Galantis enjoyed the epic beauty of the group’s native Sweden.
Nicky Romero
The producer embodied the good life while soaking up the sun on a jet ski in the Balearics.
Marshmello
The masked producer practiced social distancing in true superstar DJ style — while on a casual boat cruise past the cityscape.
Kygo
The Norwegian producer, who released his edit of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got to Do With It” last week, gave piano lessons to his adorable young nephew. His caption noted that “it’s not going that well so far,” but really there is nothing not to like about this scene.
Alesso
Alesso trekked to Joshua Tree in California for his 29th birthday on July 7, settling into a vintage Airstream trailer and enjoying a Budweiser while celebrating in the desert.
Charlotte de Witte
The Belgian phenom actually went back to work, writing, “feels almost surreal to be back on the road…Please be safe and responsible. See you on the dancefloor,” before a sold-out show in Sicily.
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Oliver Heldens
Meanwhile, the Dutch artist just horsed around, joking on Insta, “Did you hear about the man who was hospitalized with six plastic horses inside him? The doctor described his condition as stable.”
Amelie Lens
The Belgian producer also celebrated the animal kingdom, telling sweet stories of a dog rescued by her parents. (And sharing a selfie with the pup as well.)
David Guetta
The superstar producer showed off some seriously ripped abs, #nofilter style, as he soaked up the poolside vibes.
DJ Snake
Meanwhile, the fellow French producer put on multiple layers of very expensive seeming clothing and made social distancing look extremely cool and dramatic.
Alison Wonderland
The artist proved that Mountain Dew works any time of day with a 4 a.m. Baja Blast.
Nora En Pure
In Switzerland, Nora En Pure hung with the GOAT(s).
Kevin Saunderson
In Michigan, the techno icon traded the darkness of clubland for some serious poolside sunshine.