Washington, D.C.-based DJ, producer, and label boss Baby Weight has spent more than a decade developing a sound that moves between house, techno, and contemporary club music.
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Her career includes performances at Coachella, EDC, and SXSW, alongside releases on Insomniac Records, He.She.They, Southern Fried, and D4D4NCE. Her latest EP, ‘Where The Light Shines’, released through Young Art Records, explores yearning, connection, and the emotional experiences that shape her music.
Over the years, Baby Weight has received support from artists including Fatboy Slim, Walker & Royce, LP Giobbi, Justin Martin, Nicole Moudaber, and VNSSA. Her 2020 release ‘Rave Police’ reached No. 1 on Beatport, while ‘House Princess’ was featured in Calvin Klein’s Pride campaign. She has also received recognition from DJ Mag, including an Artist to Watch selection and a nomination for Breakthrough DJ of the Year.
Beyond her productions and performances, Baby Weight has become an advocate for inclusion within electronic music. Since coming out as trans in 2020, she has continued to speak openly about identity and community while contributing to music education through her work as a Femme House facilitator.
Released on October 2nd, 2026, via TOKiMONSTA’s Young Art Records, her five-track EP ‘Where The Light Shines’ examines the desire for connection, understanding, and emotional clarity. Its opening single, ‘Back To Yesterday’, introduced the project through an upbeat production carrying a more vulnerable lyrical perspective.
In this conversation, Baby Weight reflects on her musical beginnings, the mentors who helped shape her career, the personal experiences behind her latest release, and her hopes for a more expressive electronic music culture.
EG: Welcome to EG. Before we begin, where are you today and what kind of energy surrounds you right now?
Baby Weight: I’m hanging out at home and trying to prioritize peace. Thankfully, living on the East Coast and having seasons helps ground me in that way. Right now, the leaves are turning, and the air is getting crispy, and the music I’m listening to is stuff like M83 and Death Cab and girl in red… stuff that feels like a good sweater on a rainy day. Feels good to be in my fall bag. Definitely my favorite time of year.
EG: When you look back at your childhood or your earliest encounters with music, what was the first spark that made you realize sound could be a physical, emotional sanctuary?
Baby Weight: I think about this a lot. Some of my earliest memories are sitting in the back of a car and hearing whatever was on the radio, hence my soft spot for 90s alternative and pop music. Like ‘Dreams’ by The Cranberries evokes a visceral feeling for me for that reason. Or Donna Lewis ‘I Love You Always Forever’. Or Smashing Pumpkins ‘1979’.
EG: Throughout your journey, who was the first person or mentor who truly looked at what you were doing and pushed you forward when you needed it most?
Baby Weight: There are too many people to name, to be honest. If I had to shout out a few, Justin Martin has always been in my corner and a believer in my music. In my home scene, it’s been people like Heather and Pete at Glow, my friends Rawle, Eric, and Kyle who have always had my back, people like Carli Elligan and Denise Brogan who are sadly no longer with us… But I really need to pay my respects to The Blessed Madonna, to LP Giobbi and her partner at Femme House, Lo aka Hermixalot, and VNSSA. They’ve each taken me under their wing and given me a platform, mentorship, friendship, guidance, and encouragement post-Covid that I will forever be in their debt for. Guardian angels. And each of these people has always been real with me, always affirming, but not afraid to say the thing you maybe don’t want to hear, but you need to hear. Which is important for growth.
I recognize I am breathing very privileged air to be around such an amazing team and chosen family because not everyone is fortunate enough to be here. This is part of the reason why I try to be so open and approachable for newer artists and DJs: it’s important for the sake of community to give back, especially when that door was opened to you by the universe when it didn’t have to be.
“I want to see trends die and people dig deeper into themselves”
EG: Your new EP, ‘Where The Light Shines,’ deals deeply with yearning, connection, and the things we constantly chase. Why did you need to make this body of work, and what part of yourself lives inside these records?
Baby Weight: I’m a lonely person. Like everyone, I long to be understood, to love and to be loved… we go to things like clubs and music festivals to escape, but I also feel like we need catharsis. So making myself vulnerable and talking about this stuff was about exorcising some of my demons, but also hopefully healing others in the process. Never underestimate the power of feeling seen or heard and feeling that sense of connection in a crowded room filled with others who are also in their feels.
EG: When you are deep in the flow of making music, what is it that you are actually chasing, and what does it feel like when an idea finally clicks into place?
Baby Weight: When I’m in my flow state, the music invokes images in my brain. I experience everything like it’s a movie. I’m constantly seeing things that correspond to the music, and that informs the feelings I have. I’ve said to other people that I’m constantly chasing the feeling I had when I heard ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ for the first time, which was in the pit at an LCD Soundsystem show in 2010. If I close my eyes and the music invokes that, I know I’m getting close.
EG: How did you link with TOKiMONSTA’s Young Art Records?
Baby Weight: Fate.
EG: Looking at the wider electronic music landscape today, what do you hope the culture does better, or embraces more deeply, over the next few years?
Baby Weight: Everyone needs to stop pretending they’re so fucking cool. All of us are nerds yearning to be understood. I wanna see trends die and people dig deeper into themselves. I want to see more artists create worlds for their music to live in. Throwing ass is fun, but it’s shallow. I want more than that.
“I want to see more artists create worlds for their music to live in”
EG: If you had to describe your artistic journey so far in one single word, what would it be and why?
Baby Weight: Eclectic.
EG: Looking forward, what corners of your creativity are you most excited to explore next, and what do you hope people feel when they look back at your trajectory ten years from now?
Baby Weight: I’ve always wanted to be visual with my work and to do things with intention in storytelling, so I’m focusing on that with everything I make now. In regard to what I hope other people feel? I hope they feel hope.
Baby Weight’s ‘Where The Light Shines’ is out now via Young Art Records. Stream and download your copy here.
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