DJ Snake, the Paris producer behind “Turn Down for What” and “Lean On”, played Drumsheds in his first London show for more than three years.
DJ Snake, the Paris producer behind “Turn Down for What” and “Lean On”, played Drumsheds in Meridian Water on Friday 10 October 2025. It was his first London show in more than three years.
William Grigahcine was born in Paris in 1986 to Algerian parents and grew up in the suburb of Ermont. Graffiti gave him his nickname, because he was good at evading the police. He started DJing at 14 and producing at 19, and worked on Lady Gaga’s Born This Way and Artpop before his own debut single.
His track with Lil Jon reached number four on the US Hot 100 in 2013, and the one with Major Lazer and MØ topped charts in nine countries in 2015. His debut album, Encore, followed in 2016 with “Let Me Love You”, and “Taki Taki”, with Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B, arrived on Carte Blanche in 2019.
He cites the film La Haine and the rappers KRS-One and Cypress Hill as early influences. His sets move between trap, hip-hop, house and dubstep, and he played Coachella in 2015.
The night was his first in the room, and he brought tracks from an album still to be released.