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- 0:00Speaker 1: S dirig from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
- 0:03Speaker 2: There might not be another mainstream djay on Earth as
- 0:05Speaker 2: eclectic a catalog of hits as French, Algerian extraordinary DJ Snake,
- 0:09Speaker 2: who's given us everything from let Me Love You with
- 0:12Speaker 2: Justin Bieber to Turn Down for What, from Little John
- 0:14Speaker 2: to disco mcgreb, which infuses Algerian music. But his sonic
- 0:19Speaker 2: diversity isn't some conscious decision. It's simply that he'd be
- 0:22Speaker 2: bored stiff any other way, he tells Billboard. When you're
- 0:25Speaker 2: in music, your art has to be solid, it has
- 0:28Speaker 2: to touch people. There has to be emotion, but it
- 0:30Speaker 2: has to connect with the audience. I don't understand artists
- 0:33Speaker 2: who make the same song every time they have a
- 0:36Speaker 2: hit with something, then they make five follow ups with
- 0:38Speaker 2: the same rhythm, the same guitar. I'd go crazy. That's
- 0:41Speaker 2: why I always need to reinvent myself and offer something different.
- 0:45Speaker 2: That's the words a DJ snake whose ability to harness
- 0:47Speaker 2: the sounds of music worldwide might have something to do
- 0:50Speaker 2: with his global popularity. That said, nowhere is he as
- 0:53Speaker 2: beloved as in his native country. He just broke a
- 0:56Speaker 2: record by selling out the nation's largest venue stop the Front,
- 1:00Speaker 2: right there, outside of Paris in only three minutes.
- 1:03Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood