Kim Min-ji (Korean: 旯�氙检; RR: Gim Minji; born 3 July 1991), known as Peggy Gou ( PEG-ee GOO; 韼橁赴 甑�; Pegi Gu), is a South Korean DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer based in Berlin, Germany. She has released seven EPs on record labels including Ninja Tune and Phonica. In 2019, she launched her own independent record label named Gudu Records, and released a DJ-Kicks compilation titled DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou, through !k7 Records. Her debut album I Hear You was released on 7 June 2024 through XL Recordings.
Peggy Gou was born Kim Min-ji in Incheon, South Korea, on 3 July 1991. Her father, Kim Chang-yong, a former journalist, is a professor of mass communication at Inje University and standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission.
Gou began classical piano lessons at age eight. At age 14, her parents sent her to London, England, to study English. She moved back to Korea when she was 18 years old, but six months later she returned to London to study fashion at the London College of Fashion. After graduating, she worked as the London correspondent editor for Harper's Bazaar Korea, and then moved to Berlin, Germany.
Kim Min-ji (Korean: 旯�氙检; RR: Gim Minji; born 3 July 1991), known as Peggy Gou ( PEG-ee GOO; 韼橁赴 甑�; Pegi Gu), is a South Korean DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer based in Berlin, Germany. She has released seven EPs on record labels including Ninja Tune and Phonica. In 2019, she launched her own independent record label named Gudu Records, and released a DJ-Kicks compilation titled DJ-Kicks: Peggy Gou, through !k7 Records. Her debut album I Hear You was released on 7 June 2024 through XL Recordings.
Peggy Gou was born Kim Min-ji in Incheon, South Korea, on 3 July 1991. Her father, Kim Chang-yong, a former journalist, is a professor of mass communication at Inje University and standing commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission.
Gou began classical piano lessons at age eight. At age 14, her parents sent her to London, England, to study English. She moved back to Korea when she was 18 years old, but six months later she returned to London to study fashion at the London College of Fashion. After graduating, she worked as the London correspondent editor for Harper's Bazaar Korea, and then moved to Berlin, Germany.