Back To Back with Willy Joy

About Back To Back with Willy Joy

Each week Willy Joy talks to the most interesting & influential people in dance & electronic music and beyond. The music industry is changing at a rapid pace. How did we get here? Where are we heading? And where do we all fit in? Willy tries to answer these questions each week with the help of his DJ friends, music industry guests and his own overactive brain.

Publisher

Willy Joy

Category

arts · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 May 2017

Latest episode

30 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

24 of 434 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   30 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   399: Mz Worthy

   Mz Worthy goes Back To Back! Willy talks with her about her new single "Smokeshow", the origins of Dirtybird, iconic New York clubbing in the 90s, going to school with Justin Martin, human vs. algorithmic curation, soundtracking your daydreams, learning to DJ without pitch control, losing and finding your creativity, pros & cons of running a record label, the San Francisco dance music legacy, Burning Man & much more! Mz Worthy: https://linktr.ee/mzworthy Willy Joy: http://linktr.ee/willyjoy PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/ https://www.sistersong.net/

2. 

   16 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   398: Water Spirit

   Water Spirit goes Back To Back! Willy talks to her about hard dance, physical music, the gym bros + queer music continuum, building self-reliance, overcoming anxiety, the difference between doing creative work for yourself or for others, machinma, creating visuals, inspiration from Lil Texas, MUST DIE!, Sophie & Honey Dijon, trans representation on lineups in 2025, ambient music, kick drum science & lots more! Water Spirit: https://linktr.ee/WaterSpiritmusic Willy Joy: http://linktr.ee/willyjoy PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/ https://www.sistersong.net/

3. 

   30 Sept 2025TRANSCRIPT

   397: Skybreak

   Skybreak goes Back To Back! Willy talks with them about the new album "HALF BLOOD", dubstep & Color Bass ancestry, UK inspiration & Jersey dance history, why subways rule, mentoring, better ways to learn production, finishing term papers at EDC, exotic sodas, touring Japan & lots more! Skybreak: https://beacons.ai/skybreakedm Willy Joy: http://linktr.ee/willyjoy PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/ https://www.sistersong.net/

Inside a recent episode

399: Mz Worthy

Published 30 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I wouldn't go like in my like every set, but like having like every, you know, once a week where I was like on like line, like playing for people and digging into like all this like different music that I had and was finding and, you know, getting a little more like vocally with like stuff. He doesn't feel like, I'm just going to play this. It's fun. I don't really care anymore. And that's definitely, I've held on to that sense. And I'm just like, I'm just going to play what I like. And I think people like it. And I feel like I can go into a lot of different styles of house music. A hundred percent. […]

Who has been a guest on Back To Back with Willy Joy

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Gryffin
• Austin Millz
• Boys Noize
• Deorro
• NGHTMRE

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

119,752

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

348 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

179 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

67

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