Artist of the Month: Jayda G

“It’s a wild ride,” Jayda G begins, having had her life turned upside down – in the best way possible – after becoming a mum. “It’s super fun, though, and I don't think people talk about that part enough,” the DJ, Grammy-nominated producer, biologist, podcast host, and documentarian attests. 

Perhaps expectedly, pregnancy and parenting has provided much influence for the British Columbia-born, London-based artist. “It’s added a huge layer of depth to life, which helps in terms of subject matter, and it’s given me a lot more to write about,” she considers. Her new single, the acid-tinged house groover ‘Uncomfortable’, is “completely about that”. 

“It was my first session back with people I didn't know,” she recalls, describing the concept as “strange because you're going into a room with people you've never met to create something… it can be quite awkward”. However, this wasn’t a concern on the day that Jayda and “awesome” songwriters Neave Applebaum and Abi Flynn came up with ‘Uncomfortable’. “I remember Abi asking me, ‘How do you feel?’ I was really honest and said ‘uncomfortable’. 

“At that point, I was still feeling really awkward in my body and mentally really awkward,” she remembers, detailing that the song is about that “weird blending of your life – the before the baby and after the baby, but the after the baby has only been a few months, so it's not like you feel good in it. It’s not bad, but you’re trying to get into the groove in it, and you've never done it before.” 

Lyrically, the earworm hook – “I’ve got to let it go” – embodies Jayda’s realisation. “I have to let go of that idea of my old life and how I felt, because now this is a whole new reality.” She also sees it as a reminder to let things go in general – “when I think of that I feel quite powerful, so I hope people are able to feel that too.”

As is often the case with Jayda’s discography, ‘Uncomfortable’ still manages to sound euphoric despite its emotional and deeply personal core. “That’s my MO,” Jayda says, recalling the contrasts within her song ‘Both Of Us’. ““I can love enough for the both of us” is such a sad lyric, but the piano has an uplifting, joyful piano house vibe… we tend to like that juxtaposition in dance music.”

The decision to release ‘Uncomfortable’ on her label, JMG Recordings, was simple: she wanted to share it with the world as quickly as possible. “When you're releasing on someone else's label it can take forever, so I decided to go for it on my own this time around.” 

While her creativity has peaked since starting a family, some aspects of being an artist have proved challenging. For example, finding time to get in the studio now requires far more scheduling. “I have to be very methodical about that… the days of being in the studio for 10-hour stretches are long gone, so I have to really plan it, which is the case for every little bit of life now.” 

Luckily, though, she has a home studio. “That helps a lot,” Jayda says, despite her son recently learning she’s only at the bottom of the garden. “He will plaster himself against the window and just be banging and shouting.” At that point, the nanny steps in and distracts. Nonetheless, Jayda finds these moments funny: “it’s like ‘oh, you finally clocked it! I've actually been here all along’”. 

Going back on tour has been a journey in itself too. “It was hard at the beginning, especially navigating what it all looked like,” she recalls. “We tried hard to not do too much all at once, and slowly ease into it instead.” It’s almost business as usual for 2026, though, as she has shows booked almost every weekend. 

Having kicked the year off with a Japan tour that became a family trip, her high-profile gigs for Q1 include Space Miami (for the Selection 15th anniversary), CODA in Toronto and a Valentine’s weekend takeover of London club KOKO. "We're back at it,” Jayda laughs, adding that she’ll be flying in and out for weekends, which is something new in itself. “Even with the States, normally I would go for a couple weeks and make the most of being over there, but I can't be away that long. There’s a lot of adjustments,” she concludes.

But with testing out new material being crucial for DJs, Jayda is thankful to be back on the road already. “That’s my barometer, because I have to be able to play them,” she says, adding that her recent sets have featured a lot of unreleased tracks. “It’s been so cool because people are clocking it and asking what it is,” she enthuses of ‘Uncomfortable’. “It makes me feel like it's doing something good.” 

As for the other undisclosed track IDs, she says that “vibe-wise, they're definitely fun”, cryptically adding that “they’re floating around, but people have got to actually pay attention”. 

Like with ‘Uncomfortable’, their lyrics “pick at different parts of my postpartum life, and life in general”, she continues.

A flurry of these will be released on iconic British dance imprint Ministry of Sound throughout the year. “There’s so much music,” she teases. “I feel like these songs have been heating up my seat so I can't wait for them to be out.” 

It’s not just her own material, either, as Jayda has somehow managed to find time to deliver more remixes following last year’s reworking of ‘The Mood’ for Grammy-nominated UK R&B trio FLO – although she can’t say much about them yet. “I'm really excited for the projects I've been offered,” she shares. 

Having achieved so much already in her career as an artist – including being tapped up to put her spin on songs by pop megastars Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa, and playing everywhere from Glastonbury and Coachella to Boiler Room and Ibiza – Jayda’s goals are a little different for this year. “Feeling back into myself again, because that takes a long time after having a baby, even just physically,” she ponders, adding that she’s now part of a mum DJ WhatsApp group with the likes of Logic1000 and Jamz Supernova in which they share music-specific questions or provide some much-needed camaraderie.

Attempting to reach some sort of conclusion, she reflects on 2025 as “a lot of growing pains”, whereas this year I feel like I understand the lay of the land a bit better”. Having now entered a new phase of her career, Jayda G is proving that motherhood and club culture can coexist in happy harmony. 

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