Welcome to Young Hollywood. com. All right, guys, we're hanging out with David Guetta, Capitol Records. You went from DJing for decades to now being a number one world-renowned producer. How does that feel?

I'm really excited that, you know, our music is not seen anymore like a side thing now in America, you know, it's really growing and and getting really huge now.

So when you say our music, what music are you referring to?

You know, electronic culture, DJ culture, dance music, you know, but uh what I'm doing really is kind of a mix between that electronic culture from Europe and the urban culture from America. And I think this is what really is like new and exciting and this is why it's so big.

You've definitely been a huge instrument in reshaping music. You're bringing the hip hop and the electronic dance, as you've said. You're kind of combining the two. How did you come about that?

It's kind of an accident. I mean, I've always loved to listen hip hop at home when I'm playing as a DJ, dance beats in some like, I don't know, since 20 years or something, you know. I made that accident with Kelly Rowland and that was my first experience with an R&B singer and it went really well. And on the same week, Will. i. am called me and asked me to produce some tracks for the Black Eyed Peas, so I produced I Gotta Feeling and Rock That Body was them. And when we were together in the studio, it was like magic. From the first minute, it was crazy and I was like, that's it. That's what I want to do, you know.

You just completed a single with Fergie. Getting Over You with Fergie and LMFAO and Chris Willis. All the things I know right now. If I only knew back then. There's no getting over. No getting over. Just no getting over you. Wish I could.

She's amazing. She's like, it's crazy because I've seen her rapping, I've seen her like singing like pop music. I've seen her singing rock. And it's like, she can do anything, you know.

You were talking a little bit about the US music scene and the Euro music scene and how this was kind of a perfect collaboration of both. Can you tell us the differences that you've noticed?

Well, you know, um, the thing is, here it was like all about rock and hip hop. And dance music was like kind of a, whereas in Europe, it's been huge for such a long time and and on the radio, like, like the number two radio in my country, France, is a dance format. Well, I mean, we're not there yet in America, but I think, you know, people are much more open-minded now. For example, when we met Sexy Bitch with Akon, even his own camp did not believe it could work in America. And they were like, "Oh, we have a monster for Europe." And I'm like, "No, we have a monster, period." You know? Why? Why only for Europe? You know? That's all I want to do. So I can pull her close. I'm trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful. Damn, girl. Akon, I was on stage with him uh performing When Love Takes Over just before him. And then he went on stage just after me. And he was like, "It's you again. That's crazy. Where are you from? I want to work with you." And we went to the studio, we just met. We went to the studio on the night. We met Sexy Bitch in one night.

I want to know your secrets. What do you have to include in a song? Is there a certain component that you always include?

Well, the way I do it is always melancholy and sadness and a and something that is very happy at the same time. And that's my main thing. If I can make people, you know, want to dance and at the same time touch their heart with a melody, a song, then that's it's a it's a good record.

He's David Guetta. Thank you for visiting me at the studio. Stay Young, Young Hollywood. Bye.