MONA YIM x INTROE SONIC
Mona Yim doesn’t walk into a set with a fixed script. She arrives with a rough timeline, a selection for the opening, the peak and the close, and then lets intuition, the crowd and the energy in the room decide what happens. Her sets are built to feel like a journey, one that moves between emotional and groovy, nostalgic and electric.
Mona is a Chinese-German musician whose style blends dreamlike, nostalgic sounds with energetic dance pop. Drawing on a wide range of musical influences, she writes songs that are both intimate and relatable, and her skills as a producer and vocalist have made her one of electronic music’s most compelling new voices.
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OPEN ON YOUTUBE ↗Alongside her growing reputation as a recording artist, Mona has become a sought-after DJ, playing some of Europe’s leading festivals and venues. Her standout appearances include Sónar Lisbon, Printworks and Gala Festival in London, Pacha Ibiza, Drumsheds London, Boiler Room x DGTL in Amsterdam, Tomorrowland Colombia and Parklife Manchester. Her confirmed 2026 dates include London’s Gala Festival, Watergate Open Air and Red Bull Midsummer in Berlin.
Her music has been released through labels including Ninja Tune, Rekids and Mad Decent. She has produced three No.1 records in Germany, earned an Annie Award nomination for her film music and sound design, and won the Female Producer Prize Germany in 2023. Her tracks have featured in Netflix productions including Heartbreak High, and she has contributed sound design for global brands. Pitchfork, Numero, NME, Rolling Stone, Mixmag and DJ Mag have all backed her.
Asked to describe her work in three words, Mona chose “dreamlike, nostalgic and energetic”, which is a good summary of a set that glides between moods without losing its pulse.
Her preparation is flexible by design. The timeline gives her a shape, but nothing is fixed once she’s playing. She also likes to road-test her own new productions, sometimes finishing a demo in her hotel room just before a set because inspiration struck and she wanted to hear it on a big system.
The selection process is where much of the joy lives. “I am a huge music lover and there is nothing more exciting for me than finding new amazing songs,” she says. She enjoys digging through old playlists, discovering tracks from friends and new producers, and making edits of her own music for particular shows. Building a journey is what excites her most.
On the dancefloor, the feeling she’s after is a pairing of opposites. “I’m really drawn to sounds that feel both emotional as well as groovy,” she explains. “I really love mixing contrasting worlds.” Depending on the mood of the night, that means blending genres and styles to keep the room guessing and carry people somewhere new.
With a debut mixtape on the horizon, there’s more to come from Mona.
Her deadliest weapon is one of her own songs.
That song is “Baby Dragon”. Mona describes it as euphoric, confident, sexy and fun, and says she had a great time producing it. The reaction has been just as good every time she plays it. “I am a producer first and started DJing after,” she says, “so seeing that kind of reaction to my own music on the dance floor is the most beautiful feeling.”
Artist: MONA YIM
Production: STUDIO INTROE
Series: INTROE SONIC
Location: LONDON, UK
Full Set Tracklist
- Mona Yim ‒ Nevermind (Alternative Version)
- Burial ‒ Archangel
- Killjoy ‒ Roof It (Soul Mass Transit System Remix)
- Eliphino ‒ More Than Me
- salute, George Daniel, Nakamura Minami ‒ go! (George Daniel Remix)
- Aleksandir ‒ angel ʕ•ᴥ• ʔ
- KEESCO ‒ ESEBA
- deBasement ‒ Aftermarket Bass
- Mona Yim ‒ Nevermind
- DJ Bogdan ‒ Love Inna Basement (Midnite XTC)
- Fifi ‒ Imma Go Down
- Nick Leon, Erika de Casier ‒ Bikini
- Mona Yim ‒ Animal Crossing