In 2014, Amber Giles, who DJ's as Mija, was performing at Bonnaroo when Skrillex joined her onstage for a back-to-back 6 a.m. set. The gig went viral and her audience nearly doubled overnight.
"My career was prematurely launched," Giles, now 25, tells Rolling Stone. "I didn't have a plan."
Before her ascent into the upper echelons of EDM, Giles was a classically
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: How Mija’s ‘Fk a Genre’ Ethos is Bringing Pop and EDM Kids Together