me n ü (@heyyyitsmenu) return with “YOUR EYES,” a new solo single built for the warmer side of their hope house lane, with a summer release window that lines up with a busy run of upcoming shows. The sister duo will appear at Breakaway Music Festival, Into The Horizon, Badlands Music Festival, and Tomorrowland this year, alongside support dates with Forester in May and Kid Cudi in June.
That packed schedule gives the track a clear live context, since its vocal sample, synth work, and romantic tone feel shaped for open-air sets and late-night movement.
The single also gives a useful entry point into the way me n ü think about DJing, writing, and life outside the club. Their answers below keep circling back to memory, travel, conversation, and the small pieces of real life that end up guiding what they make and play. They talk about asking strangers what they love and hate about clubbing, using that feedback to adjust their sets, and letting emotion guide their creative decisions without turning inspiration into a forced exercise.
For me n ü, those ideas connect directly to how they move through their career right now, from hectic travel days to last-minute gig prep to the moment the crowd brings everything back into focus. Below, they get into the non-musical inputs that shape their sets, the rituals they keep before shows, and the London trip that reconnected them with their roots.
Interview With me n ü
What parts of your life outside of music have ended up shaping your approach in the booth the most?
A lot of our most specific and meaningful memories in our lives are tied to songs. Those feelings and those songs are why we decided to make music, and they are what we are constantly trying to recreate in our original music and in our sound in the booth.
Do you find inspiration in non-musical places, such as conversations, art, nature, or travel? What stays with you?
100%. Anything can be the thing that inspires us: locations, conversations with friends, traveling. When looking for inspiration, we try to go about our daily lives normally, and we leave ourselves open. As producers and DJs, we are emotion-based. We look for things that create a certain pull or feeling inside of us. It can be anything for any reason, and the inspiration comes from that pull.
Has there been a moment where something completely outside the club changed the way you DJ?
We love asking strangers and random people what their favorite and least favorite parts of clubbing and going to shows are. Hearing their answers has completely changed our perspective on live shows and has moved our DJ style toward the listener.
Do you think DJs should actively seek inspiration from outside the scene, or let it come naturally?
We think it should come naturally. Most of our inspiration is outside of the scene anyway. Each person has their own unique process, and all we can do is harness ours.
How does your daily rhythm or lifestyle affect the feeling you bring to your sets?
Honestly, our daily lifestyle is traveling to shows or working on different parts of our career. It is hectic and quick-paced. Normally, our music feels super healing and euphoric, which might be a bit of medicine after the crazy day we have had.
Do you keep any practices that help you reset or reconnect before gigs?
We have a good luck charm that we swear by. During soundcheck, we do one random transition to get a feel for the decks. It is silly, and we swear it gives us a good show. We wish we could say we do holistic things like meditate, and normally we are on our phones or doing last-minute prep. The minute we hit the stage and see the crowd, that is what really reconnects us to the show.
What is something recent from your real life that changed the kind of music you have been playing or digging for?
We recently went to London and got completely reinspired and reconnected to our roots. We have been making so many edits, and most of our set is now completely custom IDs from that trip. It was life-changing for us as creators.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
