Tiësto caught up with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025.
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00:00Tiesto I heard you're going for a two-peat tonight, you know, you won last year nominated again this year. How's that feel?
00:05It feels amazing. I mean, I have a very heavy competition tonight, you know, it's a Calvin Harrison David Guetta and Kylie Minogue and Dua Lipa
00:13Come on, come on. And I mean, I feel like the dance community is a very tight community. So it's a friendly competition
00:18Do you guys joke about like being nominated in categories like this together? Yeah
00:22Yeah, we love each other, but we're also competitors. We all like to win
00:27That's the truth and I mean I feel like in the dance world you guys play so many shows you're so busy all the time
00:32Tell me what is your number one trick to like staying alert staying energetic and keeping it up?
00:37I think pacing yourself is key nowadays, you know, it's so much going on the world so much stuff within the music business and
00:45Just pacing yourself focus on there on your music
00:49That's the only thing you can do. Okay pace yourself man
00:52And of course dance music is all about collaborating you get you get to work with so many new people James Charles was just like
00:58Hey, man, I want to work with you
00:59You know
00:59So when you have an event like this and Gaga and and Mariah and all that stuff
01:03Who would you see up from the stage that you want to work?
01:06Well, I just discovered Lola Young, you know messy song. That's really my vibe. I like I like her voice so much
01:12So I would love to work with her. But you know, there's a lot of talented people out there
01:18so
01:19Don't don't you don't you there you go. Oh my man. Come on Tiesto and don't I mean, no, we great
01:25Yeah, and don't she's actually being honored at our women in music as the woman of the year
01:29So what do you feel is so special about her? I think she's just incredibly talented
01:33You know her personality and her music and everything. So it's she's amazing. Well, you're a legend man. Good luck tonight
01:40I hope you get to take home a second trophy
01:42There you go. Have a go