DJ White Shadow

Paul Edward Blair (born September 20, 1978), known by his stage name DJ White Shadow and sometimes written as DJWS, is an American music producer, musician, songwriter and DJ. He served as a producer for Lady Gaga's albums, Born This Way and Artpop. Blair also produced and wrote songs with Gaga on the soundtrack for the 2018 film, A Star Is Born. He has played in numerous cities throughout the United States and has toured as a headliner. Blair has also toured with Lady Gaga internationally. His remixes have appeared in other television commercials including for Beats by Dre. Blair won a Grammy Award in 2020 for his work on the A Star Is Born soundtrack.

Outside of music, Blair is a Non-fungible token (NFT) enthusiast and collector. He has collaborated on NFT projects and also launched his own social token ($DJWS) in 2022.

Early life and education Paul Edward Blair spent his younger years on a farm in Ohio and started collecting records when he was in second grade. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan, when he was in fifth grade and he purchased his first set of turntables at the age of 16.

Career After returning from Japan, Blair worked in various clubs and performed at parties throughout the midwest. He gained prominence in the Detroit techno scene and moved around from Detroit to New York prior to settling in Chicago. He eventually began playing for corporate clients that included Google, Nike, Playboy, and Guinness. He held residence at it-nightspot Hyde in Los Angeles where he eventually ran into Lady Gaga.

Blair met Lady Gaga during one of his shows in Los Angeles, He co-wrote the lead single "Applause" which reached #1 on numerous charts and was performed live by Gaga at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. For Artpop, Blair worked with Gaga recording 70 to 100 songs, later performing at ArtRave, a two-day event hosted by Gaga to promote the album.

In addition to Lady Gaga, Blair has remixed songs for various other artists. In 2010 he remixed "Fall in Love" and "Freak", two singles from Estelle that were later released as part of her 2012 album All of Me. The following year he remixed two songs that appeared on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 12: The Good Fun Issue, also playing at the album release party. In 2012 Blair remixed a version of Chris Brown's song "Don't Wake Me Up". His remix also appeared on Brown's Germany Digital Remix EP of the same song. Blair also mixed Time of Our Lives a compilation released by Pitbull and Ne-Yo in 2014. Blair has released three EPs as part of a trilogy through Decon Records. The first of which was I'm Killing Me, a five-song compilation that he released for free on his own website in 2011. The second, Pussy, Drugs, Fear, was released in 2013, with the third, The Clock is Ticking, released the same year.

Blair's work in music took him to television when was hired by Anheuser-Busch to work on its #upforanything campaign for the 2015 Super Bowl. He was featured in the company's "Coin" advertisement that featured a life size maze resembling the 1980 video game Pac-Man. The music for the commercial was a remix of the original Pac-Man music, mixed by DJ White Shadow himself.

In 2015, Blair was named the North American music director of W Hotels where he continues to oversee musical branding in over 25 of the company's locations. In 2016, W Hotels partnered with Billboard on an emerging artist series called Next Up that Blair also worked on. Blair was also the man behind the hotel chain's "W Sound Suites" which are recording studios located within select W Hotels and available to touring musicians. The first W Sound Suite was inaugurated in May 2016 at W Bali - Seminyak. The first North American Sound Suite opened in April 2017 at W Seattle.

After the launch of the Sound Suite in Seattle, Blair announced that he had recently finished six weeks of studio work with Lady Gaga. In September 2017, the soundtrack for My Little Pony: The Movie was released which Blair executive produced. That same month, he headlined the Green Tie Ball to benefit Gateway Green in Chicago. In October, Lady Gaga revealed that Blair would be the main producer on her next album for A Star Is Born. Blair has referred to Joanne album as the "little sister" of Gaga's 4th studio album, Artpop.

In 2018, he co-wrote and produced 6 of the 19 songs on the soundtrack for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 2018 film, A Star Is Born. The soundtrack debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Blair collaborated with artist Romero Britto in 2021 on a NFT project to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Discography Extended plays + List of EPs, with year released Title Album details I'm Killing Me Released: 2011 Label: Decon Records Formats: Digital downloadPussy Drugs Fear Released: 2013 Label: Decon Records Format: Digital downloadThe Clock Is Ticking Released: 2013 Label: Decon Records Format: Digital download

Production Year Title Artist Album 2002 "Yu-Gi-Oh! Theme" Yu-Gi-Oh!Yu-Gi-Oh! Music to Duel By "Time to Duel" "I'm Back" "Exodia" "World of Yu-Gi-Oh!" 2004 "For The People" The Black Eyed Peas Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie "One Card Short" James Chatton "Step Up" Jean Rodriguez "Shadow Games" Trixie Reiss "It's Over" Fatty Koo "U Better Fear Me" The Deleted "Power Within" Dan Metreyeon "Believe In" Skwib 2011 "Born This Way" Lady Gaga Born This Way "The Edge of Glory" "Government Hooker" "Americano" "Bloody Mary" "Black Jesus + Amen Fashion" "Bad Kids" "Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)" "Electric Chapel" 2013 "Applause"Artpop "Do What U Want" Lady GagaR. Kelly "Venus" Lady Gaga "Sexxx Dreams" "Jewels N' Drugs" Lady GagaT.IToo ShortTwista "Manicure" Lady Gaga "Artpop" "Swine"2017 "Swish Swish" Katy PerryNicki MinajWitness "Save as Draft" Katy Perry "Sexy Body" PitbullJennifer LopezClimate Change "Dedicated" PitbullR. KellyAustin Mahone "Thank You for Being a Friend" Rachel Platten My Little Pony: The Movie "Can You Feel It" DNCE "I'll Chase the Sky" Jessie James Decker "No Better Feelin'" CL "Neighsayer" Lukas Nelson 2018 "Look What I Found" Lady Gaga A Star Is Born "Heal Me" "Is That Alright?" "Why Did You Do That?" "Hair Body Face" "Before I Cry"2024 "Guilty Pleasure"JoJo SiwaGuilty Pleasure

Remixes Year Title Artist 2010 "Fall in Love (DJ White Shadow Remix)" Estelle "Freak (DJ White Shadow Remix)" 2011 "Born This Way (DJ White Shadow Remix)" Lady Gaga "Judas (Dj White Shadow Remix)" "Scheiße (DJ White Shadow Remix)" 2012 "Don't Wake Me Up (Dj White Shadow Remix)" Chris Brown 2014 "Applause (DJ White Shadow Trap Remix)" Lady Gaga "Applause (DJ White Shadow Electrotech Remix)" "Do What U Want (DJ White Shadow Remix)" Lady GagaR. Kelly "Time of Our Lives" PitbullNe-Yo2015 "DJ White Shadow vs. PacMan"Namco2019 "Go Go Power Rangers (DJ White Shadow Remix)"Ron Wasserman"EDENへ (Remixed by DJ White Shadow)" UVERworld