“Spray Tan” is out everywhere now

On May 8th, rising LA-based DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter Disco Shrine released her high-octane, bass-heavy single “Spray Tan,” a club track oozing in boss babe self-confidence, and all about wanting to get a spray tan! Two important aspects of life.

Written during her first session with producer Taylor Dubrey, the track turns LA absurdity — every spray tan in town booked solid during Coachella season — into a song about wanting to look hot, feel hotter, and not taking any of it too seriously.

The song arrives as part of a new wave of music from Disco that began in 2025 with the release of “Disco Daddy,” in which she experiments with the club-ready sounds she’s been playing at her live DJ sets. A decisive move to leave behind the “emotional R&B, slower pop” of her 2021 EP, Xoxo, Disco, this new lane thrives on campy, it-girl world-building.

The accompanying music video extends the through-line. The Blondetourage, Disco Shrine’s recurring crew of misfits, first introduced in 2025’s “Illegally Blonde,” returns to an auto body shop where Disco Shrine herself is the object on the lift being polished. Glam-pop artist Bonavega comes back in a new role as aura overseer. Across these videos, Disco Shrine is treating her catalog less like a string of singles and more like a continuing story — what she calls, capital C’s included, the Disco Shrine Cinematic C**tiverse.

I recently had an opportunity to chat with Disco Shrine. Check it out below.

INTERVIEW

It’s release day for “Spray Tan.” How are you feeling about it?

I’m excited. This is one of my favorite songs ever that I’ve made, and I’m so genuinely proud of it. I just feel happy that it’s out.

Can you walk me through how this song came about? You mentioned the Coachella connection, but I’d love to hear how it actually came together.

It was actually last year. I was trying to get a spray tan around March or April, and I just kept calling around to places by my house — I live in West Hollywood — and they were like, “We’re booked until next week.” Nobody had any availability. I was like, “What is happening? It’s not even summer. And then I was like, “Oh, okay, Coachella, that makes sense. I just thought it was funny, and I wrote “spray tan” down in my notes app — which is filled to the brim with random ideas and funny phrases I refer to when I write songs.

Then I had a session with a producer who I got connected with through his manager, Taylor Dubray, we call him Doobie. He had just moved to LA from Nashville. It was our first time even meeting each other. We were talking about what to write about, and I was like, well, we could talk about this thing about me not being able to get a spray tan around LA, being really annoying. We both thought it was funny. We started with that synth bass that you hear in “Spray Tan”, and after that, it just flowed. It was just the two of us in the room. We were like, whoa, did we just write a club banger?

A lot of the songs that I’ve been releasing this past release cycle have been with artists I’ve been working with for a long time. With Taylor, we had just met for the very first time, and we vibed so well. It’s cool seeing something come into fruition with a new artistic mind in the mix.

Do you feel like not knowing each other before helped create that kismet experience?

I think so. He probably thought I was so unhinged — this is a pretty unhinged song. He had just come from Nashville and, like, Nashville’s fire, but I don’t think they’re as unhinged as I am. The cool thing about our dynamic is that he’s so open to weird ideas, and I’m the kind of girl to give the weirdest ideas. I’m very much like, we try everything no matter how crazy it is — if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. But low-key it usually works. He just matched my energy really well. I came in unhinged. It’s an unhinged song. The first line is “I’m naked and baking.” We just decided to go there on a random weekday in LA.

Have you guys made anything else? Are you working on other stuff?

Yes. I love him now. We work together so well. We have a few other songs that we’re working on that I’m super excited about. So you’ll definitely hear more from us.

Can you tell me a little about the sound that’s inspiring you right now? Listening to your songs, there have been some shifts.

It changes so much — in my brain, they’re micro changes, but in general, I just follow what I like and what I don’t like. In the studio, if I vibe to it, then it goes. I don’t really put rules on myself like, oh, I have to stick to this sound. It’s more like, do I like it? And if I like it, then it’s me, because it feels like me.

As far as inspiration goes, I have so many artists I’m loving right now. I love Ninajirachi — I went on tour with her last year, and she’s just blowing up. I’m so happy for her. I love the concept of her last album. I love Fcukers — they’re so good, I relate to them so much. And I’m gonna keep saying this because I feel like a broken record: I love Madonna. I’m so excited for the Madonna comeback. I’m kind of holding my breath waiting for Confessions 2 to come out.

You were mentioning Ninajirachi’s concept album. Looking at your videos, it’s clear that concept worlds are important to you. Can you talk about the “Spray Tan” music video and how it connects to the larger cinematic universe you’re building?

I like to call what we’re creating the Disco Shrine Cinematic C*ntiverse — with capital C’s. It really all started with “Illegally Blonde,” and it kind of started with Disco Daddy in the sense that Disco Daddy is an alter-ego persona I’ve embodied for this new era of dance music.

When I released Illegally Blonde, I made the music video, and I was like, I need to have a Blondetourage. I sort of coined that term. The whole concept for “Illegally Blonde” is, I’m put in jail, and then the Blondetourage breaks me out — and then all of a sudden, the police officer turns into a stripper and joins the Blondetourage, and we all run away together. So for “Spray Tan,” I was like, we need to bring the Blondetourage back. It’s a follow-through on that story. We just escaped jail, we’re living our best lives, and all of a sudden, we see an auto body shop that’s like, “free spray tans.” So we go in and basically terrorize this auto body shop. We also take the mechanics and have them strip and join the entourage as well.

The big theme for my videos is going into male-dominated spaces and wreaking havoc — terrorizing them, but eventually getting them to convert into the disco vibe and Blondetourage.

Watch the “Spray Tan” music video

Bonavega is in the video, and he has a specific role. How did that come about?

He’s our pimp daddy. Or maintainer. Bonavega and I have known each other forever because we both grew up doing the LA local music scene — gigging and playing shows all over town. Bonavega has always been iconic. I just reached out to him. He’s so multi-talented, and I was like, if anyone is going to be in the Blondetourage, it’s him. He was so down, and he killed it in Illegally Blonde. So I was like, we need you back for “Spray Tan,” we can’t do it without our pimp daddy. He’s booked and busy — he literally hopped off a flight the same day of the music video shoot, from another shoot he had, and drove straight from the airport to ours just for us. The Blondetourage really does show up and show out. When daddy calls, they come.

As a DJ, you’re playing a lot of other people’s music alongside yours. Does that change what you’re willing to put into your own tracks? Does it raise the bar?

100%. I relate to that so much because my last EP, xoxo, disco, I love it so much. It was really meaningful to me, but it’s a lot more emotional R&B, slower pop kind of vibes — everything is maybe 90 to 100 BPM. That is fun. But since I released that EP, DJing really took off for me, and I was touring so much DJing that it didn’t always make sense for me to play my own music live.

I love DJing. Getting a room full of people to dance and dancing with them and connecting on music at that level is so important to me. So that’s what I set out to do with all this new music. No matter what I make, I’m always thinking about what this will be like live — not just for me, but for people too. Dance music intrinsically is not just about yourself; it’s about community.

When I’m in the studio, I’d love to be like, I don’t care what people think, I do what I want — but I am thinking about, like, ” Alright, are we going to do a fake-out drop before the chorus hits? Probably not, because honestly, I want to feed the people. Why fake them out? I like to give people what they want. And I think about what I like when I go to the club, what I want to listen to. The cool thing is, with dance music, you can say crazy shit.

Some fans in California will be lucky to see you this summer. What can folks expect from the upcoming shows?

It’s almost Pride, so I have a bunch of stuff coming up — some that’s not announced yet. But one I’m very excited about is San Diego Pride. I’m also playing Subculture at Catch One in LA — that’s a super fun party. And I may have a few other things as well. Go on my Bandsintown. 

“Spray Tan” is out everywhere now. Stream here.