My Take
DJ Soda — real name Hwang So-hee — is one of those artists who quietly became a festival institution before the wider world caught on. Born in Seoul in 1988, she built her whole career on the live crowd energy of Asian festival circuits, becoming a fixture at events like the S2O Songkran Musical Festival in Thailand, which is basically a giant water fight with a killer soundtrack. What I find genuinely impressive is that she carved out a headliner reputation in a DJ world that still skews heavily male, doing it through consistent touring rather than one viral moment. She keeps her personal life almost entirely private, which in an era of oversharing feels like a deliberate choice I actually respect. The music does the talking, the crowd gets soaked, and she moves on to the next city. That's a pretty clean way to run a career.
Overview
Hwang So-hee (Korean: 황소희, born April 7, 1988), known by her stage name DJ Soda, is a South Korean DJ. Hwang has built her reputation on being a frequent headliner for several Asian music festivals, including "S2O Songkran Musical Festival".
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- DJ Soda
- Name (Japanese)
- DJ SODA
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- April 7, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dragon
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- disc jockey
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/deejaysoda/
- Xhttps://x.com/dj_soda_
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%20SODA
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.