DJ White Shadow

Paul Edward Blair (born September 20, 1975), known by his stage name DJ White Shadow, sometimes written as DJWS, is an American music producer, musician, songwriter and DJ.

Based in Chicago, Illinois, he is best known as the producer for Lady Gaga's albums, Born This Way and Artpop.

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.

The first of which was I'm Killing Me, a five-song compilation that he released for free on his own website in 2011.

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 continued to work with Gaga, co-writing and producing much of her Artpop album which was released in 2013.

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.

Blair is also credited with partnering R Kelly with Lady Gaga for the song "Do What U Want", the second song from the album, also remixing a version of the song.

In addition to Lady Gaga, Blair has remixed songs for various other artists.

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.

He also produced and wrote songs with Gaga on the soundtrack for the 2018 film, A Star Is Born.

Blair has played in numerous cities throughout the United States and has toured as a headliner.

He has also toured with Lady Gaga internationally.

He has two kids.

In addition to his writing and producing, Blair has released three EPs as part of a Trilogy through DECON Records.

He was featured in the Anheuser-Busch Pac-Man commercial for Super Bowl XLIX, the song for which he remixed using the original Pac-Man music.

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 NFT enthusiast and collector.

He has collaborated on NFT projects and also launched his own social token ($DJWS) in 2022.

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.

Growing up in Detroit, he used to sneak out of his house to go to Techno shows when he was 15 years old.

Blair learned Japanese when he was younger and attended Western Michigan University where he studied international business.

His first year at WMU, he entered a Japanese exchange program in order to study abroad.

Blair was 17 when he held his first residency, playing at the Delta Market while attending college in Takamatsu, Japan.

He got the residency by asking the owner to play some records one night at the bar.

The owner invited Blair back to play every Thursday night which turned into his first official residency.

Despite performing as a DJ earlier in his lifetime, it was in Japan that he started getting paid to perform.

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, and went on to help write and produce nine songs on her second studio album, Born This Way.

He co-wrote and produced the album's title track "Born This Way" which went to number one on various charts and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Following the release of the album, Blair toured with Gaga for two years, performing with Gaga and working on different projects.