India holds a special place in DJ Snake’s heart.
French DJ William Sami Etienne Grigahcine, also known as DJ Snake, takes a large amount of inspiration from India for his music.
As well as this, he is a huge fan of Bollywood. Specifically, it appears he is a fan of Huma Qureshi.
Recently, Qureshi took to her Instagram to share a video reel with her fans.
The reel features her dancing for what she says is her ‘stay at home’ Filmfare performance.
Included in the video was DJ Snake’s song ‘Taki Taki’.
The video reel came on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
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The caption read:
“My ‘Stay at Home’ performance for Filmfare #stayathome #staysafe #slay #FilmfareOnReels.”
Huma Qureshi also tagged various people in her caption, including DJ Snake.
This led to DJ Snake showering Huma Qureshi with love, leaving a series of heart emojis in the comments section.
This was reciprocated by Qureshi, who replied to him with some of her own heart emojis.
It is clear that India holds a special place in DJ Snake’s heart.
The artist, most popular for songs such as ‘Lean On’, ‘Let Me Love You’ and ‘Taki Taki’, chose India as the place to perform songs from his album Carte Blanche for the first time in 2019.
Speaking of his love for India, DJ Snake said:
“I am so happy to be coming back to India. When I was there during Holi, the energy and vibe were so positive.
“It is always amazing when you travel with your work to see festivals celebrated and learn their meetings. I always like to learn when I travel and that was incredible.”
DJ Snake speaks highly of India, and constantly praises the country and its fans for their influence on his music.
Speaking of his album Carte Blanche, he said:
“I am excited to play my newest album, Carte Blanche for everyone there.
“I had such an amazing response from my Indian fans I couldn’t not come back this year and play it to them.”
“I read all their comments, I feel the love all the time, and I wanted to come and end the year here. It was important to me.
“India has been a huge influence on my music and ‘Magenta Riddim’ from my album was inspired from there and the video is shot there.”
DJ Snake’s newest song ‘Selfish Love‘ features Selena Gomez and came out in March 2021.