🎶 Do Not Let Your Cousin Touch the Playlist: A Cautionary Tale

Because one bad request can tank your dance floor and your family group chat.

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Every family has one.

The cousin who insists they “have great taste in music.”
The cousin who once DJ’d their friend’s 22nd birthday on a Bluetooth speaker in a barn and now thinks they’re Tiësto.
The cousin who shows up with a USB drive, a dream, and zero respect for your vibe.

Let me be clear:
Do not let your cousin touch the playlist.
I say this not out of judgment, but from experience.
Dark, real-world, wedding-vibe-derailing experience.

Allow me to share a tale.

🎧 Scene 1: The Setup

It was a beautiful wedding.
The ceremony? Dreamy.
The dinner? Delish.
The timeline? Gliding like butter on a hot roll.

As your trusty DJ, I was spinning a perfect mix of crowd-pleasers, couple faves, and spontaneous sing-alongs. The dance floor was packed, the grandparents were grooving, and the groomsmen were already two buttons too deep into their dress shirts.

Then it happened.

Your cousin (we’ll call him Kyle, because of course) appeared beside the DJ booth, cradling a drink and oozing confidence.

“Yo. I got a song that’ll take this to the next level. Trust me.”

The moment he said “trust me,” I knew I should not.

📀 Scene 2: The Request

I gently asked, “What’s the vibe?”
He smirked.

“It’s a deep cut. Underground. But once it hits? CHAOS.”

Spoiler alert: It was a six-minute SoundCloud remix of an unreleased dubstep track by a DJ named $ludgeWave420.
And it hit the crowd like a fart in an elevator.

💥 Scene 3: The Collapse

I cued it up, because I believed in humanity.
Thirty seconds in:

• The dance floor cleared like someone had yelled “free cake” in the opposite direction.

• Grandma looked concerned.

• The flower girl covered her ears and whispered, “Make it stop.”

• A bridesmaid pulled me aside and said, “This is giving… villain origin story.”

Cousin Kyle was dancing alone, lost in a chaotic fog of confidence and synth drops.
Everyone else was looking at me like I had committed a crime.

And in that moment, I learned (again):
Never let the cousin control the vibe.

🤯 Scene 4: The Aftermath

After the song ended (finally), I switched gears. Hard.
I dropped “Shout” like it was a lifeline.
The crowd reemerged from the shadows.
People cautiously returned to the dance floor, like deer testing a meadow after a thunderstorm.

The wedding was saved. But the trust?
It had been broken.
Kyle was banned from the booth.
And the bride gave me a look that said, “You’re lucky I like you.”

🧠 Moral of the Story:

Yes, your cousin may have a “sick playlist.”
Yes, they might even own a pair of headphones.
But unless they are a professional DJ who knows how to read a room, mix a vibe, and prevent dance floor disasters?

Do not let them near the music.

At weddings, the playlist isn’t just a collection of songs.
It’s the emotional architecture of the night.
And in the wrong hands, it can go from “best night ever” to “remember when Kyle played aggressive electro-funk during the cake cutting?”

🎤 Final Thought:

At DJ Rock My World, I take song requests seriously—but I also protect the flow like it’s sacred.
I’ve got your must-plays. I’ve got your do-not-plays.
And I’ve got the experience to say, “Great idea, Kyle, but let’s maybe save that one for your personal playlist.”

Because weddings deserve magic, not “surprise hardcore EDM at 8:15 p.m.”

👉 Want a DJ who listens to requests, reads the room, and gently saves your cousin from themselves?

🎧 Let’s keep the playlist in the right hands at DJRockMyWorld.com
💌 I’ll bring the beats, the transitions, and the courage to say no to SludgeWave420.

Because some things belong in the family—and some things definitely don’t belong on the wedding playlist.

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