Sumiko Iwamuro is life goals.
By day, the 82-year-old Japanese woman runs a Chinese restaurant with her brother and by night, she DJs at a club in Tokyo. Iwamuro, who goes by the name DJ Sumirock in the club, started DJing in her 70s after her husband passed away, according to Mashable.
In a video from Al Jazeera, Iwamuro explained that the music she creates is “fundamentally techno music,” but she adds jazz and classical music to her sets to mix it up.
“When I spin the tables, I just want to match the beat,” Iwamuro told Al Jazeera. “But the best thing is for my audience to enjoy themselves.”
As club-goer Fuminari Fujii told Reuters: “She’s got this energy that goes beyond age.”
And, boy, is Fujii right. Watch DJ Sumirock spin some sick beats in the YouTube video below.
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