The Queef Jerky Rave Disaster 

Commenting on behalf of Alice The Club staff members - we would like to discuss booking Queef Jerky and Jondren Hwang again

your confidence and borderline insanity is something i envy deeply

Picasso didnt make the mona lisa on canva is the funniest sentence ive ever heard

"yea i can dj" ... " DJ'S WEAR HEADPHONES??"

the fact that your first dj set was opening for skrillex and dylan brady is clinically insane and you should be proud

I know it’s all a joke but it feels like dev has really been doubting herself recently and I just want to say I really adore and love your content and music I think you are so uniquely whimsical and carefree and funny that it’s so refreshing and entertaining watching your videos and your music is sick. Please continue to do what makes you happy and don’t ever doubt yourself because you will slowly develop a cult fanbase I’m sure of it

5:30 That "oof" is the most terrifying response imaginable.

I started laughing of sadness when she said ' btw, skrillex is here'' I would be at a loss for words too🤣

the ginormous FART noise when you touched the turntable SENT ME

alice longyu gao asking someone who's never dj'd to dj at their party and you agreeing to it is so on brand for both of you. in a good way.

the casual reveal this was a 45-minute set was crazy

I can’t believe Dev hired a criminal to queef at her concert. Crazy.

transition between cyberpunk fairy and nightstand is the best transition ever

I see progress and thats important, thats why they call you DEVELOPMENT LEMONS

queef jerky and skrillex at the same show is insane I dont think this event actually happened its a psyop

You know how I figured out how to dj? I died. No joke. I died and suddenly the next day I knew how to dj. One day, couldn’t mix ice and water, next day? Professional level dj. True story, can’t explain it. Spent 4 years trying to learn how and suddenly I could just do it.

an absolute rollercoaster, but think of this as a musical career fake out. make them think u arent a professional musician and then BAM show em how its done

What people didn't realize was that her DJ set was the song of the summer.

dev youre literally one of the funniest ppl on this earth, not to mention your immaculate music

That NFL remix is actually insane

I'm a DJ too and I play your music all the time on my radio show. Gonna give the new single a spin on Friday. Speaking of transitions I've literally gone from 1950s Doo wop to Ghosted My Dentist before so it's all good Dev.

You’ve got 170k monthly listeners on Spotify, plus a decent following on YT, so I wouldn’t say that “nothing is working” for you. Just keep doing what you’re doing, you made the numbers go from 0 to that, there’s no reason they can’t double, and then double again.

I can't fckin believe you opened for Skrillex on your first gig. You put that on your resume and you'll start seeing more gigs coming your way lmao! amazing video xD

This series is really fun. I like how it feels both sarcastic and very real

This story had me laughing the entire way through. Skrillex just showing up to DJ has me dying. Way to roll with the punches though.

your moral compass is eternally pointed to the funny, I respect it

I can super relate to this. I am a 3D animator who was once hired by a local community hall to give a talk about .... well the people who hired me didn't say what they wanted me to talk about. They just, for some reason, wanted me to talk. In front of hundreds of boomer-age or older grandmas and grandpas who like to take weekend paint-along classes. I had no idea what to say to them, or what kind of thing they were expecting me to say. So I decided, hm, maybe I'll just do a presentation on the current state of technology relating to CGI and work it somehow into relating to using 3d printing to make arts and crafts. Anyway, I get here and I find out that they DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS IN THIS BUILDING. I can't access the internet, where most of the stuff in my presentation needed to be. Like youtube videos and stuff. It was a nightmare, and everything was horrible, and nobody knew what I was talking about, and I'm pretty sure I even told them that it's possible to 3D print a replica of Hugh Jackman at one point. They all clapped and said my presentation was amazingly informative and insightful. lol

5:00 i actually loved how abrupt this transition was

I see literally everything queef jerky does as a metacommentary on the way music is made and shared these days, which makes the fact that much of this you're doing almost entirely by accident and whim absolutely perfect, so great job.

Give Mama A Hug is a certified classic! I've been playing it on repeat. Every new release is better than the previous and I don't even usually listen to this type of music :)

As a DJ I actually love when artists take a stab at DJing as long as they give it a good effort! Lots of times it doesn't matter if you know how as long as your vibes are right

This one wasn't a moral compass one at all, this was just goofin lol

i thought the hammer thingn was funny dev lemons

if you don't make more music like give mamma a hug i will be devistated. pls don't listen to the haters, you're creating some really solid, more experimental and like electronic-pop-punk adjacent type music. pls just keep expressing yourself in your music how you feel like, it's making me feel really excited about music releases again.

I just discovered your music today. Im 54, and I feel like I just got a B-12 shot... or snorted a pixie stix. You guys are incredible. Just keep doing what you're doing.

I like these "Nathan For You" style videos.

There is no clearer mission statement than “I want this and I'm not giving up until I don't want this anymore.” 😂

At 13:36 There is a very complex spoonerism that I must address. "Lana Del (W)ay worked at the (R)affle house..." and I'm just impressed that your brain did that. Very neat.

I don't think I've ever seen a more confident person in my life

Your moral compass is fine. You deserved to be there even if you bombed (which you didn’t do, people still had fun and that’s the most important thing). I love your music, found it through your RU-vid when i didnt really watch you, and i really enjoy you as an artist. Be funny, be free, like it doesn’t matter because you love creating and you’re gonna continue no matter the opinion of others. Doubt is constant but the desire to create is unwavering. Ilysm your new song is so sick ❤

I think it’s really cool that you and Nick did this. Like you learned how to DJ in a week and got a second gig from it and with actual time you’ll probably be able to do a really good job DJing and it will probably help with your music as well! It’s so sick that you got this opportunity and I think you accepting it could possibly change the trajectory of how people think of you and Nicks music!

Literally lost 36 of my friends in a rave 7 years ago and I’ve been waiting patiently for someone else to come along and sucker punch the rave straight in the face for me, thank you!! I excommunicated myself from the BS so you’re the next best thing.. it’s up to you boo! ❤️❤️❤️

Re: moral compass.... my favorite band in the world, "The Ex" from the Netherlands, because they signed up for a punk show in 1979 before any of them knew how to play instruments. They are STILL playing together and have invented whole sonic territories based on their fresh perspective toward sound. I didn't see the show, but I am sure many much more seasoned DJs actually learned from watching you try something new without any "prejudice" of formal training. You are 2 dang wicked awesome. You makd the world better by doing your thang!

😭 nah this shit is hilarious, lucky ass hell you played in the sunny-always-happy west coast bc you’d get boo’d here in always-in-a-bad-mood east coast

I have zero professional art experience but I think the whole thing is like how sometimes the context of the art is more important than the skill or technique. At first I was really nervous for you as you were talking about it all but then when you showed the actual video you actually killed it so much even when you touched the turntable because you made it make sense! It was very punk rock of you. I'm probably wrong but I feel like I can relate to your thoughts and for me it's like I doubt myself for reasons I don't understand and I try to get rid of it, but I think the doubt comes because the goals you have for your art and what you want to express and achieve require these experiences of doubt because you want to make brave music and if you were super certain and felt perfectly secure then it wouldn't be bravery anymore. In the end, you doing the set despite your doubts was putting your name out there and showing that you really do want this, and I think in doing this you have been growing your art to be just as bravely human as you! I think its like the whole thing is a process that we just can't understand when we're in the center of it but you're here experiencing these things because you put yourself in this position and you did that because you knew this would help you grow. Good art requires experience and the meaning of art is defined by the experiences imbued in that art and I think your art is like jazz as a modern lifestyle. Like how in jazz it's the notes that come after that make the previous ones sound good. You are so good at rolling with the punches and I've never seen anyone make the wild chaotic absurdness of human existence look so cool! I really love your art and I feel like you have already contributed so much to music and you have so much more to do! Please don't stop being you, you are too good at it 😭

Hi Dev! I'm pretty sure I'm an old fart that's not super in your target demographic and I don't have tiktok and only kinda uses youtube but I found your music as organically as possible (my baby cousin has Queef Jerky in her cheer routine playlist) and I can say I was smitten from the start. Music is art and the only bad music is the kind that doesn't make you feel a thing listening to it, and I definitely felt things. Hearing ya'll exuberantly and gleefully perform reminded me so much of being in my own little "shitty" ska and punk bands. Reminds me of going to $5 shows at the community center with kids banging on keyboards and screaming about capitalism. Reminds me of outsider music. It's joyus and human and who gives a lick if haters don'tget it. If there is love in the things you make you will always have a fan in me. ❤️

The confidence in the compassion of women is crazy. I can't be the only one that noticed this.

It's OK to feel shame and be embarrassed in life sometimes life isn't all about positivity

i love her personality so much, i dont care what shes making shes a musician

the queef out jerked the lemon. dev.

THAT RYM RATING MADE ME SCREAM!

Props for getting on stage and performing in front of a whole room, that shit is nerve racking, especially when you don't feel fully ready. You're stronger because of that experience and you're just going to keep improving, so... props!

4:17 her eyes going in two different directions is making me cry from laughing so hard

I am constantly impressed with your ambition, confidence and creativity. Like your ability to just get sh*t done. Which gives me faith that anything you want you will figure out how to get it. And as far as your moral compass goes I think asking that in the first place says your moral compass is fine. ❤

I swear to fnaf u are always inspiring me to make weirder art and put it out

i probably wouldve unplugged the whole building by accident dude youre fine!

This is some Nathan Felder shit

Even if u fell off with music, you could do voice over work. You do have a distinct vocal signature that is naturally animated...

if you think about it dev lemons basically collaborated with Bladee and Yung Lean now

The transition from the first half of the nfl theme to the second half of the nfl theme was crazy good dj lemur

I know a lot of musicians, we play instruments, and they always think DJ'ing is easy. Until I let them just try to just mix beats, and then they realize it's a skill of it's own.

this just came into suggestions randomly and I am just gobsmacked at this entire video - I am ENCHANTED and delighted to discover the existence of such an adorably kooky human being - this is pure joy and chaos. The "No he's NOHT" reaction was glorious, I've rewatched it several times & it is one of those things that will stick in my brain and pop up randomly & will always make me laugh. GOLD

There's tons of stories in music history of ppl saying they can do something when they can't. Carole King learning how to write for string arrangements hastily at a Library so that the Temptations could record one of her songs, for example. Kudos for going for it. I still think you should ask yourself deeply 'why' you want to make it, and what that specifically looks like though. I think we'd like to know too. Blindly wanting to 'make it' is a toxic game, and if we don't know why you want it and what that goal looks like, we can't be as invested either. I left a big comment on your last video talking more in-depth about that sort of thing, how much blindly looking for fame fucked me up for a while, so I won't reiterate here. But good luck, and enjoy the journey :) think a lot less about 'how' and think more about 'why'. More being, less doing.

dev, youre so fucking inspiring bro i hope the self deprecation in the videos are purely for entertainment purposes because not many people could really put themselves out there like you are . never stop wanting it bro we gon GET IT

being able to take risks like that leads to so many more opportunities, i think it's crazy awesome that you were able to have this experience. i hope you keep trying new things without fear of failure because that's how you grow as a person

“My friend Alice” and it’s ALICE FUCKING LONGYU GAO WHAT A FLEX

Don't let real DJs see this video😭😭😭😭

the hammer thing was lowkey funny people have no humor

"zuck didnt make fb on wix" is the funniest thing anyones said this year

shoutout give mama a hug

I was there!! and tbh you definitely fooled me but I still enjoyed your set! I only wish I said hi to you :') I saw you guys offstage but I was nervous

THE PART WHERE YOU TOUCH THE 3000 LMAOOOOO

We love morally wrong lemons

You’re crazier than a soup sandwich. It takes some serious je nesais quoi to get up there and own it, and I personally find that that’s amazing.

10:19 omg the second hand embarrassment i got from this. I was kicking and screaming! You're honestly such a legend!!

2:15 BRO I CANNOT

I wish my connections could buy me a career.

I LOVE that you tried it. You got the opportunity and just did it for fun and put time into learning it. I WISH I could do that. Life isn’t that serious, take opportunities and learn stuff

Dev is in her trying new things arc and I'm here for it

I actually like that mo bamba school boy transition lmao

whoever plugged in the Dillon Francis USB w fart w reverb added was diabolical

What when you put “I’m a self starter” on a resume looks like.

Dev Lemons, Guessing Games is one of the greatest, most groundbreaking tracks of the last decade. Your music WILL get the recognition based sheerly on how deeply inspired it is , and it will be remembered as such. Give it time. New sounds take a whiiiiiiileeeee to be accepted by the masses.

knowing now that you know alice longyu gao is so sweet. that makes so much sense.

Dev I think your brain should eventually be studied. You're such a lovable oddball

Actually glad u did this video cuz alotta ppl don’t think djs do shit.

If you want to make a set that follows a developing pattern that isn't in any way jarring, the best way to do melodic mixing in my opinion is to start by playing a very simple, single bar of music on the piano that repeats as few notes as possible but has a pleasing pattern, with peaks and valleys as it were, good contrasting notes keys. Then repeat that on a loop for 16 hours and go spam on a drum machine while playing a bass with one hand.

Im a music producer and ex-gigging DJ/performer....and this is really how the scene is. Doesn't matter how much you grind, some people just find their way into opportunities that you would KILL for. Funny vid tho, keep it up!

Dev I am so sorry but you should NOT have touched that DJ turn table because the mother DJ will smell your sent on it and will NOT return for it 😭

I think "I love guys" was genuine

I’m actually really impressed you posted and shared all this. Not many people have the guts to do something for the first time this terribly and let everyone see the process. Honestly 100% sincerely respect it. Try things. Be bad at them. Keep going. And you were absolutely horrible.

Slide your music into sets. You deserve all the hype. You're insane. Love you huge

Omg! I have so many things to say about DJing! Firstly, I’m so proud of you for diving in and doing the dang thing! That takes some serious guts! 🙌🏼 I’ve been DJing for 17 years and I play exclusively on Traktor. I’ve gotten that text so many times of the “this is what we’ve got for gear” and I’ve always been like “thanks for the heads up, I’ll be using my Traktor controller and laptop!” So good on you for sticking with what you know! I don’t want to start any drama here, but I think Traktor is definitely the best 😜 Of course, it’s super good to learn on Pioneer as well (which I have, it’s just not my preference at all). Anyway, I just wanna say I’m proud of you!!! Keep it up! I promise it gets easier! And hey, I also teach, if you ever want to hit me up! But sounds like you’ve got a lot of great support already. Big ups to the aspiring DJ’s! ❤

it looked like a lot of fun!!! and the silly parts make it even better i would have loved being at the show

I totes got myself booked by installing a pirate copy of virtual dj and asking a boy to show me how, this is the dream, you're living it

Why did I read queef jerky in my notifications and immediately click?

next time you do a rave, you got to make it darker. nothing but black light and strobe, maybe one of those green confeti lazers. you wouldnt believe how important the lighting is to match the vibe at a rave

this was funny as hell and if I was in the audience I would be laughing so hard and having a great time. anyone with a sense of humor would enjoy your performance, it didnt ruin peoples nights at all

Absolutely got me with the rate your music score. So shocked I immediately went to verify on the site, where it's actually at a 4/5 lol

You asked for honesty so here you go: Girl you are everything. Nothing wrong with your moral compass, just living your best life and giving us all something to enjoy. True artist❤