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So I texted them and they were like, 'Oh, we came the wrong weekend!'" "I told my parents after my set because Coachella is two weekends and Paul McCartney was at the first weekend and my parents were coming the second weekend. " Paul McCartney was watching me during my set and I looked back and was like Whaaaaa," he says of his performance at Coachella. The smooth-faced, slender teenager lacks the inflated ego that could have come with the rise in fame, and speaks animatedly with a genuine disbelief of his current lifestyle. According to data from Songkick, Garrix played more than 40 shows in the 12 months after June 1, 2013, an impressive stint considering he had classes during the week.ĭespite the private jets and Instagram photos of champagne showers, it doesn't seem like much has gone to Garrix's head. While he attended Miami's Ultra Music Festival (UMF) in March of 2013 as a fan, 2014 has seen him grace the stages of the world's largest music events, among them Coachella, EDC Las Vegas, Belgium's Tomorrowland and UMF. "One year ago, it was the most played track at EDC Vegas and then you're playing the main stage." "I made as a club record and to get it played at the clubs and festivals," Garrix says, still in astonishment of the song's popular reception. 1 in a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, and went platinum in the U.S. That track, which is now more than a year old, peaked at No. Born Martijn Garritsen in a suburb just outside Amsterdam, he is the new face in rapidly evolving genre that has embraced his big room anthems, particularly "Animals," which catapulted him into the spotlight. While dance music has seen its fair share of young talent, no one has hit the same heights at such a tender age as Garrix.