How Jon Hamm's Club Scene Sparked a Global Music Resurgence for Dj Kato
By Alexander Ross
For DJ Kato (Thomas Kato Vittrup), the sudden explosion of his legacy single felt completely surreal. Speaking to Headliner Hub in January 2026, the producer explained that his phone began blowing up with notifications from international numbers while he was at home in Denmark.
"You spend years releasing new music, chasing current formulas, and then a movie star dancing to an old synthesizer patch you programmed in 2009 completely shatters your dashboard," Kato explained. "I saw people in Los Angeles and Tokyo dancing along to a track I engineered in my bedroom when dance music sounded completely different. It gave the record an entirely new life without changing a single note."
The revival provided Kato with direct leverage on international festival lineups for the upcoming summer season. Promoters who viewed his project through a historical lens suddenly found themselves fielding requests from festivalgoers who discovered "Turn The Lights Off" purely through their algorithmic feeds.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
