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The man behind this unusual trend is Lenny Pearce, an Australian producer and DJ.
Toddlers are dressed in glowing accessories and colourful party outfits. (Photo Credit: Instagram)
Child. Techno. Rave. Put those three words together, and it’s enough to make any parent do a double-take. A small child at a rave party? Let’s be honest, it doesn’t exactly scream “great idea.” But here’s the twist: these parties are real. And before you leap to any conclusions, they’re probably not what you think.
Recently, a video surfaced online showing toddlers bouncing in their parents’ arms, dressed in glowing accessories and colourful party outfits. The little ones are wearing light-up glasses, neon clothes and dancing to loud techno beats. The parents are dancing too as the DJ plays high-energy EDM remixes of famous nursery rhymes. Glow sticks fly through the air, psychedelic visuals flash on the screen, and the whole place feels like a rave, just with babies in the crowd.
The text over the video reads: “Not gonna lie…Baby raves go harder.”
Watch the video here:
Meet Lenny Pearce, The DJ Behind It All
The man behind this unusual trend is Lenny Pearce, an Australian producer and DJ. He is the creator of the Toddler Techno movement, a series of baby-friendly rave parties that have exploded in popularity in the last year.
But Lenny didn’t start out DJing for toddlers. He was once part of Justice Crew, a 10-member breakdancing group that won Australia’s Got Talent in 2010. The group later became a pop boy band and had hits like Boom Boom, which topped the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
After moving on from Justice Crew, Lenny got into electronic music. He began uploading tracks to SoundCloud and TikTok. But things took a big turn when he decided to remix nursery rhymes for his own daughter.
“She liked ‘The Wheels on the Bus’ and all that. With my creative mind I was thinking that I could remix these songs and put them on TikTok. And then it just started to take off from there,” Pearce told Billboard.
His club-style remix of Wheels on the Bus was released in 2024 by Spinnin’ Records and has now crossed over two million views on YouTube. One of his first hits was a techno remix of Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes. His TikTok followers jumped from thirty thousand to over a million as more parents and kids joined in.
“There’s not one artist who has been doing it. There’ll be a random guy who does a trap version of ‘Five Little Ducks’ or something. But in the eyes of toddlers and parents, there hasn’t been an artist who they can go to for this sound,” Pearce said.
Parents Are Loving It Too
What makes these remizes stand out is that it is not just for kids; parents are having just as much fun. Pearce says he regularly receives messages from parents thanking him for creating music they can enjoy with their little ones. So, when these baby raves started happening, families came in large numbers.
“[Millennial parents] like to be present with our children. We want to spend more time with our kids. We want to be the best parents we can be and guide them down the right path. This is an event that parents can take their kids and enjoy as a whole, instead of just taking their kids and then just being bored, waiting until the show finishes,” Pearce told the New York Post.
Sold-Out Raves
Pearce signed with talent agency WME late last year and began touring. His baby raves have already been held in Australia, Bahrain, Singapore and the US. In his recent 10-city US tour alone, Pearce welcomed over 11,000 attendees, with most shows selling out within minutes.
This October, Pearce kicks off a much bigger 31-date US tour starting in Anaheim, California, and running through November.
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