Marlon Hoffstadt — the Berlin-born DJ and producer better known to the faithful as DJ Daddy Trance — just dropped the official video for his latest single, “Breathe,” and he’s timed it perfectly. Today he returns to Coachella’s Sahara Tent for Weekend 2, ready to transform the desert into what he’s affectionately dubbed “Daddy Valley.”

Directed by Shane Boyer and Jack Delulio, the “Breathe” video is less music video, more home movie with a heartbeat. A group of friends who came of age together in Los Angeles were handed a camcorder and a deceptively simple prompt: “If you’d only have 24 hours with your friends, what would you do?” What comes back is a kinetic, contemplative, and genuinely joyful time capsule — the kind of footage that makes you want to text everyone from your high school group chat at 2 a.m.

Released via Capitol Records in partnership with Goodlife Management and MC3, “Breathe” is euphoric and quietly melancholic in equal measure, mirroring the emotional trapdoors Hoffstadt is known for opening on the dancefloor. As METAL put it, “There is a deliberate sincerity to his work; he avoids hiding behind irony to push a sonic idea.”

Watch the official video for “Breathe” here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Marlon+Hoffstadt+Breathe+official+video

For today’s Sahara Tent set, Hoffstadt is skipping the oversized visual spectacle in favor of something purer: speaker stacks, club energy, and a dancefloor wrapped around the DJ booth. With room for more than 200 ravers on stage, festival-goers can apply to step inside the booth and experience the set from his side of the decks. It’s a flex of confidence in the only production that actually matters — the crowd.

He’s already had quite a run. Last Friday marked his Coachella debut, and he closed Weekend 1 with a surprise B2B set alongside Anyma in the Do LaB, where LISA of BLACKPINK hopped on stage to perform “Bad Angel.” Before that, he made his Ultra Miami debut on the Main Stage and went B2B with Armin van Buuren. Mixmag recently crowned him “a global dance phenomenon, a defining DJ of the now” in a cover story tracing his rise.

The late 2025/early 2026 release run has been relentless: remixes of Robyn’s “Dopamine” and BNYX and Kid Cudi’s “Everywhere I Go (Remind Me),” “Hold You Close” with Peter Xan, a Mark Ronson collaboration flipping “Rumore” for the Jay Kelly soundtrack (the George Clooney/Adam Sandler film), and “Stomp Your Feet” with Hannah Laing and Caroline Roxy.

Marlon Hoffstadt — 2026 Tour Dates
4/17 – Indio, CA – Coachella
4/24 – Bogotá, Colombia – Chamorro City Hall
4/25 – Santiago, Chile – Espacio Riesco
5/23 – London, UK – KRANKBROTHER Street Party
5/24 – Glasgow, UK – FLY Festival
6/6 – Münster, Germany – Docklands Festival
6/20 – Manchester, UK – Parklife
6/28 – Perk, Belgium – Paradise City
7/3 – Surrey, BC – FVDED in the Park
7/4 – Calgary, AB – Badlands Music Festival
7/11 – Neustadt-Glewe, Germany – Airbeat One Festival
7/17 – Boom, Belgium – Tomorrowland
8/14 – Zeebrugge, Belgium – WECANDANCE Festival
8/15 – Orange, France – Positiv Festival
8/16 – Winchester, UK – Boomtown Festival
8/30 – Cologne, Germany – NIBIRII Festival

If you’re already in the desert, get to the Sahara Tent early — Daddy Valley doesn’t wait. And if you’re not, “Breathe” is the next best thing to being there.