ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’re back at Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza for the fifth year of your residency.
To what do you attribute your success in Ibiza and as a DJ in general?
PARIS HILTON:Ibiza is a magical island.
Pablo Dass/Courtesy Paris Hilton
I’ve been coming here since I was a teenager.
I feel like if I were an island, I would be Ibiza.
It’s fun: the energy, the music, the people.
Being a DJ, just because I love music, has always been a passion of mine.
It’s been so much fun.
What’s your strategy for picking songs to play in the club?
Basically every single huge music festival.
I’ve never played the same set twice.
Then I put together like six hours of my favorite songs.
As I’m playing, I can feel the crowd and I watch them.
They never stop jumping.
Everyone’s always jumping and dancing and having a great time.
I think I definitely am an expert when it comes to clubbing and music and knowing what people want.
Are you allowed to drink and party while you are at the turntables, or do you have limits?
I don’t start until 4 a.m., and I play until 6 a.m.
It’s a really late night.
What is your Song of the Summer?
Everyone is really responding to it incredibly, and everyone loves it when I perform it live.
The response has been amazing, so I’m very proud of that song.
With whom have you worked on the new music, and what’s the direction you’re taking?
We’re going to be doing that in the next week or two.
The sound is very dance mixed with a little bit of deep house, but mostly like progressive house.
You’re in themusic video for Demi Lovato’s new single “Sorry Not Sorry.
“How did that come about?
I’ve known Demi for so many years.
We’ve been friends for I think 10 years now.
She’s always been such a sweetheart.
She just called me and asked me to be in the video.
I play one of her friends in it and also the DJ at the party.
And I’m DJing this huge pool party.
The song is amazing, and her voice is incredible.
She’s so talented, such a sweet girl.
I really love her.
Do you have what everyone’s calling a squad, and are they in it?
I love all those girls.
But yeah, I love those girls.
So I really love and respect all of them.
And that was a fun night!
Since you’re friends with Katy, do you have a take on thesituation with Taylor Swift?
So I don’t believe anything I read.
They’re both very busy, powerful businesswomen, brands, and artists touring and traveling the world.
I don’t think that they really have time to think about things like that.
I don’t know that’s just how I would be in my situation.
Does your boyfriend Chris join you in Ibiza?
We’ve never spent a night apart, ever since our first date.
We literally have been inseparable.
I think the most we’ve been away from each other has been three hours.
It’s really amazing to have someone that I love and trust so much.
He’s my best friend.
We have the most incredible time together.
He’s inspiring, and I’ve just never felt so close to someone.
How long have you been together now?
We met seven years ago at the Chateau [Marmont] at this Osars party, actually.
We’re so happy.
And we’ve been having so much fun.
I love our life together.
What do you do in your downtime in Ibiza?
There’s so much to do.
It literally has this energy that is indescribable unless you come here.
The people are lovely.
It’s the new St. Tropez.
There’s nothing like it, and my party is so much fun.
I feel so honored to be playing here every weekend for the past five years.
Your debut single “Stars Are Blind” turned 11 years old on June 5.
The song has received a lot of praise from people, including Lady Gaga.
What does the song mean to you 11 years later?
Wow, time flies when you’re having fun!
I can’t believe it’s been that long.
I’ve grown a lot, but I feel like I still look the same.
[Laughs]
You do.
Meanwhile,The Simple Lifeis approaching its 14th anniversary in December.
Would you be down for a revival with Nicole Richie?
They actually have approached me about that idea.
I feel like the show was so amazing, just the first of its time.
I don’t know how you could recreate that.
It was so much fun, but I feel like we’ve already done it.
I just don’t think it would be the same.
I get offered reality shows every day, and I turn them down.
But I loveThe Simple Life.
I think it’s hilarious, and my boyfriend and I watch it all the time.
She is hilarious on it.
I’ve been watching it, and I really am so proud of her.
She just killed it on that show.
What does getting that credit mean to you now?
Back in the day, when I first came into this world, there was no one like it.
It was almost like creating a new genre, and I think before its time.
What’s she doing?
What’s she saying?”
It feels really good.
I feel just proud.
Young people being inspired by it [gives me] a really magical feeling.
Has Kim Kardashian ever given you credit for that or thanked you?
We’ve known each other since we were little girls.
Kris [Jenner] is a genius, and they’re beautiful and killing it.
I’m really happy for all of them.
You’ve discussed knowing Donald Trump since you were a child.
What do you make of his presidency so far?
Do Europeans try discussing American politics with you when you’re abroad and working in Ibiza?
No, not really.
No one talks about politics.
That’s the last thing on people’s minds here.
There are so many crazy, negative things happening right now in the world.
It’s the one place where people don’t even want to think about it.
Which musical artists have you been listening to lately?
I love Black Coffee I think she’s incredibly talented.
I’ve been listening to that new song with Drake, which I really, really love.
Also, Adriatique & Chuckie, Calvin Harris, andJAY-Z’s new album.
