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‘DWTS’ Music Director Says Pros Are ‘Very Specific’ With Music Requests


Dancing With the Stars’ music director, Ray Chew, works closely with the show’s pros to arrange the songs played live each week

Mirrorball champs or not, Dancing With the Stars has featured some impeccable professional dancers in the years since the ABC competition series premiered in 2005. When asked to pick which of the season 33 pros — Witney Carson, Jenna Johnson, Daniella Karagach, Brandon Armstrong, Alan Bersten, Rylee Arnold, Val Chmerkovskiy, Sasha Farber, Gleb Savchenko, Britt Stewart, Emma Slater, Pasha Pashkov and Ezra Sosa — have the strongest opinions about their music, Chew said he couldn’t pick just one. Chew also teased his next album, My Journey, which is due out in 2025, and his upcoming gig directing an all-star lineup of artists at Carnegie Hall’s Night of Inspiration on December 14.

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