Emma, 27, had always been the perpetually single one in her friend group. She never thought of herself as picky—just looking for “a simple guy with a sense of humor.” Frustrated with dating apps, she gave Bumble a shot, only to end up falling head over heels for DJ FLEX.XXX, a hyper-muscular, fully tattooed DJ from Los Angeles, now based in Shibuya.
“Love works in mysterious ways…”
Emma laughs, scrolling through a picture of herself wrapped around DJ FLEX.XXX’s sculpted, tattoo-covered arm. “He’s nothing like what I thought I wanted, but it all just happened so naturally. When I first saw his 6’7” frame, 130 kilos of pure muscle, and tattoos covering every inch of his body, I jokingly asked him to play some Nickelback. He stared me down and said, ‘Say that again, and I’m calling security.’ That was it—I was hooked.”
For the JET ALT, who had been living in Fukui for a year and a half, the first few weeks were an intense whirlwind. “He’d text me at 3 AM to meet him at the club near Dōgenzaka where he spins, and we’d hook up backstage. Then he’d ignore me until the next time he felt like seeing me. It wasn’t easy, but I held on. And now? After 6 weeks, he finally remembers my name. I’m on cloud nine!”
Despite their connection, Emma and DJ FLEX.XXX live in completely different worlds. “He’s never read a book in his life, while I love literature. He’s polyamorous and pansexual. He doesn’t do restaurants—only protein shakes. Kind of a shame. But hey, opposites attract, right?”
As for DJ FLEX.XXX? When asked for a comment, he simply replied, “Only if the journalist is hot.”