Push Play: How Esther Anaya Turns Duality Into Dance Fuel
Anyone who’s danced under club lights until their eyeliner gave up knows that some tracks do more than fill the room. They flip a switch. “Push Play” is built for that switch-flip moment. The new bass house heater comes from DJ, violinist, singer-songwriter, and producer Esther Anaya with vocalist Parker Matthews. It could hit just as hard in a crowded festival crowd, a packed club, or a solo night drive when you pretend the freeway is your main stage.
Building a Brand on Dual Identities
Most artists get known for one thing and stay there. Anaya has never been especially interested in picking a lane. She built her name on high-energy DJ sets and electric violin performances, then doubled down behind the scenes as a producer obsessed with sound design, hooks, and emotion. For her, the studio and the stage are part of the same story, not separate chapters waiting for a rebrand.
A Club Anthem With a Wry Wink
“Push Play” leans into bass-heavy energy without losing a playful streak. The low end hits with intent, the topline slides into your brain, and the lyrics invite you to press play in more ways than one. It’s a song built for peak hour sets and late-night reruns, the kind that could keep resurfacing on playlists long after the New Year countdown confetti is vacuumed away.
Closing Out a Year of Momentum
This single arrives at the end of a stacked release run. In 2025, Anaya released “Baseline” with Snoop Dogg and “Estuario” with VIKINA on Pitbull’s Mr.305 label. Each track adds a new angle to her catalog. “Push Play” marks her second release of the year with Parker Matthews after “More Than a Feeling,” turning their collaboration into an ongoing conversation rather than a one-off experiment.
“With ‘Push Play,’ we wanted to blend our styles into a bass-driven, club-ready banger. It’s gritty, it’s fun, and it’s designed to light up the dancefloor from the first drop. The track pulls from both my melodic edge and Parker’s raw vocal energy, creating something that feels new but instantly familiar. We made this one for the DJs, the dancers, and anyone who loves that late-night surge of adrenaline.”
Performance Identity Meets Producer Identity
Releasing “Push Play” just as her Splice production pack drops on December 8 shows how tightly her performance life and producer work go hand-in-hand. The track represents the onstage side: the crowd, the lights, and the instant feedback when a drop lands the way it did in her head.
The Splice pack reflects her dual skill sets as she navigates the back-end world of music production, where sound design details and melodic choices live long before anyone hears a finished mix. That balance shows up in new projects she brings to audiences.
“For this Splice pack, I curated an array of sounds I reach for frequently in my own sessions, tight drum loops, dynamic tops, clean one-shots, expressive vocal textures, and of course, my signature violin loops and stabs. I even added some Latin-inspired percussion and flair to bring extra movement and color. Everything was designed to cut through in the mix and give producers tools that feel both emotional and club-ready. I’m excited to hear these sounds take on a life of their own,” Esther shares.
A Toolkit for the Next Wave
The production pack gives other producers access to the textures, drums, and musical ideas that shape her sets. It might show up on laptops in bedrooms, shared studios, and makeshift setups carved out between day jobs and night shifts. That mirrors the way she once carved out time by playing the violin in restaurants to fund studio sessions.
“My brand is built on duality, emotion and power, classical roots and electronic future, performer and producer,” she explains. The timing of these releases backs that up. Fans may hear the finished product one weekend, then experiment with its raw ingredients while building their own tracks the next.
Keeping Feeling at the Center
For all the moving parts around her career, Anaya comes back to one focus: “I want people to feel something real when they hear my music. Whether it’s on a festival stage or in their headphones, I want it to elevate them.” That passion is clear on Anaya’s social media, where she can be found as @estheranaya on all platforms.
“Push Play” and the Splice pack may reach different corners of the dance world, but they share a common intention. Both invite people to tap into the energy she’s been building for years and, in their own ways, press play on whatever comes next.
