Artist Analysis
Party Pupils

Party Pupils.

NYC duo MAX and Ryan Siegel: yacht house, future funk, and disco edits. From a 2016 OutKast remake to Steve Aoki's Dim Mak, 580K monthly listeners, and a 2026 tour built on yacht rock. A look at the catalog that keeps compounding.

Public data compiled October 2, 2026

Key metrics
233K
Instagram followers
▲ 697 posts
580K
Monthly listeners
▲ Spotify
42.6M
Top track plays
▲ "Set Me Free"
94.7M
Top-5 Spotify plays
▲ catalog compounding
Executive summary

Party Pupils are singer MAX (Max Schneider) and producer Ryan Siegel, a New York duo working the yacht house / future funk / disco house lane. The catalog is anchored by "Set Me Free" (42.6M Spotify plays), with "Love Me For The Weekend" with Ashe (25.0M) and their breakout OutKast "Ms. Jackson" remake (23.8M) right behind it. The top five tracks total 94.7M plays.

The audience is real and current. 580K monthly Spotify listeners, 233K verified Instagram followers across 697 posts, ~57K on TikTok. The label story reads like a career ladder: Steve Aoki's Dim Mak signed them in 2018, then Easier Said (Firebird's imprint) in partnership with Colour Vision Records from 2023, with one-offs on Spinnin' Records and Music Is Fun. The 2026 lane is unmistakable: "yacht house." "Ride Like The Wind (Yacht House Mix)" with Christopher Cross landed March 2026, "Baby Come Back" with Mayer Hawthorne followed, and the Yacht House Summer DJ tour is running Chicago to Long Island.

The through line: a duo that started as remixers (Bebe Rexha, Chromeo, Lorde) and turned the edit into a catalog. The yacht-rock-meets-house lane is nearly theirs alone, and in 2026 they are touring it. That is worth a closer look.

Top tracks · Spotify lifetime plays

Ranked by lifetime Spotify plays, Oct 2 2026.

#TrackPlays
1Set Me Free
42.63M
2Love Me For The Weekend (with Ashe)
25.03M
3Ms. Jackson
23.78M
4Ride Like The Wind (Yacht House Mix)
2.18M
5That's The Way (Party Pupils Remix)
1.10M
Platform breakdown

Spotify

open.spotify.com/artist/4F61H4lx1js4wtWfb2Rfnt
580K
Monthly listeners
42.6M
Top track plays
94.7M
Top-5 plays

One anchor track ("Set Me Free") carries nearly half the top-five plays at 42.6M, but the next two ("Love Me For The Weekend" with Ashe, "Ms. Jackson") are both 23M+, so the catalog is not a one-track story. Label story is strong: Dim Mak (2018), Easier Said / Colour Vision (2023–), Spinnin', Music Is Fun.

Latest: "Ride Like The Wind (Yacht House Mix)" with Christopher Cross (Mar 2026, Music Is Fun) and "Baby Come Back" feat. Mayer Hawthorne.

Instagram

@partypupils · 697 posts · verified
233K
Followers
2,237
Following
697
Posts

Bio: "Bookings: partypupils@milkhoneyla.com / ALL MY MUSIC + TOUR DATES" · link to partypupils.com. Creator account, blue check, public. This is the main stage: tour dates, releases, and the yacht house identity live here.

TikTok

@partypupils
~57K
Followers*
661K
Likes*
@partypupils
Handle

*From an indexed snapshot (~May 2026), not a live count. Healthy ratio of likes to followers: the content lands, the follower base just has not caught up to Instagram yet.

Touring

Yacht House Summer 2026 · via DICE
5
2026 dates
CHI–LI
Routing
DJ sets
Format

Yacht-rock classics blended with house, on actual boats and waterfront rooms: Chicago Joe's on Weed St (Jun 27), San Francisco The Midway with Goshfather (Jul 25), Seattle boat show on Lake Union (Sep 4), Tampa 1920 Ybor (Nov 14), Wantagh NY Mulcahy's (Nov 21). A touring concept that markets itself.

Audience funnel

From widest reach to truest fans. Every layer of the audience, in one view.

Spotify plays, top track ("Set Me Free")42.6M
Spotify monthly listeners580K
Instagram followers233K
TikTok followers~57K
Timeline
2016Formed in New York. First release: a remake of OutKast's "Ms. Jackson," followed by a Ginuwine "Pony" rework.
2017Singles "Patient" and "Over & Under." Prolific remixer run: Bebe Rexha, Chromeo, Lorde, Jai Wolf.
2018Signed to Steve Aoki's Dim Mak Records. "This Is How We Do It" with Audien, "Love Me for the Weekend" with Ashe. "Ms. Jackson" passes 9.3M Spotify streams. Tours: Aoki's Kolony US Tour, Grandtheft's Square One Tour.
2020Debut album Neon From Now On.
Oct 2023"Girlfriend" with MAX, bbno$, and MILLI: first single under the new Easier Said / Colour Vision Records deal.
2025EP Virtual Clarity. Singles "Never Too Much," "Little Lies" (with Little Luna), "Here We Are" (with Thomas Adagio & Gigamesh).
Mar 2026"Ride Like The Wind (Yacht House Mix)" with Christopher Cross on Music Is Fun; "Baby Come Back" feat. Mayer Hawthorne. The Yacht House Summer DJ tour runs Chicago to Long Island.
Sources: Spotify partner API (monthly listeners, top-track play counts, Oct 2 2026); Instagram public profile (@partypupils, 232,974 followers, verified); TikTok profile as indexed ~May 2026 (approximate); Shazam artist bio (Paul Simpson); BroadwayWorld (Feb 2018); Apple Music; Beatport; Album of the Year; DICE listings; partypupils.com. Spotify artist follower count was not exposed by available sources; YouTube subscriber count unverified. All figures are point-in-time public data and fluctuate. Analysis prepared by The Studio as a demonstration of the artist analysis format.

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