Jordan Young (born 14 December 1984), known professionally as DJ Swivel, is a Canadian record producer, mixer, audio engineer, songwriter, and software developer. He won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards for mixing "Don't Let Me Down" by The Chainsmokers. His work with The Chainsmokers yielded three RIAA Diamond certifications ("Closer", "Something Just Like This", "Don't Let Me Down").
In 2011, Young served as vocal engineer on Beyoncé's album 4. He was awarded "Secret Genius: Dance" by Spotify in 2018. He is also the founder of Hooky, an AI voice technology platform, and has developed a line of audio software plugins.
Starting his career in New York City in 2005 under Ken "Duro" Ifill, he has worked with artists including Rema, BTS, Beyoncé, Lil Nas X, The Chainsmokers, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Cordae, Gryffin, Fabolous, Rick Ross, Jay Sean, Britney Spears, Sean Combs, Wyclef Jean, Rita Ora, Mary J. Blige, Tiësto, and Whitney Houston.
Early life and education Young was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His mother is Christine Bentley, former news anchor for the Toronto television station CFTO. He graduated from Full Sail University's Recording Arts program in 2005.
Career
Early career (2005–2010) After graduating from Full Sail, Young moved to New York City, where he began working under Ken "Duro" Ifill at Desert Storm Records. During this period, he served as a mixing assistant and engineer on projects for Jay-Z, Fabolous, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Rick Ross, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, and others.
Beyoncé and The Chainsmokers (2011–2018) In 2011, Young served as vocal engineer on all tracks of Beyoncé's 4 and also mixed "I Care" and "Schoolin' Life". He continued working with Beyoncé on Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (2011) and as an engineer on "Flawless" from her self-titled album (2013).
In 2013, Young was credited as an engineer on "Love on Top" by Beyoncé, which won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
In 2015, Young co-founded the music technology startup SKIO Music. That same year, he began working with The Chainsmokers, mixing their Bouquet EP and the single "Roses".
He was inducted into the Full Sail University Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2015.
His collaboration with The Chainsmokers expanded to include mixing, production, and engineering on "Closer" (2016), "Don't Let Me Down" (2016), "Something Just Like This" (2017, with Coldplay), "Paris" (2017), the Collage EP (2016), and the album Memories...Do Not Open (2017).
Young won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017 for mixing "Don't Let Me Down".
From 2018 to 2020, Young served as mixer, engineer, producer, and co-writer for BTS on tracks including "Euphoria", "Magic Shop", "Love Maze", "So What", "Mikrokosmos", "Moon", and "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal".
Software development (2020–present) In January 2020, Young released The Sauce, an effects processor plugin for vocals. Later in 2020, he released Spread, a plugin for converting mono tracks to stereo. He subsequently released additional plugins including Knocktonal, a drum resonance tuning tool, and HitStrip, a channel strip plugin comprising nine processing modules, released in November 2024 after three years of development.
His plugin line, which also includes BDE and Click Boom, was rebranded as Swivel Audio and distributed through Plugin Alliance beginning in August 2025.
Young also owns a music publishing company, Waves With Words, in partnership with Concord.
Hooky and AI voice technology (2023–present) Young founded Hooky, an AI voice technology platform that provides licensed artist voice models for use in music production.
In November 2023, singer Lauv used Hooky's AI voice modelling technology to release a Korean-language version of his single "Love U Like That". The process involved Korean singer Kevin Woo (formerly of U-KISS) performing the Korean vocals, after which Hooky's AI applied Lauv's vocal characteristics to the recording. The release was described by Billboard as the first instance of a major Western artist using AI voice modelling to release a song in a new language.
In April 2024, Young was quoted by CBC News in coverage of broader music industry concerns about AI, comparing the challenges to the Napster-era disputes over digital file-sharing.
Hooky launched as a subscription platform on 5 June 2024, with initial voice models from artists including Jay Sean, Eric Bellinger, and Bonnie X Clyde.
Television In 2023, Young served as a judge on Banded: The Musician Competition, a music competition series on AXS TV that premiered on 13 May 2023. The show, hosted by Brandon Jenner and co-hosted by Didi Benami, placed 25 individual songwriters into five multi-genre bands.
Selected discography (mixing, production, engineer, writer) YearArtistTitle(s)AlbumRoleCertification(s)2025Ozuna"Sirenita"SingleMixing2025Lil Nas X"Need Dat Boy"SingleMixing2024Beyoncé"Ya Ya"Cowboy CarterVocal Recording2024Mazzel"Parade"SingleMixing2024Le Sserafim"Smart"EasyMixing2024Bazzi"Eyes"SingleMixing2022Rema"Calm Down" (with Selena Gomez)SingleMixing, MasteringUS: 7× Platinum 2022RemaAll songsRave & RosesMixing, Mastering2021Kane Brown (w/ H.E.R)"Blessed and Free"SingleMixing2021Lil Nas X"Montero (Call Me By Your Name) - But Lil Nas X Makes All The Sounds With His Mouth"EP VersionMixing2020TwiceAll songsEyes Wide OpenMixing2020WayVAll songsAwaken the WorldMixing2020BTS"Moon", "We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal"Map of the Soul: 7Mixer, Production, Engineer, Writer.US: Platinum 2020Dua Lipa"Good In Bed"Future NostalgiaMixingUS: Platinum 2019Cordae"Wassup" (with Young Thug)SingleMixing2019GryffinAll songsGravityMixing2019TXTAll songsThe Dream Chapter: MagicMixing2019Lil Nas X"Panini"7 EPMixingUS: 7× Platinum 2019Lil Nas X"Rodeo" (with Cardi B)7 EPMixingUS: 2× Platinum 2019Lil Nas X"Holiday"SingleMixingUS: 2× Platinum 2019BTS"Mikrokosmos"Map of the Soul: PersonaMixing, Engineer, Writer.US: Gold 2018BTS"Love Maze", "So What"Love Yourself: TearMixing, Engineer, Writer2018BTS"Euphoria", "I'm Fine", "Answer: Love Myself", "Magic Shop", "Best of Me"Love Yourself: AnswerMixing, Production, Engineer, WriterUS: Platinum 2017The ChainsmokersTracks 1–11Memories ... Do Not OpenMixing, Production, Engineer.US: Platinum 2017The Chainsmokers"Something Just Like This" (with Coldplay)SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 10× Platinum 2017The Chainsmokers"Paris"SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 4× Platinum 2017Coldplay"Miracles" (with Big Sean)Kaleidoscope EPMixing, Mastering2017Dua Lipa"Homesick" (with Chris Martin)Dua LipaMixing, MasteringUS: Platinum 2016The ChainsmokersAll songsCollage EPMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 2× Platinum 2016The Chainsmokers"Closer"SingleMixing, Production, Engineer.US: 15× Platinum 2016The Chainsmokers"Don't Let Me Down" (with Daya)SingleMixingUS: 10× Platinum 2015The Chainsmokers"Roses"SingleMixingUS: 6× Platinum 2015The ChainsmokersAll songsBouquet EPMixingUS: Gold
Extended discography (mixing, engineer, assistant)