We thought we had seen everything. DJs launching soy sauces. DJs opening restaurants. DJs becoming wellness philosophers after three sunsets in Tulum. DJs explaining on podcasts that the music industry is “all about energy.”

But apparently, there was still one final stage in the natural evolution of an electronic music career: becoming a garden gnome in a Pixar film.

FISHER is set to make his voice acting debut in Toy Story 5, where he will voice a character named Garden Gnome. The Disney Pixar film is scheduled to hit UK cinemas on June 19, 2026, with several of the franchise’s original voices returning, including Tom Hanks as Woody, Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Joan Cusack as Jessie. FISHER’s character is reportedly part of a group of forgotten toys living in an abandoned backyard shed, which, emotionally speaking, does sound a little like a DJ after three Ibiza dates, two cancelled flights and a 9 AM promo call.

The news is genuinely delightful. FISHER, one of the most physically expressive DJs on the circuit, a man who seems to experience every drop like a small volcanic event, is joining the Pixar universe. We don’t yet know if his garden gnome will have a fisher hat, a passion for lawn maintenance or a tiny residency at a mini UNVRS, but somehow the casting already makes perfect sense.

Some announcements sound unlikely until they happen. Then you wonder why nobody thought of them earlier.

Daft Punk were almost built for that world. Before appearing in Tron: Legacy, the French duo had already taken their music into animation with Interstella 5555, the 2003 feature-length anime created around their album Discovery.

Skrillex also had his animated moment in Wreck-It Ralph, appearing as a cartoon version of himself during a party scene. To be fair, animation did not have to work that hard. There are only so many ways to exaggerate the hair, glasses and general relationship to noise.

FISHER now joins this small but entertaining tradition of electronic artists crossing into animated worlds. Sometimes they appear as cartoon versions of themselves. Sometimes their music becomes the spine of an animated universe. Sometimes, apparently, they become garden gnomes with opinions about teatime.

And maybe voice acting is the ideal format for DJs. No one can check whether the CDJs are plugged in. No one can zoom in from the front row to analyse the transition. No one can start a debate about pre-recorded sets. Just a voice, a character, and a cinema full of children who probably have no idea the garden gnome once made thousands of adults lose their minds in a festival field.

That is what makes the whole thing funny. Electronic music, once framed as underground, then as festival business, then as content machine, keeps slipping into every corner of pop culture. Advertising, gaming, fashion, streaming, cinema, animation, family franchises. Yesterday, DJs were in warehouses. Today, they are in Toy Story. Tomorrow, we may learn that Peggy Gou is voicing a smart lamp, Carl Cox is playing a wise toaster in a Cars spin-off, or Tiësto has been cast as a Bluetooth speaker learning the value of silence.

For now, FISHER is a Pixar garden gnome. That is, objectively, a beautiful sentence to write.

And in the end, there is something very Toy Story about the life of a DJ: endless travel, people shouting your name, a career spent inside bags, and the constant fear of being replaced by a newer, shinier object.

Woody had his hat. Buzz had his wings. FISHER will have his rake.


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