Toronto joins a list of cities—New York, LA, London, Paris, Chicago, Melbourne—that have hosted Freakquencies. No matter the size or setting, Smith’s mission remains the same: unite bodies on the dance floor in ecstatic debauchery. For those who had seen him a year earlier at Velvet Underground, this party showed him in full DJ-as-ringleader mode.

By 11 p.m., red lights and fog filled the cavernous space while openers MGNA Crrrta and Mechatok set the tone. When Smith took the scaffold-built stage at 1 a.m., the warehouse was packed wall to wall with kids dressed in stripes, leather, animal prints, and side bangs. Some came in full Dare cosplay—white shirts, skinny ties, blazers. By the time Smith hit the stage, the space was fully engulfed in the smell of sweaty, fragranced bodies and smoke from flavoured vapes. Wasting no time, he dropped into “Kick,” the opener from Freakquencies: Volume 1.

Smith kept the crowd in constant motion, weaving through dance-punk, indie sleaze, electroclash, and house with DFA-era flair. Roars went up for deep-cut remixes like Foals’ “Hummer (Surkin Remix)” and Confidence Man’s “Firebreak,” alongside blasts of pop-house nostalgia like Icona Pop and Charli XCX’s “I Love It.”

Behind the decks, Smith was animated yet stoic—dancing, mouthing lyrics, and feeding off the energy without breaking character. Anticipation spiked when he teased his remix of Justice’s “Mannequin Love” before slamming into Charli’s “Guess.” Friends and openers joined him to toss in curveballs like Kesha’s “Blow” and Jack Ü’s “Where Are Ü Now,” pushing the sweaty room further into delirium.

Throughout his set Smith dropped Gorillaz’s “DARE” into his own “Modelizer,” followed by Uffie and Pharrell’s “ADD SUV”—a sequence that embodied his knack for mixing in cheeky bangers that also turn the dance floor upside down. The night’s biggest surprise came with a remix of Addison Rae’s “Fame Is a Gun,” which quickly made its way onto TikTok by morning.

As strobes cut through the haze, Smith built tension for the inevitable closer: his breakout hit “Girls.” The crowd screamed every lyric, phones pointed toward the suited DJ who reveled in the chaos. With a bow and a smirk, he ended his first Toronto Freakquencies on a high, leaving the warehouse littered with empty cans and euphoric chatter.