Amrit Tietz: DJ and Co-Founder of Spread the Jelly

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Who What Wear

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Amrit Tietz is an international DJ and co-founder of the modern motherhood platform Spread the Jelly. Although she initially set out to study economics, Tietz dropped out of college, unbeknownst to her parents, to pursue a path she was more passionate about: music. She auditioned multiple times for the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a music conservatory, before being accepted into the musical theater program. During her time there, she collected jazz units and switched to a music performance degree while also learning how to DJ on the side. Tietz moved to New York City after graduating and worked various jobs—from waitressing to retail—while taking DJ gigs to build her network. She eventually landed a full-time role at Starworks Agency, advancing from executive assistant to director of talent and engagement. After nearly six years at the ad agency, Tietz decided to take her DJing career full-time, successfully leaping from managing talent to becoming the talent herself. She has since toured globally, performed for iconic names like Dior and Vogue, and had her original music featured in HBO and Apple TV+ productions. While Tietz continues to DJ—and did so even while seven months pregnant—she recently moved into a new space with Spread the Jelly, an independent online platform redefining the narrative around modern motherhood. She and her co-founder, Lauren Levinger, launched the platform as a space for mothers to tell their diverse stories more authentically, build community, and “embrace the sticky” parts of motherhood together.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. I'm Hilary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Where, and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers. We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process
0:21.7	of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:27.3	Today on the show, I'm sitting down with international DJ and co-founder of Spread the Jelly,
0:33.5	Amrit Teets. Born in Singapore and raised in Western Australia, Amhert defied cultural expectations
0:40.7	by secretly dropping out of her economics degree to pursue her passion for music. After getting
0:47.4	into a prestigious conservatory program, she focused her studies on music performance and also
0:53.3	learned how to DJ in her free time.
0:56.3	After graduation, she moved to New York City, hustling and building connections from the ground
1:01.1	up.
1:02.1	Emmerit got a job at an agency, starting as an assistant to the CEO and eventually finding
1:08.2	her niche overseeing brand and talent relationships, all while DJing on the side.
1:14.5	After nearly six years at Starworks, Amrit took the leap to become a full-time DJ.
1:20.8	Since then, she has toured globally, performed for iconic brands like Dior and Vogue,
1:26.6	and had her original music featured in HBO and
1:30.2	Apple TV Plus productions. As you'll hear in this interview, Amrit doesn't necessarily feel like
1:36.1	she's pivoted throughout her career because everything she's done has revolved around connection
1:41.3	and storytelling just in slightly different formats. And I am so excited about
1:47.4	Amrit's newest storytelling venture, Spread the Jelly, which is an independent online platform
1:53.0	redefining the narrative around modern motherhood. Amherit became a mother in 23, and as someone
2:00.4	who was DJing at seven months pregnant and openly sharing about her postpartum journey and miscarriages online, she didn't see herself reflected in any of the parenting platforms available to her, so she and her co-founder decided to create one.
2:15.3	The platform features vulnerable, empowering stories about
2:19.0	motherhood from women like Alison Roman, Elaine Welteroth, and Alana Glazer. I absolutely loved
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