In Tune With: How Sonos Play helps Tottenham star Djed Spence
In Tune With: How Sonos Play helps Tottenham star Djed Spence “If life had a sound right now? ” asks Tottenham and England defender Djed Spence. He pauses for a moment, then smiles.
“Soft, because I’m happy and I’m blessed. ” It’s a rare quiet note in a life that usually moves at full volume. For Spence, football is rhythm.
Training sessions, matchdays, travel, everything in his life runs to a beat. But behind the intensity, there’s a more personal soundtrack shaping how he prepares, switches off and stays grounded. In the second episode of Sounds Around Football, created by Sonos and OneFootball, Spence opens the door to that world, a world where music isn’t just background noise, but part of his daily ritual.
It all starts before a game when the tempo rises. “I’ll play upbeat music to get me going so I’ve really got that energy when I step out onto the pitch,” he says. In the changing room, that energy becomes collective with speakers on, heads nodding, teammates locking into the same mindset.
“It’s really important… most of the time it’s hip hop, anything really. It’s just got to get you in the zone. ” But away from the stadium, the sound shifts again.