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.

“When I step out of the house I like to be in my world,” he explains. “When I put my headphones on, it’s just me and the beat.” It’s in those quieter, more focused moments that music becomes a way to reset, reflect and stay centred amid the demands of elite sport.

That balance between intensity and calm, between shared moments and personal space, is where his setup matters most. Whether he’s filling a room with sound or tuning everything out, Spence relies on audio that moves with him, adapting to whatever the moment demands. Because for a player chasing the highest level, every detail counts.

“If I want to play at the highest level, I have to train at the highest level,” he says. “When I play music… the bass, the power — it just hits different.”

And that same mindset carries into what comes next.

“What am I hungry for? Just to be successful. To win a trophy.”

For Spence, the journey is still building new chapters, new challenges, new sounds. But whether it’s the roar of a stadium or the quiet focus before kickoff, one thing stays constant: the soundtrack that drives him forward.