Expanding beyond the original blogroll format, Dancing Astronaut introduced a new user experience to change the way its audience engaged with content, creating conversation around news and music.
[7] Dancing Astronaut has been the official media partner various music festivals across the globe including New York City's Electric Zoo, TomorrowWorld, Mysteryland (US) and Ultra Europe.
[8] In 2014, Dancing Astronaut was a launch partner of Beats Music, one of the initial brands to serve as guest programmers to the streaming service, alongside outlets such as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.
[9] On June 24, 2012, former Editor-in-Chief Jacob Schulman published an editorial entitled "Dance Music Has Gone Mainstream, But It Doesn't Have to Sell Out" which addressed the controversy surrounding EDM's rising popularity.
[10] On April 16, 2013, Dancing Astronaut published a report accusing producer will.i.am of stealing from the production of "Rebound" by Arty and Mat Zo for his own single, "Let's Go" featuring Chris Brown.