1. Dillon Francis was born in Los Angeles, California, to an American father and a Serbian-Croatian mother.
29 Facts About Dillon Francis
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Dillon Francis has stated that his father, Robert Drew Dillon Francis, is an "alternative medicines doctor".
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Dillon Francis has made a recurring Internet joke about being unable to find his father.
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Dillon Francis has stated that he had a sheltered upbringing, claiming that he did not know any swear words until he was 15.
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Dillon Francis first rose to fame after gaining the attention of American producer Diplo and eventually collaborating on the song "Que Que", with featured Latin-pop artist Maluca.
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In 2010, Dillon Francis released his Swashbuckler EP on Play Me Records.
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Dillon Francis has released works on multiple labels including Dim Mak Records, Mad Decent and Owsla.
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In February 2012, Dillon Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot atop the Beatport releases chart with the release of his extended play Something, Something, Awesome.
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Dillon Francis was announced as one of MTV Clubland's Artists to watch in 2013, alongside acts such as Kill the Noise and Otto Knows.
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Dillon Francis was labeled by MTV as an "artist to watch" as of September 9,2013.
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Dillon Francis performed at music festivals including Camp Bisco, Electric Daisy Carnival, Coachella, TomorrowWorld, Ultra and Electric Zoo.
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Dillon Francis created the comedy production duo Meowski666 alongside Kill the Noise.
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Dillon Francis's single "Get Low" with DJ Snake was released on February 11,2014.
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On March 22,2014, Dillon Francis announced via his official Twitter account that his debut album, titled Money Sucks, Friends Rule, would be released on October 28,2014, on Mad Decent and Columbia Records.
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On January 1,2015, Dillon Francis revealed to Australian radio station Triple J that he was working on a sketch show pilot for MTV.
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Dillon Francis stated that the show was set to go into production in January 2015.
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On June 28,2015, Dillon Francis announced his EP This Mixtape Is Fire, which would mark a return to his moombahton roots.
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Dillon Francis released the first track from the EP, "Bruk Bruk " the same day.
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Dillon Francis has revealed to his fans that he will be releasing an album as an independent artist, and stated that he would return to his moombahton roots.
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Dillon Francis has created different personalities or alter egos, including "Emo Preston".
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Dillon Francis performed as "Emo Preston" at Emo Nite in Los Angeles in 2017.
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In 2018, Dillon Francis returned to his moombahton roots with the release of the Spanish-language studio album, Wut Wut.
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Dillon Francis was one of the headliners for Hard Summer Music Festival in August 2018.
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Dillon Francis appeared in the first season of Taskmaster US alongside Lisa Lampanelli, Freddie Highmore, Ron Funches and Kate Berlant.
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Dillon Francis released a seven-episode comedy series titled Like and Subscribe in 2018, available exclusively on Funny or Die and Amazon Video.
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On December 7,2018, Dillon Francis released "LFGD" featuring Chris Melberger as part of Astralwerks' compilation album with livestreamer Ninja, Ninjawerks Volume 1.
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In March 2019, Dillon Francis released "Change Your Mind", featuring Lovelytheband.
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Dillon Francis contributed to the soundtrack of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part with "Catchy Song", featuring rappers T-Pain and That Girl Lay Lay.
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In 2023, Dillon Francis released a collaboration song titled "Free" with Swedish DJ and producer Alesso and English singer-songwriter Clementine Douglas.