{"id":2452824,"date":"2020-01-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318512"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T23:00:00","slug":"making-magic-dillon-francis-returns-to-belly-up-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/making-magic-dillon-francis-returns-to-belly-up-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Making \u2018Magic,\u2019 Dillon Francis returns to Belly Up Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While so many DJs have doubled down on self-seriousness and aggressive assaults of noise, Francis has developed a signature \u201cmoombahton\u201d sound that is focused on fun and peppered with the sharp sense of irony that infuses everything he does.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the beginning I\u2019ve always wanted people to feel like when they go to my shows it\u2019s like a house party \u2014 fun and happy,\u201d Francis, who headlines Belly Up Aspen on Saturday night, said before a December 2018 show here. \u201cAnd I play everything because I make everything and have horrible A.D.D.\u201d<\/p>\n

His latest mixtape, \u201cMagic is Read,\u201d released in November, features an album cover with a unicorn farting a rainbow and an eclectic mix of tracks from the Nitti Gritti collaboration \u201cSalabahton\u201d to the bounce-inflected \u201cBawdy\u201d with Big Freedia. In mid-December, he released a sweet-hearted remix of Maroon 5\u2019s \u201cMemories,\u201d dedicated to the memory of a childhood friend who died of cancer in late 2019.<\/p>\n

Francis, the producer behind stratospheric hits including \u201cGet Low\u201d with G-Eazy and \u201cComing Over\u201d with Kygo and James Hersey, made his local debut a few days before New Year\u2019s Eve 2017. This weekend\u2019s show marks the third winter in a row where he\u2019s playing Belly Up around the turn of the calendar. One visit overlapped with a Diplo show at Belly Up, and the DJ pair went snowboarding and hit the town together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably one of the most memorable trips,\u201d Francis said.<\/p>\n

It reminded Francis of his boyhood family snowboarding vacations in Mammoth and Vail, he said. Last winter he brought along his parents and brother and spent a few days on the mountain with them.<\/p>\n

Such breaks are rare for the prolific and increasingly multi-hyphenate artist. Before the latest releases there was the Latin pop-inflected full album \u201cWut Wut\u201d and the hilarious \u2014 and criminally underappreciated \u2014 Funny Or Die web series \u201cLike and Subscribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Francis\u2019 comedic chops and brilliant self-parody are familiar to anybody who\u2019s seen his videos like \u201cNeed You\u201d and his spots on \u201cWhat Would Diplo Do.\u201d But \u201cLike and Subscribe\u201d \u2014 a seven-episode satire about content creators \u2014 was a new creative turn, with Francis playing the ludicrous Hollywood manager Skyy Goldwynne. His inane character locks four clueless web-famous rappers, DJs, YouTubers and teen pop stars in what Goldwynne calls a \u201csocial media halfway house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people didn\u2019t realize I can actually act,\u201d Francis said of the project.<\/p>\n

In a notorious and bizarre meta turn, Francis and the \u201cLike and Subscribe\u201d team put up a mural inside a tent on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles as part of the show, announcing they would exclude anyone from taking photos in front of it unless they were verified on social media and had over 20,000 followers. Its existence drew online outrage \u2014 and attracted the blue-check crowd \u2014 until Francis and the team revealed it as a hoax.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a whole different outlet that I can do beyond making music,\u201d he said of writing and acting. \u201cBut it all kind of comes from the same creative part of me. \u2026 I\u2019ve always loved making people laugh and being in front of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his increasing forays into acting and other media, Francis won\u2019t be walking away from music anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely will always be making music,\u201d he said. \u201cI try to do like 75 percent music and the rest I like to divide among other stuff I\u2019m lucky to be able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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