Words by Gabriel Spadaccini
Dillon Francis is rapidly becoming known as one of the most hilarious artists in music. His Snapchat stories are the stuff of legend, second perhaps only to the original lion DJ Khaled himself in their length and ridiculousness, and a fair number of his music videos are simultaneously bizarre and hysterical.
The video for ‘I Can’t Take It,’ for instance, isn’t a traditional music video but a short film entitled ‘Exit Through The Donut Hole,’ in which he plays a slightly depressed pink-frosted donut who kick-starts his own donuts rights organization. His most recent release, a collaboration with NGHTMRE called ‘Need You,’ warranted an even more ludicrous visual, with Dillon firing off the bass-heavy moombahton track at a kind of feeble white suburbia garden party. The result? Utter mayhem.
Because the internet clearly needs more of this hilarity, Dillon’s taken it upon himself to conceive a new show, a parody reality series called DJ World. With help from the god of Vine Nick Colletti and fellow electronic producer Getter – both of whom are comic geniuses in their own right – the series spoofs shows like MTV‘s ‘The Real World,’ pitting six ultra-stereotypical DJs against each other in a house with only three bedrooms. From the two-minute preview alone we can tell that this is going to be good.
While the official trailer arrived earlier this week, the first real episode – a profile of Getter’s flamboyant, blonde-haired character – premiered just a few hours ago. Check out the trailer and the first episode below, and be sure to get a look at Life Without Andy’s coverage of Dillon’s recent Australian tour here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhJx4vVZIs
