Billy Gillies: Songs and Collaborations
Right now, Billy Gillies has a single out called We Had It All — the debut release on his own new label, FRQNC — and it's the reason you're probably hearing his name a lot this week. Frisk is catching this one early, so if you like your trance big, emotional and built for both headphones and festival fields, you're in the right place. This is your hub for everything Billy Gillies: the sound, the songs, the collaborations, and the order to hear it all in.
Who is Billy Gillies?
Billy Gillies is a DJ and producer from Belfast, and he's been chasing this sound since he was 11 years old, right back at the start of the 2000s. That's not a marketing line — it shows in how confident his records sound. He works in uplifting trance and tech trance, with detours into Eurodance and progressive house, and if you've ever lost an hour to Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond or Cosmic Gate, you already know roughly what you're walking into: huge, emotional melodies riding on relentless, high-energy beats.
He earned his stripes the hard way first. A 2019 set at Luminosity festival, played with all-original material, ended up outperforming some of the festival's own headliners on SoundCloud — a proper "who is this guy" moment for anyone paying attention to trance at the time.
The TikTok years, and why they mattered
Then came the pandemic, and Billy did something a lot of dance producers didn't: he opened his studio sessions up on TikTok, filming himself building tracks from nothing. It caught on in a huge way — over 145 million views across those sessions — and it turned him from a name trance heads knew into an artist with a genuinely massive, engaged audience. Tracks like Youth broke out directly from that period.
Where he's at now: We Had It All and FRQNC
Billy signed to Big Beat Records, part of Atlantic, in 2023, off the back of his breakthrough hit "DNA (Loving You)". Now, in 2026, he's stepped away from the major-label machine to launch his own imprint, FRQNC, built around emotion, nostalgia and human connection rather than chasing trends. We Had It All is the first thing out on it, and it's a statement of intent — the sound of an artist doing exactly what he wants. It's early days for the track, which is exactly why it's worth getting into now rather than catching up later.
The Hannah Boleyn partnership
You can't talk about Billy Gillies without talking about Hannah Boleyn. Their 2023 collaboration "DNA (Loving You)" is his biggest hit to date — it reached number 9 in the UK chart and went platinum, selling and streaming past 600,000 units. They've come back together more than once since, including on "Right Here All Along" in 2024 and "Tears On The Dancefloor". If you want the emotional, vocal-led side of what he does, that partnership is the place to look.
Where to go next
If you want a track-by-track rundown, head to our guide to his best songs. If it's the collaborations you're after — Hannah Boleyn and beyond — there's a whole guide dedicated to those. And if you're not sure where to dive in first, our starting guide lays out the order that makes the most sense.
FAQs
What genre is Billy Gillies?
Uplifting trance is his home base, with tech trance, Eurodance and progressive house all in the mix. Think big, melodic, festival-ready dance music rather than anything underground or minimal.
Is "We Had It All" a Hannah Boleyn collaboration?
No — it's a solo Billy Gillies release, and the debut single on his own label, FRQNC. Hannah Boleyn remains his most frequent collaborator on other tracks, including "DNA (Loving You)" and "Right Here All Along", but this one is all him.
What's Billy Gillies' biggest song so far?
"DNA (Loving You)" with Hannah Boleyn, released in 2023. It hit number 9 in the UK and went platinum — his clearest commercial breakthrough to date.
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