[2] Francis Farewell Starlite (born Abe Morre Katz-Milder, June 14, 1981) is an American musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, and dancer.

He is a frequent collaborator of artists and producers such as Kanye West, Justin Vernon, Cashmere Cat, Chance the Rapper, Nico Segal, Frank Ocean, and Banks.

'"[5] Shortly afterwards, Starlite returned to Oakland, where he lived and worked in a rehearsal space at Soundwave Studios and wrote songs for close to a year.

[citation needed] He subsequently drove across the U.S. in a decommissioned postal truck to New York City, where he formed Francis and the Lights.

On November 3, 2008, Starlite incorporated Francis and the Lights, LLC, as a limited liability company, as an alternative to signing a record deal.

[12] Francis and the Lights were credited as producing the song "Karaoke" for Canadian rapper Drake, from his 2010 debut album, Thank Me Later.

[15] Schreier, once a supporting musician for Francis and the Lights, has directed most of their music videos, and they provided the score for his feature film debut, Robot & Frank (2012).

Drake quoted the 2010 Francis and the Lights track "Get in the Car" on his song "Madonna", from his 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late.

[17] Starlite works closely with Muxtape founder Justin Ouellette, who has designed several websites and HTML5 music players for Francis and the Lights releases.

[20] On May 15, 2016, Starlite released a solo piano song titled "Thank You", which was recorded on a phone in Justin Vernon's living room.

[21][22][23] On July 7, 2016, Francis and the Lights released a music video for the new song "Friends", featuring Bon Iver and Kanye West.

[24] On August 13, the band premiered their debut studio album, Farewell, Starlite!, during a performance at the Eaux Claires music festival.

The same year, Francis and the Lights performed a cover of "Dear Theodosia" as a duet with Chance the Rapper on The Hamilton Mixtape.

Francis and the Lights are credited as a producer on the 2018 Kanye West album, ye, for the tracks "I Thought About Killing You", "All Mine", and "Ghost Town".