[3] To keep the band together, Daniel and bandmates Adam Hann and Ross MacDonald went to university in Manchester, during which time all four members worked as delivery drivers for a Chinese restaurant.

[9] On that label, the 1975 released four extended plays (Facedown in August 2012, Sex in November 2012, Music for Cars in March 2013 and IV in May 2013),[10] the UK Albums Chart-topping albums The 1975 (2013), I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It (2016), A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships (2018), Notes on a Conditional Form (2020) and Being Funny in a Foreign Language (2022), and multiple singles including "Give Yourself a Try" and "Love It If We Made It".

He was temporarily replaced by the Japanese House's drummer Freddy Sheed, whom he later congratulated for learning their entire set in less than 24 hours.

[26] XCX announced their engagement in November 2023[27] in a selfie uploaded to her private Instagram account in which she flaunted a diamond ring.

In subsequent since-deleted photos with Daniel uploaded to her public Instagram account,[20] XCX stated that the pair were "fucking for life".

[19]The 1975's fifth album was delayed by the band hitting a wall as a result of Daniel's depression and Healy's breakup with FKA Twigs.

[7] After a gig at Finsbury Park,[7] which took place on 2 July 2023 and saw Healy apologise for multiple personal indiscretions,[30] Dirty Hit's general manager suggested mounting a Dirty Hit club night, prompting a suggestion that the label launch an imprint.

[33] Daniel later signed Owens to Dh2, which launched in July 2024 with her single "Love You Got" and with a party at Phonox in Brixton.

[7] The party involved performances from the imprint's first signing Kelly Lee Owens and from DJs Oscar Farrell and TimFromTheHouse.

The following month, he released "Screen Cleaner", a glitchy three-minute-30-second dance track cowritten by both its vocalist Tove Lo[b] and TimFromTheHouse.

[34] The track had previously been performed at various events including appearances with XCX at Glastonbury Festival, Boiler Room New York, Amnesia in Ibiza, and Venue MOT with Jamie xx in London.

[60] In January 2023, they teamed up for a remix of Caroline Polachek's "Welcome to My Island",[61] and that October, he co-produced XCX's and Sam Smith's single "In the City",[62] which charted at No.

[64] Daniel later went viral after refusing to take part in "Apple"'s dance,[65] only relenting on the opening date of her Brat tour.

[67] In May 2023, he coproduced "Feels Like My Hands Are On Fire" from Salute's EP Shield, which also featured contributions from Sammy Virji and No Rome.

[68] Shaad D'Souza of The Face wrote in August 2024 that dance acts like Salute, Virji, and Floating Points had "energised" Daniel in "recent years".