Nicholas Daniel "Nick" Miller (born December 26, 1990), professionally known as Illenium (stylized in all caps), is an American musician, DJ, music producer, and songwriter.
[5][6] He lived in Seattle and France, eventually settling with his parents in San Francisco, where he would attend St. Ignatius College Preparatory.
In the summer of 2012, he saw Bassnectar perform at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and decided to focus more earnestly on music.
[14] In January 2014, he independently released his follow-up EP, Risen, which contained the song "Drop Our Hearts" featuring Sirma.
[17] In 2015, Illenium released several singles, including "Chosen You",[18] "Painted White" (with Said the Sky and Christina Soto),[19] and "I'll Be Your Reason" (featuring Eden).
[34] In October 2016, Illenium also released a collaboration with Said the Sky and Seven Lions entitled "Rush Over Me" (featuring Haliene).
[36] In July 2017, Illenium collaborated with EDM duo, Zeds Dead, to produce the track "Where The Wild Things Are".
The album featured 13 tracks including the aforementioned "Fractures", "Feel Good", and "Crawl Outta Love".
[52] On March 31, 2019, EDM duo, The Chainsmokers, debuted a collaboration with Illenium ("Takeaway") during their set at the Ultra Music Festival.
[54] As of September 2019, both singles maintain Illenium's highest placement on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number 3.
[36] Later in May 2019, Illenium and Ekali debuted a collaborative track ("Hard to Say Goodbye") during a set at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
The album consists of 17 tracks, including the aforementioned "Take You Down", "Crashing," "Pray," "Good Things Fall Apart," and "Takeaway.
In late October, Illenium released his second song on the 12Tone label called "Paper Thin" with Tom DeLonge and his band, Angels & Airwaves.
[67] It was later confirmed by Illenium on Twitter that the song was the final product of a live stream he and Trevor conducted in 2020, and that it would appear on Fallen Embers.
[71] On July 16, Illenium released his fourth album, Fallen Embers, with 14 songs, including the aforementioned singles "Nightlight", "Paper Thin", "Hearts on Fire", "First Time", "Sideways", "Heavenly Side".
A remix of "Blame Myself" produced with Virtual Riot was released as part of the deluxe version of Fallen Embers on October 22, alongside several other unreleased collaborations.
One single off the album, "Luv Me A Little" (featuring Nina Nesbitt), reached number 1 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.
The album also featured the single "Eyes Wide Shut," a collaboration with Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker that reached number 9 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
Other guest appearances on the album included All Time Low, Teddy Swims, jxdn, Skylar Grey, Max, and others.
On June 17, Illenium played a show dubbed "Trilogy: Colorado" at Denver's Empower Field at Mile High, a stadium with a capacity of over 76,000.
[8] During his Ember Shores festival in Cancun, Mexico in December 2021, Illenium attracted criticism for playing a Bassnectar song as the latter was accused of sexual abuse in July 2020.