🎤 Dilly Hits: From Vac Trucks to Viral Tracks — A Real Talk with an AI Music Artist

Let me be honest — this wasn’t your average “Hey, tell me about your process” interview. This one hit different.

Dylan Paquette, aka Dilly Hits, stopped by AIDIY for a long-form conversation that started with “wait, your oven light is killing my thumbnail” and spiraled into a real, raw journey through grief, music, AI, and finding healing through songwriting. He’s a guy who’s tried everything: gaming YouTuber at 11, Shopify seller by 17, and now AI music artist writing from the heart.

🛢️ From Oil Rigs to Recording Booths

Dylan spends his days working three months at a time in the oilfields, away from his family. That alone sets the stage for some deep, emotional songwriting. And that’s exactly where his music goes. His first personal AI song was a country track — written for his wife and her country-loving family — about what it feels like to be away, and what it’s like to carry that financial and emotional weight.

Then came “Feel Your Pain,” written after his wife suffered a work injury that crushed her confidence. He couldn’t fully relate, but he did his best to show her — through song — that he saw her. And it connected. Like, YouTube-comments-full-of-tears kind of connected.

🎶 “What Could Have Been” — A Song That Needed to Exist

We went deep on the track “What Could Have Been”, a haunting, beautiful piece Dylan wrote about the daughter he and his wife lost at just eight months old. He didn’t know how to process it, didn’t know how to talk about it… until the music gave him a way.

No drama, no over-editing — just truth. And you can feel it in every line.

He followed that with “Stolen”, a track he almost didn’t release because it was just too raw. He calls it the song where he finally didn’t care what others thought. “I just typed what pissed me off,” he told me. The lyrics? Brutal. Honest. Cathartic.

“That’s the thing about trauma. It hits everybody different — and it hits worse if you don’t realize you got it.”

🎥 From Shorts to Substance

You might’ve seen Dilly Hits on your feed lately — not just for his music, but for the YouTube Shorts where he’s honest, funny, and relatable. This isn’t someone pretending to be a polished influencer. This is a guy in an apartment in Canada, hitting upload because the music won’t stop coming.

His advice? Just keep making. Try different genres. Don’t worry about mastering every tool. Be yourself. Because authenticity is the art.

🔁 The Loop of Healing

Maybe you don’t want to be a YouTuber. Maybe you’re not looking to go viral. But if you’ve got feelings you can’t shake, thoughts you can’t untangle — Dylan’s story is a masterclass in using AI as a tool for healing. It’s not about the plays. It’s about the process. Write a song. Don’t publish it. Or do. But let it out. Let it be something.

🔗 Go Follow Dilly Hits

• YouTube: Dilly Hits Channel
• Featured track: “What Could Have Been” — prepare tissues.

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