I learned everything.
I was born and raised in Guadalajara.
My two grandfathers and my dad taught me a bit of everything: carpentry, technology, mechanics, masonry, blacksmithing.
My dad is the reason I got into technology.
I wanted to make video games.
I loved the video games Halo, The Legend of Zelda and Undertale. From Halo I kept the soundtrack; from Zelda, the soundtrack and the story. Undertale has both.
But playing them was not enough: I wanted to make my own. Between 2012 and 2019 I made quite a few in Unity 3D, a program for building video games, just to entertain the family.
There was always music.
For as long as I can remember. I listened to songs on an old Sony Ericsson, at full volume, and I sang terribly. They told me to be quiet.
I sang Ed Sheeran songs in secret.
In elementary school I had an iPad and a piano app. I used the automatic mode to learn songs, all by ear, with no theory.
The dear piano.
In middle school my maternal grandfather gave me the piano. I did not make music with it, but I liked playing around with it.
Later I took it up to learn music theory, and I also developed as a violinist. I loved violins, and from FL Studio I started making melodies with them.
At first I did not want it.
The guitar is what everybody plays and I did not want to be just another one.
The first one I had was a red one, scribbled on, that shows up in some photos. I watched my cousin Eduardo sing Maná songs with it.
In time I ended up playing it.
My first remix.
I went back to FL Studio and made my first remixes. I put out a homemade one: Undertale – Once Upon a Time, signed as GuilleFranky.
I also started writing stories based on what I had lived.
Everything else started there.
I learned to sing.
In early 2020 I picked up the guitar and started playing songs by the hit musicians of the time. I played just to play.
In time I learned to sing.
It was the year of the pandemic: the lockdown, the uncertainty.
Siempre estaré aquí para ti.
That year my maternal grandfather died. It was my first loss that close.
Before New Year, inside the bathroom, I wrote “Siempre estaré aquí para ti”. A simple goodbye.
Years later, that would become the name of SEAPT.
Make your own music.
I was posting covers. Ed Maverick’s manager told me plainly: make your own music, not just covers, stand out.
I wrote “Adiós y Felicidad”, the song that made me decide to release my own work. Then came “Volver Amar” and “Ladrona”.
I finished high school, started working, and wrote and wrote.
Guille Frank is me.
It comes from my family: “Frankyto”, after our last name, Franco. Guille, because I like being called Guille. Fans, promoters and producers call me Gui.
GuilleFranky was a name. Guille Frank has always existed, because it is me.
I fell apart.
I wrote “Imagina”, “Niña Miel” and “No Quiero”. I did not feel in control of the project, even though there were already people who believed in it.
My brother-in-law, my niece’s father, took his own life. A month later my father was disappeared and I fell apart.
Still, I kept going.
Keep going.
I was exhausted and afraid. I founded my business, the first clients came, and I kept going.
The GuilleFranky name came to an end. I lost access to things and learned a lot the hard way.
I did not play the guitar again until the end of 2024.
SEAPT brings together the singles I released when I was GuilleFranky. I plan to re-release them with more production.
Back to the guitar.
In late 2024 I listened to Kevin Kaarl again and picked the guitar back up. I started writing.
We played a few small gigs. I worked and worked on my business. It inspired me.
I was not sad anymore. I learned to love myself.
Outside the concerts.
Ultra Sodade came out. I went as a fan to see Ed Maverick and Kevin Kaarl.
I played outside, and ended up drawing hundreds of people.
I kept posting content, but with no direction. At the end of the year I decided to take on 2026 with a clear strategy: play on stages, have a visual identity and help more artists grow.
Few, but very close.
My Instagram account is new. I was not afraid of it; I just had no clear direction.
I do not have that many followers, but I do have very close fans.
I want to grow and keep going.
This year.
I graduated and formally set up my company. I still run the technology company I built, and it gives me stability.
On February 28 I played my first concert: 35 people, half the capacity.
I took Guille Frank as something serious: I have to give it shape, and I know it will work.
The De Miel universe.
De Miel is part of my story: the five stages of grief.
Niña Miel and Sin Amor Propio are parts of this real stage.
Sin Amor Propio comes out on November 6.
Pre-save
A lot you do not see.
It is all the effort behind it.
I have played several shows over the years. Playing is expressing.
I do not have all the dates: my father was the one who kept track of that and took the photos and videos.
A concrete goal.
I made the Kevin Kaarl tribute to have a concrete goal and build around it. To get people talking about Guille Frank and to see how capable I am.
It was set for November 8, but it clashed with the real Kevin. We moved it to the 27th.
I built it with a band: family musicians and local musicians I believe in.
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I want to help more artists.
I know what it costs to start without backing.
I know marketing and I founded a label, Franklore, to help local artists and push Guadalajara’s music.
“Sin Amor Propio” comes on November 6; the Kevin Kaarl tribute on the 27th; and De Miel. And more things.
And I want to be a known artist, and for people to know my songs.
