In 2013, DVN's "Another Irish Drinking Song" was featured in the film Despicable Me 2, with new lyrics in the language of the Minions.
In 2013, Coffin directed Despicable Me 2, with Renaud, and is directing for 2015 with Kyle Balda a Despicable Me spin-off, Minions.
Summer 2013, Ryan Farish's song "Be Near" from his album Wonderfall (2008) is licensed by NBCUniversal/Universal Studios to be used in promotional trailers for the major motion picture Despicable Me 2.
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The song was used in a scene of the 2013 animated film Despicable Me 2, where Margo (one of the daughters of the movie's main character, Gru) danced with Antonio (the son of Gru's arc enemy, El Macho who faked his identity as Eduardo), to whom she had a crush on, in a Cinco de Mayo party at his mansion.