DAFT PUNK
EPILOGUE
The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris.
For 28 years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have been running around wearing robot helmets, calling themselves Daft Punk, and delivering groundbreaking electronic music with influences from funk to house and disco. Today, they’ve announced their break-up, which has been confirmed by publicist Kathryn Frazier for Variety. The announcement came as a video titled “Epilogue” that was posted on their Youtube channel.
The Epilogue video is typically enigmatic. It shows the pair walking into the desert, one with a gold helmet (Guy)and one with a silver helmet (Thomas). They stop and stare at each other and eagle-eyed fans will spot that the mouth of the silver helmet changes from a smile to a plain slit. Then Guy-Manuel activates a digital countdown on his bandmates back. Thomas walks away and is blown up when the countdown runs out.
The band's years 1993-2021 appear on screen with their logo before the video plays out with a sunset and choral music from their song Touch.
It was back in 1993 when Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo first came together to form Daft Punk. Keeping their identities hidden behind their iconic masks for years, they helped pioneer the French style of house music while constantly pushing boundaries along the way. Albums such as 1997’s Homework and 2001’s Discovery delivered countless hits including “Around The World”, “Harder Better Faster Stronger”, and “One More Time”, and cemented their status as global superstars.
Their music has been sampled by a number of popular mainstream artists, including 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, Will.i.am, Machine Gun Kelly and perhaps most notably in Kanye West’s “Stronger.” The versatile artists were also tapped to compose the score for Disney’s “Tron: Legacy” in 2010.
