Daft Punk Disband After 28 Years
Daft Punk have confirmed their break-up after a career spanning over 28 years.
The French duo, who are considered to be one of the most influential electronic acts of all time, shared the news in an eight-minute video called ‘Epilogue’ which features footage from their 2006 sci-fi film Electroma.
The video shows them walking in the desert wearing their recognizable space-age helmets and leather jackets.
One of the pair suddenly stops and invites the other to initiate the self-destruct sequence on their suit, before walking off and exploding. The clip then fades to black, followed by a title card that reads the dates “1993-2021.”.
Their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier has since officially confirmed their split. Their reason for calling it quits is yet to be confirmed.
Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have had major success over the years, launching international hits with “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and ”Get Lucky” that featured Pharrell Williams.
They first found success with the international hit “Da Funk,” which topped the Billboard dance charts and earned them their first Grammy nomination. A second No. 1 hit and Grammy nomination followed with “Around the World.”
Throughout their career, the duo was nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, winning six of them, including four in 2014. The group won record of the year and best pop duo/group performance for “Get Lucky” and album of the year and best dance/electronica album for their most recent album “Random Access Memories”. They would go on to collaborate with the Weeknd on the 2016 single “Starboy”—Daft Punk’s first Billboard singles chart-topper—as well as a second hit, “I Feel It Coming.”
Their final performance came in 2017, when they joined The Weeknd to perform the latter track at the Grammys.
