Rolling Stoner: Daft Punk Break Up

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daft-punk-have-broken-up-1131309/

The group announced the decision via an eight-minute sequence, dubbed “Epilogue,” taken from their 2006 film, Electroma, in which two robots — meant to represent band members Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter — venture into a desert where one gets blown up. An image of two robot hands forming a triangle then flashes on-screen with the time-stamp: 1993-2021.

Over the course of their nearly three-decade run, Daft Punk went from boundary-pushing favorites to one of the most acclaimed acts in pop music. De Homem-Christo and Bangalter formed the group in 1993, pushed to the forefront of French house music, and released their acclaimed debut album, Homework, in 1997, which featured hit singles like “Da Funk” and “Around the World.”

Daft Punk left an indelible mark on the global pop landscape, but especially in America: Their run during the first decade of the 2000s — bolstered by Kanye West’s sampling of “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” on his 2007 hit “Stronger” — helped lay the foundation for the EDM boom that would shake up pop in the U.S. at the start of the 2010s. Daft Punk’s music would be sampled by artists like Janet Jackson, Jazmine Sullivan, and Busta Rhymes, while in 2016, the group linked up with the Weeknd for a pair of hits on his album Starboy.