Daft Punk have SPLIT: French dance music duo announce they’ve retired after 28 years together with an explosive farewell video
Daft Punk have split after 28 years together.
The French electronic dance duo confirmed they’d parted ways in an emotional farewell video released on Monday, after an incredible career boasting four chart-topping albums and six Grammy wins.
The split comes eight years after Daft Punk, formed by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter in 1993, released their last album Random Access Memories, featuring the track Get Lucky which topped the charts worldwide.
It’s over! Daft Punk have split after 28 years together. The French electronic dance duo confirmed they’d parted ways in an emotional farewell video released on Monday
Following the release of the goodbye video, titled Epilogue, the band’s longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the split to Pitchfork.com, but did not give a reason.
The clip showed the pair, famed for their robotic headpieces, walking towards one another on a barren desert.
Nodding in agreement the pair activate self-destruct buttons on their outfits and disintegrating into dust.
A title card stating 1993-2021 confirmed the end of Daft Punk as a band, with a choral version of their 2013 song Touch playing out the seven-minute video.