Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk Break up: Reasons, What to Expect Next?

Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. Photo: Republic World

Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years.

The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news today in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue.” Kathryn Frazier, the band’s longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press.

They started the week by sharing a typically enigmatic video, titled "Epilogue." In the eight-minute film, the duo is seen walking in a desert in their signature space-age helmets and leather jackets reported CNN. One of the pair removes his jacket, revealing a detonator on his back. The other presses a button on the detonator. His companion walks away and eventually explodes.

Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have had major success over the years, winning six Grammy Awards and launching international hits with “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and “Get Lucky.”

Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met at a Paris school in 1987. Prior to Daft Punk, they formed an indie rock band named Darling.

They officially formed Daft Punk in 1993, and the helmeted, mute, and mysterious musicians released their debut album, “Homework,” 1997. 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.”

Daft Punk spent time touring around the world and reached greater heights with their sophomore album, 2001’s “Discovery.” It included the infectious smash “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” which Kanye West famously flipped into his own hit “Stronger,” released in 2007. It won West the best rap solo performance Grammy at the 2008 show, where West and Daft Punk performed together onstage.

A year later, a live version of “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” won Daft Punk the best dance recording Grammy — their first win — and their “Alive 2007” album picked up best electronic/dance album.

But it was the 2014 Grammys where Daft Punk really took the spotlight, winning album of the year for “Random Access Memories” and making history as the first electronic act to win the highest honor at the Grammys. The duo won four awards that night, including the record of the year for their bombshell hit “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.

“Random Access Memories” was regarded as a genre-bending album highlighted by its mix of live instrumentation, disco sounds, funk, rock, R&B, and more. Rolling Stone ranked it No. 295 on their list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” last year.

Reasons for the breakup

No reason has been given on their split yet but a retirement after 3 decades of working together seems like the most valid one. The duo decided to announce their disbandment in an enigmatic way with an 8-minute video, out of which the first 5 minutes was the intro that defined their break up gingerly.

The song Epilogue starts with the two masked men walking away from the camera on a desert-like unending ground. They walk and walk until Thomas Bangalter finally stops mid-way with a loss of purpose. On the other hand, Homem-Christo strides with pride until he turns around to see Bangalter halt. He returns back to enquire what happened.

What to expect from the audience and fan when Daft Punk splits up?

Fans and music makers mourned the exit of Daft Punk on social media Monday as the announcement sent the pair’s songs soaring up the Twitter trends and the iTunes chart. Many will remember the duo’s sensational “Alive 2007″ shows as being some of the best concerts of all time, New Jersey cites. The wider world of music and entertainment will respond to the news this morning with tributes and cries for sanity in this mad, mad world.

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Above you’ll see a tribute from illustrator BossLogic. Below you’ll find a lovely joke from Blake Hammond.

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Next, you’ll find an image from Fandom, with a note about the relatively recent public desire by Disney’s President of Music & Soundtracks to get Daft Punk back for Tron 3. Cross your fingers that’s still a possibility – but don’t bet on it.

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Next, you’ll find a post from Artie (Interstelarcana) on the history of Daft Punk. There’s a whole lot more there, but this is the list.

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A radical Tweet thread was delivered by Daft Punk Fandom (Daft_Wub) showing the creation process behind the Daft Punk helmets. Drop-in and see.

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If you’ve seen any other high-quality or otherwise noteworthy responses to the Daft Punk breakup news, let us know! Meanwhile, drop down into the timeline of links below to see the most recent several bits and pieces that appeared in the Daft Punk universe over the last few years.

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