EDM DJs reacted to Daft Punk breakup
Following the announcement of Daft Punk, electronic dance music (EDM) DJs worldwide were weighing in on the duo’s unexpected breakup.
Daft Punk on Monday released an “Epilogue” video announcing that they had broken up after 28 years as a duo.
The duo’s publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Agence France-Presse by email. However, Kathryn didn’t reveal why Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo broke up as of this writing.
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With this, several DJs worldwide took to social media as they’re weighing in on Daft Punk’s unexpected breakup.
Porter Robinson, a DJ who was known for tracks “Shelter” and “Look At The Sky”, tweeted that he’s thinking about how every stage of his life would have gone so differently if it were not for the duo.
thinking about how every stage of my life would have gone so differently if it weren’t for Daft Punk
— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) February 22, 2021
thinking about being 11 and exploring limewire, searching “daft punk music videos” and seeing interstella 5555 piece by piece. seeing that fusion of electronic music and anime for the very first time . haahhhhhhghj damn i am crying pic.twitter.com/yb2MxzyQqV
— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) February 22, 2021
BONNIE X CLYDE recalled that Daft Punk’s “Around the World” was one of the songs that got them into dance music.
Around the world by Daft Punk was one of the 1st songs that got me into dance music 😭
— BONNIE X CLYDE (@BONNIEXCLYDE) February 22, 2021
Manila Killa, a US-based Pinoy DJ and producer, recalled that Daft Punk was the biggest electronic music influence on him and all he ever wanted was to be at Alive 2007.
He also shared that he even paid tribute to the duo on his intro track to his 1993 EP.
Daft Punk was the biggest electronic music influence on me, all i ever wanted was to be at Alive 2007 lol. even paid tribute to them on my intro track to my 1993 EP. true legends https://t.co/ACDldZLLmJ pic.twitter.com/Yxc5FCNPQa
— Manila Killa (@manilakilla) February 22, 2021
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