The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris
b'The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris\\n\\nDaft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs ever made, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled \\u201cEpilogue,\\u201d excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but gave no reason for the breakup.\\n\\nThomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk in Paris in 1993, helping to define the French touch style of house music. Their debut album, 1997\\u2019s Homework, was a dance music landmark, featuring classic singles \\u201cAround the World\\u201d and \\u201cDa Funk.\\u201d By the release of its follow-up, Discovery, in 2001, the duo had taken to making public appearances in the robot outfits that became their trademark. The singles \\u201cOne More Time\\u201d and \\u201cHarder, Better, Faster, Stronger\\u201d cemented them as global superstars. Their imprint in the popular imagination continued to deepen in subsequent years, with records including third album Human After All, live LP Alive 2007, and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack album.\\n\\nTwenty years into their career, Daft Punk blew up once more with \\u201cGet Lucky,\\u201d the lead single of their 2013 album Random Access Memories. The ubiquitous track sold millions of copies around the world and won two Grammys for the duo and guests Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams, both of whom also featured on follow-up single \\u201cLose Yourself to Dance.\\u201d Random Access Memories earned Daft Punk a further three Grammys, including Album of the Year, and the ceremony hosted one of the last stagings of their spectacular live show. \\u201cWhen you know how a magic trick is done, it\\u2019s so depressing,\\u201d Bangalter told Pitchfork in a 2013 Cover Story. \\u201cWe focus on the illusion because giving away how it\\u2019s done instantly shuts down the sense of excitement and innocence.\\u201d\\n\\nThe year of Random Access Memories\\u2019 release, Daft Punk were also credited with co-production on several tracks from Kanye West\\u2019s Yeezus, including the formidable opening trio of \\u201cOn Sight,\\u201d \\u201cBlack Skinhead,\\u201d and \\u201cI Am a God.\\u201d They would go on to collaborate with the Weeknd on the 2016 single \\u201cStarboy\\u201d\\u2014Daft Punk\\u2019s first Billboard singles chart topper\\u2014as well as a second hit, \\u201cI Feel It Coming.\\u201dBeyond the singles, their visual identity, interstellar mystique, and party-music ethos inspired generations of artists across genres. LCD Soundsystem\\u2019s breakout song, \\u201cDaft Punk Is Playing at My House,\\u201d captured the duo\\u2019s paradoxical embodiment of hipster cool even as their singles dominated airwaves. They released several batches of incredible holiday merch. They were sampled by R&B greats Janet Jackson and Jazmine Sullivan, parodied in Family Guy and Powerpuff Girls, and celebrated in art galleries around the world. Watch their farewell video below.'