Daft Punk Splits: Electronic Duo Calls It Quits After 28 Years & 6 Grammy Wins Together
French music duo Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, also known as Daft Punk, have called it quits after making music together for more than 25 years. Learn more here!
News broke on February 22 that electronic music duo Daft Punk have officially called it quits on their music. The French duo, made up of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, founded their group in 1993 and have been at the forefront of innovative pop and electronic music for decades. The pair’s publicist, Kathryn Frazier, confirmed the split to CNN.
Thomas and Guy-Manuel came together in 1993 and were widely known for their distinctive, symphonic sound as well as their anonymity, often wearing helmets and more to mask their identities. Over the course of their career, the twosome released four studio albums, all of which were critical and commercial successes. Some of their most well known songs include “One More Time,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” and “Get Lucky.”
In 2014, Daft Punk rocked the music world when they won Album of the Year for Random Access Memories and Record of the Year for “Get Lucky,” which also featured Pharrell. The twosome also earned their first Billboard 200 No. 1 album with their album Random Access Memories and the track “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams, which clenched the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
