Grammy-winning duo Daft Punk announces breakup after 28 years; Internet pays homage

New Delhi: It is the end of an era for an unforgettable music duo! The Grammy-winning French music duo Daft Punk announced their disbandment after 28 years. The electronic music duo responsible for hits such as ‘Get Lucky’, ‘One More Time’ and ‘Instant Crush’ announced their disbandment via an eight-minute-long video titled ‘Epilogue’.

The clip, which was posted on their official YouTube page, follows its two members — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christon and Thomas Gangalter in their signature robot performance personas — during a scene from their film Daft Punk’s ‘Electroma’ followed by a title card that reads ‘1993-2021’.

The eight-minute clip begins with a scene from the duo’s 2006 film ‘Electroma’ that features the pair, who for many years have concealed their features behind a robot concept — walking around the desert, wearing in their familiar space helmets and leather jackets.

The album, which included the global hit single ‘Get Lucky’, won the Grammy Award for Best Album the following year. The duo has largely kept a low profile since then, with their most prominent work being a collaboration with The Weeknd on two songs from his 2016 album ‘Starboy’, the title track, and ‘I Feel It Coming’.

Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met in the mid-80s at school in Paris as teenagers and soon after began working together on music. They formed a rock band called Darlin’, inspired by the Beach Boys song of the same name, with their friend Laurent Brancowitz in 1992 and released a song on a compilation on Stereolab’s Duophonic label.

Throughout their career, the duo was nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, winning six of them, including four in 2014. The group won record of the year and best pop duo/group performance for ‘Get Lucky’ and album of the year and best dance/electronica album for ‘Random Access Memories’.

This is how internet paid homage:

Gonna miss these guys! 💔😭😭 pic.twitter.com/K1uhly9sVV

— Ken. (@KenSeam) February 22, 2021

rip daft punk pic.twitter.com/YI81tjFiSu

— whatever (@e11enLN) February 22, 2021

me listening to daft punk's entire discography tonight pic.twitter.com/dXv9e0KNO9

— Jules (@JulesOreo) February 22, 2021

rip in peace to daft punk pic.twitter.com/dLTHQ9P3JF

— will of the wisps. (@upsidedowntrash) February 23, 2021

RIP Daft Punk. Thanks for the music. pic.twitter.com/jMBawcyVvt

— Yr Boi Dylhouse (@bigredrobot) February 22, 2021

rip daft punk, thanks for the music pic.twitter.com/eRTuEGIKrk

— brad (@bshoup) February 22, 2021

RIP Daft Punk pic.twitter.com/pg9KldYWOR

— kate bush's husband (@airbagged) February 22, 2021

RIP Daft Punk pic.twitter.com/cByl0z1orp

— Will Purpura (@willpurpura) February 22, 2021

RIP Daft Punk pic.twitter.com/EH2smFSyXZ

— Moises (@Mowgli420) February 22, 2021

RIP in peace daft punk pic.twitter.com/LlkSffIZPj

— marc eckō (@Offparoletx) February 22, 2021

Just drew daft punk rip 💔 pic.twitter.com/wK8sQwaaM8

— Phoom (@PhoomSewer) February 23, 2021

R.I.P Daft Punk
1993-2021 pic.twitter.com/UtMpBDrTnn

— Jeremie (@JeremieHalimi) February 22, 2021