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]]>Bangalter recounted the story in a recent interview with French media outlet Brut. Daft Punk had a show in London, and Bangalter decided to stretch his legs and buy a sandwich outside the venue. Since Daft Punk was notorious for hiding their identity, no one recognized him.
At one point, Bangalter was approached by a scalper who offered to sell him a ticket for the show. Bangalter was so amused with the conversation that he ended up actually buying a ticket and used it to get back to the venue.
“I thought it would be funny, so I bought the ticket, went to the venue, and waited,” Bangalter shared.
Since Daft Punk, which also consisted of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, announced their breakup, Bangalter was engaged in a number of solo projects. He composed a score for ballet Mythologies, worked on the art project Chiroptera, and scored Quentin Dupieux’s comedy Daaaaaalí! The 49-year-old musician is also set to contribute to Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür’s upcoming solo album.
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]]>This week saw Janelle Monáe tease her first album in five years—and the news was worth the wait. Her latest single “Lipstick Lover” is the week’s most exciting new release, and it’s in pretty good company.
Thirty Seconds To Mars also announced the release of their album It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day, and they gave us a taste of things to come with a new song “Stuck”. Queens of the Stone Age are also busy teasing their next album In Times New Roman…, and we finally know what to expect from this record after hearing the lead single “Emotion Sickness”.
It’s been a great week for rock bands in general, and you’ll have your ears blown away by the new songs from Imagine Dragons and Nothing But Thieves. Hip-hop fans should also get ready to add some new songs to their playlist since the likes of Lil Durk and. J. Cole releasing new music.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Share Previously Unreleased Julian Casablancas Feature “Infinity Repeating” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Daft Punk, which split in 2021, shared the track to celebrate the record’s 10th anniversary. It is the second collaboration of the duo and Casablancas after “Instant Crush.”
“Infinity Repeating” is also part of the 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories, which came out this week. Besides the original 13 tracks, the release also comes with 35 minutes of previously unreleased material like demos and outtakes. A total of nine bonus tracks are included.
The anniversary edition of Random Access Memories is available as a digital release, double CD, and triple vinyl.
Random Access Memories is considered one of the best albums released in the past decade. It reached No.1 on the US Billboard 200 while also topping charts in more than 20 other countries. The album received five nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and won all five, including Album of the Year. The leading single “Get Lucky,” which featured Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, also became one of the best-selling singles on digital platforms of all time.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Share First Song from “Random Access Memories” 10th Anniversary Edition appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>This track was recorded at the legendary Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles in 2012, and it captures “intimate moments of creation” between Daft Punk and their longtime collaborator Todd Edwards.
“The lyrics written that day were from the perspective of the collaborators’ future selves speculating how they would feel in the future as if remembering this specific creative moment thereby creating a narrative of future nostalgia,” reads the duo’s official statement.
“The Writing of Fragments of Time” was released as the first single from the anniversary reissue of Random Access Memories. This album will feature 35 minutes of bonus material, including unreleased demos and outtakes.
Random Access Memories was originally released in 2013, and it produced hit singles “Get Lucky” and “Lose Yourself to Dance” featuring Pharrell Williams, and collaborations with Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas, and Todd Edwards. Its 10th-anniversary edition will hit the shelves on May 12, and it’s the duo’s first release since their split in 2021.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Announces Their Split After 28 Years appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The duo’s farewell video features a scene from the 2006 film Daft Punk’s Electroma, which opens with the pair walking through the desert. One of them is wearing a power pack on the back and after activating it, they’re shown walking in different directions, bracing for self-destruction.
Daft Punk was formed in Paris in 1993, and they were one of the driving forces of the French house movement of the ‘90s. Their debut album Homework gave us hit singles “Da Funk” and “Around the World”, and the duo’s popularity didn’t fade away in the decades to come.
After years of giving us hits, Daft Punk started a collaboration with international artists during the 2010s, including Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd.
Their final studio album Random Access Memories from 2013 won album of the year at the Grammys, while the smash hit “Get Lucky” picked up several more awards. The duo’s first no. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart came in the form of The Weeknd collaboration “Starboy”, after years of ruling the dance charts.
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]]>As history shows it, the best way to get a name is to look for inspiration in pop culture or in your surroundings. But, sometimes, it doesn’t hurt to think outside the box as well. The music world is full of music acts who came up with their stage names in really unusual ways and stories about how they got there can be really crazy and amusing.
This is why we decided to do some digging and present you with crazy true stories behind some of the most famous stage names in music. So let’s check them out.
When in need of words, just turn to the dictionary. This is what the members of The Commodores did when they wanted to name their band. They just took a dictionary and pointed to a random word. According to founder William King, they were lucky as they almost became The Commodes.
Skrillex is now one of the most recognizable names in EDM, but how did American DJ and producer Sonny John Moore come up with it? Well, he just decided to use his AOL Instant Messenger username. If you ask us, it turned out better than expected.
English reggae/pop band UB40 was formed in 1978 by a group of friends who just finished high school. As they were all jobless at the moment, they were receiving unemployment benefits from the Department of Employment. This is how they ended up getting the inspiration for the name as UB40 is short for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
Austin Richard Post couldn’t think of a proper name at the start of his rap career, so he decided to turn to the internet. He used a random rap name generator and ended up with now-famous Post Malone moniker.
Dave Grohl decided to go back to history and use World War II terminology when he was starting his band. Foo Fighters was a name that WWII servicemen gave to unidentified flying objects.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo originally had a group named Darlin’, and have contributed two songs to one British compilation under that name in 1993. After one music critic described their music as “a bunch of daft punk,” they knew that they discovered a stage name for success.
Boys from Lynyrd Skynyrd decided to name their band in honor of their P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner. Naturally, you would think that this is because they loved Skinner. Well, it’s quite the opposite, as Skinner didn’t like boys with long hair and often picked on them.
Richard Melville Hall didn’t have to look further than his family tree to find a proper stage name. Hall’s great-great-great-uncle is Moby-Dick author Herman Melville, so he though naming himself Moby would be fitting. We can’t say he was wrong.
Although Alice Cooper is now almost solely recognized as the stage name of American singer/songwriter Vincent Damon Furnier, the name was originally given to Furnier’s band. According to the legend, Alice Cooper was a result of Furnier engaging in a late-night session with an Ouija board.
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]]>The post Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Once Bought a Ticket for His Own Show From a Scalper appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Bangalter recounted the story in a recent interview with French media outlet Brut. Daft Punk had a show in London, and Bangalter decided to stretch his legs and buy a sandwich outside the venue. Since Daft Punk was notorious for hiding their identity, no one recognized him.
At one point, Bangalter was approached by a scalper who offered to sell him a ticket for the show. Bangalter was so amused with the conversation that he ended up actually buying a ticket and used it to get back to the venue.
“I thought it would be funny, so I bought the ticket, went to the venue, and waited,” Bangalter shared.
Since Daft Punk, which also consisted of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, announced their breakup, Bangalter was engaged in a number of solo projects. He composed a score for ballet Mythologies, worked on the art project Chiroptera, and scored Quentin Dupieux’s comedy Daaaaaalí! The 49-year-old musician is also set to contribute to Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür’s upcoming solo album.
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]]>The post Best New Songs of the Week appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>This week saw Janelle Monáe tease her first album in five years—and the news was worth the wait. Her latest single “Lipstick Lover” is the week’s most exciting new release, and it’s in pretty good company.
Thirty Seconds To Mars also announced the release of their album It’s the End of the World but It’s a Beautiful Day, and they gave us a taste of things to come with a new song “Stuck”. Queens of the Stone Age are also busy teasing their next album In Times New Roman…, and we finally know what to expect from this record after hearing the lead single “Emotion Sickness”.
It’s been a great week for rock bands in general, and you’ll have your ears blown away by the new songs from Imagine Dragons and Nothing But Thieves. Hip-hop fans should also get ready to add some new songs to their playlist since the likes of Lil Durk and. J. Cole releasing new music.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Share Previously Unreleased Julian Casablancas Feature “Infinity Repeating” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Daft Punk, which split in 2021, shared the track to celebrate the record’s 10th anniversary. It is the second collaboration of the duo and Casablancas after “Instant Crush.”
“Infinity Repeating” is also part of the 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories, which came out this week. Besides the original 13 tracks, the release also comes with 35 minutes of previously unreleased material like demos and outtakes. A total of nine bonus tracks are included.
The anniversary edition of Random Access Memories is available as a digital release, double CD, and triple vinyl.
Random Access Memories is considered one of the best albums released in the past decade. It reached No.1 on the US Billboard 200 while also topping charts in more than 20 other countries. The album received five nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and won all five, including Album of the Year. The leading single “Get Lucky,” which featured Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, also became one of the best-selling singles on digital platforms of all time.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Share First Song from “Random Access Memories” 10th Anniversary Edition appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>This track was recorded at the legendary Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles in 2012, and it captures “intimate moments of creation” between Daft Punk and their longtime collaborator Todd Edwards.
“The lyrics written that day were from the perspective of the collaborators’ future selves speculating how they would feel in the future as if remembering this specific creative moment thereby creating a narrative of future nostalgia,” reads the duo’s official statement.
“The Writing of Fragments of Time” was released as the first single from the anniversary reissue of Random Access Memories. This album will feature 35 minutes of bonus material, including unreleased demos and outtakes.
Random Access Memories was originally released in 2013, and it produced hit singles “Get Lucky” and “Lose Yourself to Dance” featuring Pharrell Williams, and collaborations with Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas, and Todd Edwards. Its 10th-anniversary edition will hit the shelves on May 12, and it’s the duo’s first release since their split in 2021.
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]]>The post Daft Punk Announces Their Split After 28 Years appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>The duo’s farewell video features a scene from the 2006 film Daft Punk’s Electroma, which opens with the pair walking through the desert. One of them is wearing a power pack on the back and after activating it, they’re shown walking in different directions, bracing for self-destruction.
Daft Punk was formed in Paris in 1993, and they were one of the driving forces of the French house movement of the ‘90s. Their debut album Homework gave us hit singles “Da Funk” and “Around the World”, and the duo’s popularity didn’t fade away in the decades to come.
After years of giving us hits, Daft Punk started a collaboration with international artists during the 2010s, including Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd.
Their final studio album Random Access Memories from 2013 won album of the year at the Grammys, while the smash hit “Get Lucky” picked up several more awards. The duo’s first no. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart came in the form of The Weeknd collaboration “Starboy”, after years of ruling the dance charts.
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]]>The post Crazy True Stories behind Some of Most Famous Stage Names in Music appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>As history shows it, the best way to get a name is to look for inspiration in pop culture or in your surroundings. But, sometimes, it doesn’t hurt to think outside the box as well. The music world is full of music acts who came up with their stage names in really unusual ways and stories about how they got there can be really crazy and amusing.
This is why we decided to do some digging and present you with crazy true stories behind some of the most famous stage names in music. So let’s check them out.
When in need of words, just turn to the dictionary. This is what the members of The Commodores did when they wanted to name their band. They just took a dictionary and pointed to a random word. According to founder William King, they were lucky as they almost became The Commodes.
Skrillex is now one of the most recognizable names in EDM, but how did American DJ and producer Sonny John Moore come up with it? Well, he just decided to use his AOL Instant Messenger username. If you ask us, it turned out better than expected.
English reggae/pop band UB40 was formed in 1978 by a group of friends who just finished high school. As they were all jobless at the moment, they were receiving unemployment benefits from the Department of Employment. This is how they ended up getting the inspiration for the name as UB40 is short for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
Austin Richard Post couldn’t think of a proper name at the start of his rap career, so he decided to turn to the internet. He used a random rap name generator and ended up with now-famous Post Malone moniker.
Dave Grohl decided to go back to history and use World War II terminology when he was starting his band. Foo Fighters was a name that WWII servicemen gave to unidentified flying objects.
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo originally had a group named Darlin’, and have contributed two songs to one British compilation under that name in 1993. After one music critic described their music as “a bunch of daft punk,” they knew that they discovered a stage name for success.
Boys from Lynyrd Skynyrd decided to name their band in honor of their P.E. teacher Leonard Skinner. Naturally, you would think that this is because they loved Skinner. Well, it’s quite the opposite, as Skinner didn’t like boys with long hair and often picked on them.
Richard Melville Hall didn’t have to look further than his family tree to find a proper stage name. Hall’s great-great-great-uncle is Moby-Dick author Herman Melville, so he though naming himself Moby would be fitting. We can’t say he was wrong.
Although Alice Cooper is now almost solely recognized as the stage name of American singer/songwriter Vincent Damon Furnier, the name was originally given to Furnier’s band. According to the legend, Alice Cooper was a result of Furnier engaging in a late-night session with an Ouija board.
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