Daft Punk release ‘Get Lucky’; and they’re officially back!

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We’ve had multiple copies of Levels, we’ve been rick rolled and we’ve been played with to the point of explosion through the little snippets at SNL and Coachella. Ditch those bootlegs and other SoundCloud edits you’ve downloaded till now. ‘Get Lucky’ is out, and this time its for real.

After a eight year hiatus, and after annihilating the play button of the Creators Project YouTube clips, we have an official release; one that sounds awesome! It is now a fair thing to understand the reason behind Nile Rodgers’ constant smile in the video, Pharrell’s mysterious energy pill, and the genius behind the Saint Laurent clad robots.

However, there has been a major shift in the essence of dance music in the time that the bots were planning to drop the bomb that is RAM. America has been swept away with a rush of electronic, tracks have become repetitive and dance music in general has become a mainstream affair. Nevertheless, one thing is constant – the raw funk, the old school disco feel that is a given with the legend that is Daft Punk. It’s a bit emotional to realise that two bots have decided to put ‘human’ back into music. Indeed, “So let’s raise the bar, And our cups to the stars..”

Get your iTunes copy here.

 

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