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Daft Punk have shared a new official video for ‘Contact’, inspired by Fortnite. Check it out below.

The song is the closing number of the French electronic duo’s fourth and final studio album, ‘Random Access Memories’, which was released in 2013 ahead of their split in 2021.

‘Contact’ now soundtracks some cinematic, sci-fi-themed visuals, following the launch of ‘The Daft Punk Experience’ on Fortnite in September.

The clip was created by Fortnite developer/publisher Epic Games and Magnopus, and begins with Daft Punk floating in space above the Earth. ‘Contact’ opens with an audio snippet from the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, used courtesy of NASA and Capt. Eugene Cernan.

From there, the epic new video sees the iconic robots on a dizzying, extraterrestrial mission as they speed through space towards a flashing signal. Watch it all unfold here:

Polygon reports that studio Magnopus consulted Daft Life – the company that acts on behalf of Daft Punk – to produce the music video, and ensure that it aligned with their “creative vision”.

Magnopus explained: “‘The Daft Punk Experience’ is a sonic and visual voyage through the minds of one of the most iconic and inspiring acts of the last 30 years. We brought it to life with multiple themed rooms, where players could remix music, battle robots, create a LEGO music video, and dance ‘til dawn.

“Building on that world, we took the opening sequence from the game and transformed it into a new music video for ‘Contact’ – the final track from Daft Punk’s final album, ‘Random Access Memories’.

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‘The Daft Punk Experience’ provides an immersive world that allows Fortnite players to explore 31 songs from across the group’s catalogue, while there will also be custom outfits, all-night dance parties and opportunities to remix and mashup Daft Punk songs.

Additionally, there are custom outfits, all-night dance parties and opportunities to remix and mashup tracks by Daft Punk through the game. There is also a virtual concert, featuring moments from their celebrated ‘Alive 2007’ live album.

Following its release, Daft Punk fans praised the new experience for Fortnite, with some calling it “absolutely incredible”.

In early 2024, a former session drummer for Daft Punk confirmed the existence of a lost album, claiming that “it’s coming out [of] the locker”.

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter joined Fred Again.., Phantasy Sound label head Erol Alkan, and Ed Banger Records founder Pedro Winter for a surprise B2B DJ set at Paris’ Centre Pompidou late last night (Saturday, October 25). The occasion was a 20th anniversary celebration for the French record label Because Music. For his first DJ set in 16 years, Bangalter dropped Daft Punk tracks including “Rollin’ & Scratchin’,” “Digital Love,” and “Contact,” plus “Galvanise” by the Chemical Brothers and part of Jonny Greenwood’s One Battle After Another score. Check out footage and photos of the event below.

“Thomas told me in this lift on the way down to the show that the first time he fell in love with electronic music was in this building in 1992,” Fred Again.. wrote on Instagram this morning. “He also told me hasn’t played a proper set without the mask on for 24 years. I didn’t know what to say to either of those things and I still don’t. All I said to him at the end is that I hope it isn’t 24 years til the next.”

Bangalter made his last live appearance—along with his Daft Punk counterpart Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo—during the Weeknd’s performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards. He shared the solo album Mythologies in 2023. Daft Punk joined Fortnite earlier this year, adding songs from their catalog and their iconic TB3 and GM08 helmets to the video game.

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