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Did Daft Punk Really Break Up? What Their ‘Epilogue’ Breakup Video Might Actually Mean · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. The news rocketed around
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Speaker 1: the music world on Monday that the most influential electronic
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Speaker 1: group of all time, DAP Punk, had broken up, making
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Speaker 1: the announcement with an eight minute video called Epilogue. The
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Speaker 1: video sees two bandmates, Thomas and Guy Manuel, walking across
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Speaker 1: a dry lake bed. Then, after a long dramatic pause,
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Speaker 1: Thomas spins around, Guy pulls a detonator on his back,
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Speaker 1: and Thomas's robot explodes before Guy walks into the sunset.
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Speaker 1: Two other things people notice, Thomas's battery icon above his
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Speaker 1: detonator reads near empty, and guys initially reluctant to activate
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Speaker 1: the detonator. What fans are making of this is that
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Speaker 1: both guys are now in their mid forties and Thomas
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Speaker 1: is ready to hang up his helmet, so to speak.
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Speaker 1: So that's why the battery is empty. Guy is hesitant
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Speaker 1: because he's aware of what the breakup means. He's walking
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Speaker 1: into the sunset, meaning his career will continue whatever comes next.
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Speaker 1: DAP Punk's legacy an impact on music, will live forever.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood