France's football federation has made Daft Punk's 2000 house anthem 'One More Time' the team's official goal song for the 2026 World Cup, and it already blasted through MetLife Stadium three times in the opener.
In 1997, two unknown French promoters spent their last money on boombox beach promo to land Daft Punk's first Ibiza gig. It worked, around 10,000 people came, and it rewired who the island would book.
Daft Punk's legendary live sound came from flopped, second-hand Roland machines bought cheap in the 90s. Reverb's data shows the same boxes now sell for tens of thousands, and rebuilding the rig today runs deep into five figures.
FIFA's new 2026 rule lets each nation pick its own goal song. France chose the most universally recognized electronic music track ever made.
Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter played a surprise 75 minute set on Brooklyn's The Lot Radio on June 8, threading Burial, Aphex Twin and Plastikman through unreleased music from his new solo album and closing on Daft Punk's 'Contact'.
Pedro Winter, the Ed Banger founder and former Daft Punk manager, has been named Global Head of Creation and co-director of Because Music France, formalizing a 20-year tie between the two French houses and handing one of dance music's most influential operators a label-wide remit.
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