On the fifth anniversary of their split, Daft Punk shared a new music video for “Human After All.”
Arriving on YouTube yesterday—exactly five years to the date since the legendary French duo announced they were breaking up in 2021—the new video for the title track from their 2005 album, Human After All, repurposes footage from their 2006 sci-fi film, Electroma.
Edited by former Daft Punk creative director Cédric Hervet, the new video follows two robots on a drive through the desert and their arrival in a small town, whose citizens are also clad in the duo’s signature helmets.
It’s the first time Daft Punk’s own music has been married with the famous visuals. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, the original Electroma film—which the pair directed but did not act in—does not feature any Daft Punk tracks. Its score instead featured musical works by Brian Eno, Curtis Mayfield, and Todd Rundgren, among others.
The new video for “Human After All” is the latest of several archival-style releases that have become Daft Punk’s signature in the years since they split. After celebrating the 10th anniversary of Random Access Memories with reissues and a documentary film series in 2023, the robots joined Fortnite and released a vinyl remix compilation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Human After All last fall.
At the time of its March 2005 release, Human After All marked Daft Punk’s third full-length LP and wouldn’t be followed up for eight years, until the arrival of RAM, their final album, in 2013.
Watch Daft Punk’s new music video for “Human After All” below.
Featured image courtesy: Daft Punk.