Before Daft Punk, there was Darlin’. French musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christ, the two faces hiding beneath the Daft Punk helmets, originally got together to make music ...

Estefannie’s Guy-Manuel helmet was the subject of a talk at the 2019 Superconference, and since then the scene has been quiet. But that’s not quite the end of the story though, ...

They announced the split by rereleasing video footage from the 2013 album Random Access Memories where their helmets are also colour-coded – gold for Guy-Manuel and silver for Thomas.

En route to the 2001 magazine shoot where they first unveiled the helmets, though, Daft Punk yanked off the hair, deciding the robots looked better bald. “Sleeker,” Bang­alter says.

Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, aka Daft Punk, pose for a portrait in their signature robot helmets to promote what would turn out to be their final album, “Random ...

The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news Monday in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue.” Kathryn Frazier, the band’s longtime publicist, confirmed the break up for The Associated Press.