Daft Punk Random Access Memories: Dissed by Tiësto, DJ Says New Album 'Doesn't Deliver on Hype' [LISTEN]
Electronic dance DJ Tiësto dissed Daft Punk and the band's latest album Random Access Memories.
At the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas this week, Tiësto discussed meeting legendary music producer Giorgio Morodor and Morodor's recent collaboration with Daft Punk. The discussion soon shifted to Daft Punk, Random Access Memories and their hit single Get Lucky.
"It got so much attention because it's so different and it's an attitude album," Tiësto said. "It's cool to like Daft Punk. Even if you're not into the song, as soon as you hear ["Get Lucky'"], you see all the cool people go, 'Oh yeah, this is cool, that's my song,' and they don't really even enjoy it."
"I'm destroying them now. Sorry Daft Punk," he added.
He explained that he witnessed the phenomenon of people disingenuously liking Get Lucky, when he approached two girls who started dancing when the song came on at a party.
"I said, 'Lemme ask you a question; do you really like this song?' And they went quiet and were like, 'Uh...it's all right, it's all right,'" he said. "That's what I mean. Because it's Daft Punk and we want to believe the hype; we are cool people so we have to think this is cool."
Tiësto admitted that though he liked the duo's previous albums, such as the Homework LP, he wasn't a fan of Random Access Memories or the Tron Legacy soundtrack they produced.
"But because it's Daft Punk, and they're supposed to be cool and they had the amazing pyramid at Coachella a couple of years ago and the helmets--they're f---ing cool," he said. "But the music doesn't deliver on the hype so much."
Tiësto released a new mix album in June called Club Life Vol. 3 - Stockholm and is currently touring.
Daft Punk released an extended mix of Get Lucky on their Facebook page Friday. The new mix is a full six minutes longer than the original. Listen to the remix here:
