Followers of Daft Punk holding their breath for a reunion are actually gasping for air after the robots denied rumors of a reunion on the 2024 Summer season Olympics.
In a current interview on the French public radio channel France Inter, Thomas Jolly, the creative director of the Olympics’ opening ceremony in Paris, mentioned the potential for a reunion.
“It will be very joyful in the event that they had been on this ceremony,” he stated. “We will not not give it some thought.”
In the direction of the top of the interview, nonetheless, Jolly got here clear and admitted he “lied a bit of about Daft Punk.” A report by the French newspaper Le Parisien then poured gasoline on the rumors after citing an nameless supply, who stated the legendary digital music duo met with the Olympic planning committee “a number of months in the past.”
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A consultant for the robots in the end refuted the unfounded rumor in an announcement offered to Rolling Stone, however not earlier than it reached a fever pitch among the many Daft Punk trustworthy.
“This can be a rumor and never true,” the rep informed RS.
Jolly then backpedaled within the wake of Daft Punk’s denial, taking to X (previously Twitter) to share an announcement of his personal.
After discussing a doable presence on the ceremony, the group’s choice is to not take part,” he wrote. “I respect this choice and apologize for the paradox of my feedback.”
