Daft Punk - Appearances in Media

Appearance In Interstella 5555

Daft punk's popularity certainly owes itself to the many appearances in different media products and intertexuality. They have appeared on television multiple times through adverts and have been reference a lot in films and programs. In 2001 they appeared in a commercial for GAP clothing as well as on Cartoon network promoting the Toonami website. Anime influenced music videos from the discovery album also have featured in the feature length  Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem in which Daft Punk appears in their robot alter ego costume. In 2005 they also appeared in adverts for Sony Ericsson as well as Adidas. 

Daft Punk Featured On DJ Hero

In 2011, Coca-Cola distributed Limited Edition Coca-Cola bottles designed by Daft Punk (called Daft Coke). They were only sold in France. A newer version of these themed bottles now exist as collectors items, some parts of the bottles such as the cap and Coke logo being plated in gold. Daft Punk provided eleven new mixes featuring their music for the video game DJ Hero. They also appear in the game as playable characters, along with their own venue. The duo appear wearing their Discovery-era helmets and Human After All-era leather attire. In the 2012 episode of The Simpsons entitled The Day The Earth Stood Cool, recurring character Disco Stu, wears an outfit which is similar in design to the one's used by the band.

Reference In The Simsons

GAP Advert

Daft Punk have also been widely featured in other artists music. The duo has also been acknowledged in  'Losing My Edge', the first single by LCD Soundsystem, bragged about being the first to "play Daft Punk to the rock kids." LCD Soundsystem also recorded the song "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House", which reached #29 in the UK and was nominated for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The Soulwax remix of the song also contains samples of many Daft Punk tracks as well as tracks by Thomas Bangalter. The song "Number 1 Girl" by the Dutch music project Le Le mentions the names Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo among other producers and artists. Numerous other artists have remixed and sampled Daft Punks songs, probably most notably Kanye West's 2007 song 'Stronger'.

More recently the tune to Daft punk's 'Technologic' has appeared on a pizza hut advert. The lyrics have been changed to reference the pizza company instead of the original lyrics. This is a good way to get people to watch the original song as well as making a catchy advert.