Daft Punk - Da Funk

What this video is

Released in early 1997 as part of the Homework album campaign on Virgin Records, 'Da Funk' and its accompanying video arrived at the precise moment French house music was achieving international mainstream visibility. The video's radical departure from performance convention — featuring no band members, a scripted narrative, and the song treated as ambient source music rather than a traditional score — was itself a…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of French house music's global breakthrough, 'Da Funk' and its Spike Jonze-directed video are widely regarded as classics of 1990s electronic music culture. The video's narrative-first, performance-absent format was highly unconventional for the era and influenced…

The director

Born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969 in Rockville, Maryland. Began career photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding. Co-founded youth culture magazine Dirt and skateboard company Girl Skateboards…