Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

What this video is

Released in April 2007 as the second single from Justice's debut album Cross (Ed Banger / Because Music), D.A.N.C.E. arrived at a pivotal inflection point for electronic music's mainstream crossover. The track is a documented tribute to Michael Jackson, referencing multiple MJ and Jackson 5 songs in its lyrics, and was performed by the London-based Foundation for Young Musicians choir. The video's pop-art visual…

Why it matters

D.A.N.C.E. is a canonical artifact of the French electro / bloghouse genre, blending filtered disco bass, synth-funk chord stabs, and children's choir vocals into a crossover pop-dance format. The music video's pop-art, on-body animation technique was visually groundbreaking for 2007,…

The director

Jonas & François (Jonas Euvremer, François Rousselet) are a French directing duo born in 1982, specializing in music videos and commercials. Rousselet's career began in 2007 with Ed Banger Records promos for Justice and Kavinsky. The duo subsequently…