Since the collaboration of The Weeknd and Daft Punk, their single has been constantly talked about since its release. The single ‘Starboy’ is one to prompt discussion by music connoisseurs. The video itself has prompted wide symbolic talking points: The Weeknd smashing up his home with a pink neon cross; perhaps smashing up his ‘old self’? Daft Punk appear in a portrait hung on the wall.

‘Starboy’ has the catchy potential to rival Daft Punk’s 2013 number one single ‘Get Lucky’ featuring Pharrell Williams, which propelled Daft Punk into a new fan base, and Pharrell Williams with a gigantic international solo career.

Original Daft Punk fans will welcome any return and collaboration. The French duo rose to stardom with the release of their second and third singles: ‘Da Funk’ –released in 1995 – and the catchy ‘Around the World’ (1997) both from their debut album Homework (1997).

Immediately popular in their home nation – Homework reaching number 3 in the album charts – Daft Punk hit the UK music scene with massive acclaim. Daft Punk’s second album Discovery (2001) escalated the duo’s popularity in the UK, reaching number 2 – the single ‘One More Time’ proving a dynamic opening track/single which peaked their popularity in the noughties, and achieved number 2 in the singles chart (the highest charting single by far until the 2013 ‘Get Lucky’.

The Weeknd – Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – is a Canadian singer/song writer/producer and has released three studio albums: Kiss Land (2013), Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), and Starboy (2016). What’s left to see if the collaboration with Daft Punk will propel The Weeknd into the UK music scene.

Watch the single ‘Starboy’ and Daft Punk’s legendary ‘One More Time’ below.