Instant Crush
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
About the Song
“Instant Crush,” the fourth single off of Random Access Memories, sees Daft Punk team up with Julian Casablancas from The Strokes in a mid tempo song with bass driven mellow verses and uplifting synth based choruses. Daft Punk’s Manuel de Homem-Christo told Stryker of Los Angeles radio station KROQ about Julian Casablancas' contribution to the track:
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We met in our studio back in 2010 when we were still working on Tron through a mutual friend and collaborator. He actually asked our friend if we wanted to have a cup of coffee and just meet and have a chat. Of course we said yes, because Thomas and me have been the biggest fans of the Strokes since the ‘90s. So we met, and we had an instrumental demo on the shelf that we wanted to use for [the album], and as soon as he heard it he jumped on it and was really excited. It was a big surprise for us. -Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo