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Daft Punk Shooting Video In Midtown RIGHT NOW
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 5, 2013
Modified Jun 6, 2013
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Mysterious electronic duo Daft Punk (or two guys in helmets) is filming in Manhattan right now. They've been spotted at Park Avenue and 42nd Street near Grand Central so far—with one witness wondering if it is really them: "Are they imposters? Guess we'll never know, which is sorta the point." But one Daft Punk expert claims it is them: "That's actually them, the height difference between the two is just like their other photos."
The band just released their fourth studio album, Random Access Memories (your soundtrack for the summer), so they've been showing their shiny helmets once again. Just days ago they were filming in Copenhagen, and they just wrapped on a Lotus F1 ad. It's unclear if this Manhattan shoot is for a music video, another commercial, or perhaps—if we're really lucky—it's the long-awaited follow-up to their seminal Gap ad:
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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