While I doubt there was ever an intention to gather these talents for one big project, I think they were trying to create a narrative framework for possible future collaborations with big names in the industry. Personally, I think this was the beginning of a potential collaborative anthology narrative wherein Daft Punk would collect the souls/essences of singers/musicians of great renown. Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming Live Grammy Awards 59th 2017-HD' by Simon K. However, the pink crystal and the new version of the Weeknd are clearly the same as the crystal/Weeknd in 'IFIC', because there is a portrait of Daft Punk, wearing the same outfits from 'IFIC', in the Weeknd's house in 'Starboy'. Format: Digital Media, Year: 2016, Label: Universal Music Group, Barcode: 00602557322231, Length: 4:29.Engineer: Cirkut, Doc McKinney (producer), Fl. Whether this is an awakening of a latent persona/power that the Weeknd had within him all along, catalyzed by the crystal or whether the Weeknd is being possessed/replaced by the soul of the singer in 'IFIC', is unclear. The transformative power of the crystal also turns his cat into a panther.

The awakening involves him taking the glowing pink crystal-now in the shape of a cross-and smashing his house up with it, including his old achievements/awards. Artist’s age on Release Date: The French duo Daft Punk was active for 23 years and Adel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd was 16 years old when this song was released. Daft Punk come to the planet later and unearthed this singer, almost as if they were rescuing his talent from an eternal slumber.įast forward: 'Starboy' tells the story of The Weeknd awakening a different version of himself, represented by literally killing his old identity (haircut). ‘I Feel it Coming’ was certified Diamond in France, Triple Platinum in Australia, double Platinum in Italy and Sweden, and Platinum in Denmark, New Zealand and Norway.

The video for 'I Feel It Coming' tells the story of a legendary singer whose essence was essentially fossilized by a great disaster-like Pompeii but on a planetary scale-into the form of that glowing pink crystalline mass. To many peoples utter excitement, The Weeknds new album Starboy will be.

It's a bridge from the story told in 'I Feel It Coming' to the story in 'Starboy,' and, imo (reasons to follow), a possible teaser for upcoming projects that never materialized.

I feel it coming the weeknd daft punk