#papabang

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“this is Thomas’ father!!!” wow I never woulda guessed

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hot question

Is Thomas Bangalter a Nepo Baby

No, Daft Punk’s success happened independent of Daniel Vangarde

Yes, Daft Punk had advantages they would not have w/o Daniel Vangarde

No, for another reason

Yes, for another reason

nuance/it’s complicated/I’m bald

Voting ended onSep 5, 2024

* For point two, I’m thinking of instances where Papabang directly helped the group, such as with Daft Club and the SACEM dispute.

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I love that they at no point clarify who Thomas’ friend is. it might seem self-explanatory, but they very much clarify that “Thomas” is Thomas Bangalter earlier in the article.

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Daniel Vangarde has a song about Canada called "Canada" and that's amazing and I am almost crying because it's that amazing.

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So, for my Arts and Culture Reporting class, we have to write a major feature piece about someone or something related to arts and culture, and I'm... kind of thinking of doing something about Daniel Vangarde?

Like, idk, it's not firmed up yet, and I'd be incredibly nervous to bring it up at the story meeting next class (but I would probably be that way regardless of the subject), but I think that could be really interesting.

So yeah, idk.

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His role has mainly been to help us decrypt this industry. We don't agree with all his ideas, but with projects like Daft Club, he has functioned as a consultant and is paid as such.

Thomas on his father, Daniel Vangarde (from another article in that issue of Le Monde). He also served as spokesperson for Daft Punk when they were dealing with SACEM (Billboard referred to him as their "manager").