This is pure joy.

Watch Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter join Fred Again for an absolutely amazing helmetless two-hour DJ set, featuring the wildest Usher drop I’ve ever heard. And don’t skip out on the video description, which includes not just the track list, but incredible timestamped notes like:

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1:34:00 Oh Jesus Christ. This was maybe the most beautiful thing ive ever seen happen. Thats Thomas’s son singing in a song he made when he was 12, blended with Thomas playing (saying?) i cant do without u
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This is pure joy.

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1:34:00 Oh Jesus Christ. This was maybe the most beautiful thing ive ever seen happen. Thats Thomas’s son singing in a song he made when he was 12, blended with Thomas playing (saying?) i cant do without u
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