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Madeon
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About
Madeon is the stage name of Hugo Leclercq, a French electronic music producer who initially garnered popularity through his viral video and mashup "Pop Culture" before eventually seeing major success with an EP, a 2015 debut album, and the collaborative single Shelter with producer Porter Robinson.
History
Madeon initially garnered notability for winning a remix competition for the song "The Island" by drum and bass band Pendulum.[1] He would later go on to create remixes for artists such as Deadmau5, Alphabeat, and Yelle, alongside original work with songs such as "For You" and "Shuriken". Prior to that, he produced under a number of aliases such as Wayne Mont and Deamon.
After signing onto Columbia Records following the attention gained from his viral "Pop Culture" mashup, he would release an EP preceded by semi-successful singles "Icarus", "Finale", and "The City" in 2012, and his debut album Adventure in 2015 featuring appearances from Dan Smith of Bastille, Passion Pit, and Mark Foster of Foster the People. He would also provide additional production work for artists such as Lady Gaga, Coldplay, and Ellie Goulding.
Pop Culture
In 2011 at the age of 17, Madeon uploaded "Pop Culture" to Youtube, featuring a live mashup of 39 different songs put together using a Novation Launchpad, that would gain over 40 million views in the next 7 years (shown below). The video would also draw attention from a number of record labels, eventually leading to his signing on to major label Columbia Records.
Alphabeat – Boyfriend
Alphabeat – Fascination
Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
Capsule – Can I Have A Word
Chromeo – Momma's Boy
Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Daft Punk – Aerodynamic
Daft Punk – Around The World
Deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix)
Deadmau5 – Right This Second
Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed
ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
Girls Aloud – Biology
Gorillaz – Dare
Gossip – Heavy Cross (Fred Falke Remix)
Gwen Stefani – What You Waitin For (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
Housse de Racket – Oh Yeah
Justice – DVNO
Justice – Phantom Part II
Katy Perry – One Of The Boys
Ke$ha – Take It Off
Kylie Minogue – Wow
Lady Gaga – Alejandro
Linkin Park – Crawling
Madonna – Hung Up
Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette – Boys and Girls
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Nero – Me and You
One Republic – All The Right Moves (Danger Remix)
One-T – Magic Key
Ratatat – Shempi
Solange – I Decided (Freemasons Remix)
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star
The Killers – Losing Touch
The Who – Baba O'Riley (SebastiAn Remix)
Yelle – Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix)
Shelter
On August 11th, 2016, Madeon and fellow electronic music producer Porter Robinson released their collaborative single "Shelter." Released as a testament to the two's friendship stemming back to their teens, the song would later receive an anime short film released as the song's music video produced by A-1 Pictures a few months later on October 16th, 2016. An accompanying live tour followed the release of the single.
Fan art (examples shown below) for the music video and the collaboration exist on places like Tumblr, under tags such as "shelter", "shelter the animation", "shelter anime" and "shelter" followed by "porter robinson" or "madeon". On Deviantart, searching for "shelter porter" nets 596 results, though more results could be found using other search terms pertaining to the subject. The video was also posted to various subreddits, such as /r/Anime, where it received over 11,000 upvotes, becoming the most upvoted post in /r/anime at that time, and the third-most upvoted post submitted there overall.
Good Faith
On November 13th, 2017, DJ Mag[2] reported that Madeon was working on the "next era" of his career, announcing a new release in 2018, though he did not release new music that year. On May 28th, 2019, Madeon announced the start of a new era called "Good Faith" through the website goodfaith.world that was posted on social media.[3] The next day, he debuted the single "All My Friends" through a limited 7" vinyl release in four cities. On the 31st, the single was officially released and uploaded to Youtube, gaining over 450,000 views in less than a week (shown below).
Online Relevance
Madeon has developed a dedicated fanbase online. He has over 780,000 likes on Facebook,[4] 593,000 Twitter followers,[5] and a subreddit with over 5,700 followers.[6] On Soundcloud, he touts over 1.4 million followers and over 1.5 monthly listeners on Spotify. His Youtube channel, originally started on January 31st, 2010, has since gained over 770,000 subscribers. His official Instagram also touts over 177,000 followers.
