The legendary Daft Punk announced their shock break-up two years ago, hanging up their helmets after a hugely influential and iconic 28 year career.
Now, Thomas Bangalter, one half of the French duo alongside Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, has opened up about his career after Daft Punk, and the reasoning behind their split.
"Daft Punk was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters," he said in a new BBC interview.
"It was a very important point for me and Guy-Man[uel] to not spoil the narrative while it was happening.
"Now the story has ended, it felt interesting to reveal part of the creative process that is very much human-based and not algorithmic of any sort."
Bangalter says he became increasingly uncomfortable with the converging of technology and creativity, particular with the rise of artificial intelligence and algorithmic processes.
"I love technology as a tool [but] I'm somehow terrified of the nature of the relationship between the machines and ourselves.
"My concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence go beyond its use in music creation," Bangalter added, explaining how some fans have misunderstood Daft Punk intentions when it comes to digital culture.
"[Daft Punk] was an exploration, I would say, starting with the machines and going away from them."
It's worth noting how 2013's Random Access Memories marked a surprise switch from digital dance music to analogue.
In what turned out to be their final album, the duo enlisted an all-star roster of collaborators and session musicians to draw on the sounds of their youth – disco, soul, soft rock, prog.
"I almost consider the character of the robots like a Marina Abramović performance art installation that lasted for 20 years," Bangalter concluded.
"We tried to use these machines to express something extremely moving that a machine cannot feel, but a human can. We were always on the side of humanity and not on the side of technology."
"As much as I love this character, the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot."
A special 10th anniversary edition of Random Access Memories, featuring an additional 35 minutes of unreleased material, is coming 12 May.
Meanwhile, Bangalter has turned to a very different type of dance music: Ballet.
Mythologies is the musician's first solo album in over decades, and comprises a score written for a ballet premiered last July in France.
Orbiting around stories from ancient folklore, Mythologies (out 7 April) brings together two major ensembles: the Ballet Preljocaj and the Opéra National de Bordeaux.
Bangalter also discussed the making of the orchestral album with the BBC, saying he was inspired to get involved because of his family's background in the arts – his mother and aunt were both professional dancers and his uncle, a dance instructor.
"This project was a way back to the environment I was presented with when I was very young," he said.
"My mother passed about 20 years ago and going back to that world is linked to a certain time of my life. So it adds some nostalgia, but at the same time, it was a very new adventure."