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Hottest 100 songs of the past 20 years No. 59 Daft Punk around the World Music video Michel Gondrys music video for the song features five groups of characters on a platform representing a vinyl record: four robots walking around in a circle; four tall athletes (as described by Gondry)[4] wearing tracksuits with small prosthetic heads walking up and down stairs; four women dressed like synchronized swimmers (described by Gondry as disco girls) moving up and down another set of stairs; four skeletons dancing in the center of the platform; and four mummies dancing in time with the songs drum pattern. This is meant to be a visual representation of the song; each group of characters represents a different instrument. According to Gondrys notes, the robots represent the singing voice; the physicality and small-minded rapidity of the athletes symbolizes the ascending/descending bass guitar; the femininity of the disco girls represents the high-pitched keyboard; the itchy skeletons dance to the guitar line; and the mummies represent the drum machine. Around the World was Gondrys first attempt at bringing organized dancing to his music videos. I was sick to see choreography being mistreated in videos like filler with fast cutting and fast editing, really shallow. I dont think choreography should be shot in close-ups.[7] The sequence, initially developed by Gondry, was further expanded and streamlined by choreographer Blanca Li. Costumes for the video were designed by Florence Fontaine, the mother of Gondrys son. The flashing lights were operated by the directors brother, Olivier Twist Gondry. As Michel Gondry stated, It all came down to a family affair. Elements of the music video appear in the video for the LCD Soundsystem song Daft Punk Is Playing at My House. The overall design has also been replicated for the Freemasons Rain Down Love video.