Pop Culture

Pop Culture is a mash-up song created by Hugo Pierre Leclercq, better known by his stage name, Madeon. The song was recorded when he was seventeen years old, us

Pop Culture is a mash-up song created by Hugo Pierre Leclercq, better known by his stage name, Madeon. The song was recorded when he was seventeen years old, using samples from 39 popular songs, mixed using the software FL Studio controlled with a Novation Launchpad.

The video went viral within a few days of release, and it has been seen more than 60 million times on YouTube. [1]

The video drew attention to Leclercq and would lead to him being signed by Columbia Records and launching his music career.

Composition

Madeon at the time was 17 years old and was living with his parents in Nantes, France, and was a rising star in the EDM genre, having recently won a remix competition for the song "The Island" by Pendulum in late 2010. [2] Daft Punk was a major influence for Leclercq at the time, and had gone to their shows to see how they performed their music live, seeing that they were often just pressing buttons on their panels to make sound. [3]

Leclercq saw an advert for a Novation Launchpad, and bought one, to toy around with, and pulled samples from his favorite albums and songs at the time.

He created the video live as he performed the song, uploaded to YouTube, and then left on vacation for about a week. When he returned, he found the video had millions of views, and he had a request to tour Australia. Due to the attention he received from "Pop Culture" and other singles, Leclercq was approached by various record labels to sign up as an artist. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Madeon (2011-07-11), Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup), retrieved 2026-06-10
  2. ↑ Ltd, Isle Interactive. "Pendulum - News - 'THE ISLAND' REMIX COMPETITION WINNERS!". www.pendulum.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  3. ↑ N; P; R (2019-12-07). "French Entertainer Madeon On 'Good Faith'". NPR. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  4. ↑ "Madeon: "I don't see myself as a DJ"". Digital Spy. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2026-06-10.

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