Review: Madeon's "Victory" — From Viral Prodigy to Artistic Maturity
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Walden Green
Summary
A review of Madeon's album "Victory" that opens by reflecting on his early viral hit "Pop Culture" (70M views on YouTube), where a 17-year-old Hugo Pierre Leclercq performed a mashup of 39 pop songs on a Novation Launchpad. The review uses this nostalgic starting point to frame a discussion of the album, drawing on Walden Green's review for additional context.
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PitchforkReview: Madeon's "Victory" — From Viral Prodigy to Artistic Maturitypitchfork.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe try-hard earnestness of 'Pop Culture' is characteristic of the golden age of OK Go videos and ill-advised Chris Brown covers
the camera stays locked in on a then-17-year-old Hugo Pierre Leclercq's uncalloused fingers as they dance across a Novation Launchpad cued up with samples of 39 different pop songs
Within the first minute and without the aid of Google, I can discern snippets of 'Video Killed the Radio Star,' Kylie Minogue's 'Wow,' Gorillaz's 'DARE'
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