- Fortnite has announced a Daft Punk Live Event.
- The event will go live on September 27, 2025, at 2 PM ET.
- There will be two playlists for the collab, where one will be a fan contest and another a live event in-game by the artists.
Fortnite’s live events have become iconic in the gaming world by bringing millions of gamers to its virtual metaverse, whether it’s to see Eminem battling against Mecha Team Leader while rapping to Houdini or Travis Scott taking over the island with his Astronomical aura in 2020.
Epic Games has mastered the art of live events, with each one generating hype on social media where fans decipher leaks and datamined clues for the next one. As the ongoing Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 4 reaches its mid-point, players have started to anticipate the next big crossover, which will bring new skins, emotes, and possibly a live event that leads to its Halloween update.
Over the past month, dataminers like HYPEX and ShiinaBR have teased the next big crossover with French Duo Daft Punk, who have previously been mentioned in surveys to appear in the game. While early rumors suggested they would headline a Fortnite Festival season, the latest teasers reveal it’s going to be a live event on the island. Here’s when the Daft Punk crossover is hitting Fortnite and everything we know about it.
Fortnite Daft Punk Live Event Date, Start Time, and Teasers
According to the latest teasers, the Daft Punk Live Event will happen in Fortnite on September 27, 2025, at 2 PM ET, which is just weeks before Epic unleashes its Fortnitemares update in Chapter 6 Season 4. Throughout this season, there’s been a mysterious monolith standing tall on the island, which some players thought to be a replica of the real-life Washington Monument.
Well, as per the teasers, the monolith is in fact connected to the live event and specifically Daft Punk since it appears as a pink/purple monument in its ‘I Feel It Coming’ music video for a brief while. On the monolith, a date has started appearing, and it’s now confirmed to be September 27, when the duo will perform with The Weeknd.
Earlier today, The Weeknd posted an animated teaser on his story, featuring his Fortnite skin and Riftreaver Drift walking closer to the monolith and uncovering a glowing pink light coming from below the structure.
The datamined files reveal that there will be two event playlists, where one will purely be around the live event that will bring a stellar Daft Punk performance for fans. As per leaks, the following songs will be played during the concert: Get Lucky, One More Time, Around The World, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, and I Feel It Coming.
Another playlist is related to Daft Punk’s “Around The World” music video and will be an open contest where players in that mode will recreate their version of the duo’s music video. The official description for the leaked playlist suggests as following: “Make your own version of the iconic music video!”
Furthermore, there are two leaked abilities for the event: one is a dash with a cooldown, and the second one is a “Super” ability that you can pick up and activate.
What is Fortnite Instagram Secret Reel Code? Daft Punk Teaser Explained
Fortnite posted a cryptic teaser titled “The stage of an unforgettable era” on Instagram on September 22, which can only be unlocked using a key password. To those still looking for the answer, the code is PYRAMID in small case.
The teaser then reveals The Weeknd’s voice saying, “This Monolith, it’s a portal. A window into another time and place. The pyramid awaits.”, while showing a video of an animated pyramid, which will likely be the portal that opens at the bottom of the monolith and teleport players to the event stage.
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