Madeon#Production

Born on 30 May 1994{{Cite news |date=17 September 2012 |title=Madeon: 21 Under 21 (2012) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madeon-21-under-21-2012-475073/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327181940/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madeon-21-under-21-2012-475073/ |archive-date=27 March 2023 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Billboard}} in Nantes, France,{{Cite news |last=Lebrun |first=Sophie |date=9 July 2012 |title=Madeon, baby DJ |url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/2012/07/09/madeon-baby-dj-C4E2UU4JH5G4RGJXFVDC4DWFIY/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503164454/https://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/2012/07/09/madeon-baby-dj-C4E2UU4JH5G4RGJXFVDC4DWFIY/ |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=La Libre}} Hugo Pierre Leclercq{{Cite news |last=Hampp |first=Andrew |date=19 January 2015 |title=Madeon’s Debut Album ‘Adventure’ to Feature Collabs With Passion Pit, Bastille Members |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madeon-debut-album-adventure-passion-pit-bastille-6443662/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815131347/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madeon-debut-album-adventure-passion-pit-bastille-6443662/ |archive-date=15 August 2024 |access-date=3 May 2025 |work=Billboard}} started composing music at the age of 11,{{cite news |title=Madeon, l'électro kid |first=François-Luc |last=Doyez |url=http://next.liberation.fr/musique/01012369420-madeon-l-electro-kid |newspaper=Libération Next |date=5 November 2011 |access-date=13 April 2012 |language=fr |archive-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428042548/http://next.liberation.fr/musique/01012369420-madeon-l-electro-kid |url-status=dead }} producing hands-up under the name of "Daemon" and Wayne Mont until 2010 when he began producing house music under his current name, Madeon, which is an anagram of his previous nickname. He won a remix competition for "The Island" by Pendulum the same year.{{cite web|title='The Island' Remix Competition Winners! |url=http://www.pendulum.com/news%2Cthe-island-remix-competition-winners_146.htm |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113154938/http://www.pendulum.com/news%2Cthe-island-remix-competition-winners_146.htm |archive-date=13 November 2014 }}

He went on to remix tracks by other electronic artists the following year. A clip of Leclercq performing his mash-up "Pop Culture", uploaded to YouTube on 11 July 2011, propelled him to international fame. It featured samples from thirty-nine songs mixed together on-the-fly using a Novation Launchpad. The clip went viral and reached over six million views in just a few days. According to a Reddit AMA he hosted in November 2019, he had the idea, purchased the Launchpad, and recorded the song all on the same day.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/electronicmusic/comments/dy6ae9/hello_my_name_is_madeon_and_i_just_released_my/f80picb|title=r/electronicmusic - Comment by u/OfficialMadeon on "Hello ! My name is Madeon and I just released my new album Good Faith. AMA!"|website=Reddit.com|date=18 November 2019|access-date=25 August 2020}}

During live performances, apart from the Launchpads, he also uses Allen & Heath's Xone:K2, Novation's Launch Control XL and Ableton Live.{{cite web|title=Madeon performs London debut with Launchpads|url=http://www.novationmusic.com/uk/community/news/madeon_performs_london_debut_with_launchpads/|work=Novation|access-date=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625091609/http://www.novationmusic.com/uk/community/news/madeon_performs_london_debut_with_launchpads/|archive-date=25 June 2012|url-status=dead}} His first live performance was in Paris in April 2011 where he was a support act to Yelle, and his UK debut was at The Nest in Dalston, London where he performed alongside the likes of Jacques Lu Cont.

Leclercq has been featured several times on "15 Minutes of Fame", a segment of Pete Tong's radio show on BBC Radio 1, with both his debut single "Icarus" and his remix for deadmau5's "Raise Your Weapon" given their first full play on the show.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} His live recorded performance debut was for Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 gala event in Hull on 27 January 2012, where he played a 20-minute-long set.{{cite news|title=Madeon – BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Live in Hull|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00np6g0 |newspaper=bbc.co.uk |access-date=13 April 2012}}

A debut EP was scheduled to be released at the end of 2011, but then cancelled in favour of multiple singles.{{cite web|title=Any news when your EP is out?|url=https://twitter.com/itsmadeon/status/163681944746467328|work=Twitter|access-date=13 April 2012}} The first single, "Icarus", was released on 24 February 2012 on his independent label popcultur.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Madeon toured with Lady Gaga as an opening act during her Born This Way Ball.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/madeon/377827-madeon-lady-gaga-collaboration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428231933/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/madeon/377827-madeon-lady-gaga-collaboration|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2013|title=Madeon: 'I've Been Jamming With Lady Gaga' |website=Mtv.co.uk}} He later worked with Gaga on three tracks, "Gypsy", "Mary Jane Holland", and "Venus" on her third studio album, Artpop.{{cite AV media notes|title=Artpop|type=CD liner notes|others=Lady Gaga|year=2013|publisher=Interscope Records|id=B0019295-02}}

In 2012, he was invited to play four major American festivals, the Ultra Music Festival in Miami,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/1552434/ultra-music-festival-weekend-1-day-2-11-things-seen-and-heard|title=Ultra Music Festival Weekend 1, Day 2: 11 Things Seen and Heard|magazine=Billboard}} Coachella in California, Lollapalooza in Chicago and Electric Daisy Carnival in New York,{{cite web|title=Coachella – set times|url=http://www.coachella.com/lineup/set-times|work=Coachella.com|access-date=13 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413122318/http://www.coachella.com/lineup/set-times|archive-date=13 April 2012|url-status=dead}} as well as several UK dance music festivals, including the Dance Arena at the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend; he also provided support for Swedish House Mafia's headlining set at the Milton Keynes Bowl.{{cite web|url=http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2011/11/calvin-harris-and-madeon-added-to-swedish-house-mafia-milton-keynes-lineup/|title=Calvin Harris and Madeon added to Swedish House Mafia Milton Keynes lineup - Dancing Astronaut|date=17 November 2011}} Leclercq was listed at number 54 on DJ Mag in 2012.{{cite web | url = http://www.djmag.com/node/34744 | title = Top 100 DJs / 54. Madeon | access-date = 3 February 2013 | work = DJ Mag | archive-date = 14 December 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121214223052/http://www.djmag.com/node/34744 | url-status = dead }} Madeon released a new single on 3 August 2013 titled "Technicolor."{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/madeon/technicolor-original|title=Madeon - Technicolor (Original)}} On 25 February 2014, Leclercq released a track available for a free download on his website called "Cut the Kid", stating that it was created {{circa|2011}} or 2012.

Many of his songs have been used in media franchises: "Icarus" was featured in the US show Dancing with the Stars in May 2012 and 21 May 2013 (finals with Aly Raisman), on the in-game soundtrack of Forza Horizon, and the animated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines; "Finale" and "Imperium" have been featured in EA Sports' FIFA 13 and FIFA 15 respectively. "You're On" was also featured in Pro Evolution Soccer 2016. "Finale" has also been included in the opening cinematic of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale; "The City" appears in EA Sports' NHL 15, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and "Technicolor (Club Extended)" in Need for Speed Rivals.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} "Finale" and Leclercq's remix of "The Night Out" by Martin Solveig were featured on the official soundtrack of ESPN's Winter X Games XVII event in Tignes, France and both received several plays on air.{{cite web| url = http://xgames.espn.go.com/scene/| title = Scene – X Games| website = ESPN| access-date = 23 March 2013| archive-date = 9 December 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121209143526/http://xgames.espn.go.com/scene/| url-status = dead}} "Finale" continues to be used as the bumper music for X Games broadcasts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefuture.fm/blog/news/madeon-announces-adventure-tour-2015/|title=Madeon Announces "Adventure" Tour 2015|date=2015-02-17|website=The Future FM Blog|access-date=2016-05-25}}

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{{Main|Adventure (Madeon album)}}

In September 2014, Leclercq released "Imperium" as the lead single from his debut studio album, Adventure. On 8 December 2014, Leclercq released the second single from the album, titled "You're On", featuring Kyan. On 9 February 2015, Leclercq released the album's third single, "Pay No Mind," featuring Passion Pit. The album's fourth single, "Home," was released on 10 March 2015. On 24 March 2015, the final single of Adventure, "Nonsense," was released, featuring Mark Foster of Foster the People. On 27 March 2015, Adventure was released.{{cite web | url = https://www.facebook.com/itsmadeon/posts/838042512918889 | title = Madeon |website=Facebook.com| access-date = 20 January 2015}} The album peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard 200{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6305752/Madeon/chart?f=305|title=Madeon - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=Billboard.com|access-date=2016-04-27}} and at number one on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6305752/Madeon/chart?f=322|title=Madeon - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=Billboard.com|access-date=2016-04-27}}

In mid-2015, Leclercq embarked on his first headlining tour, Adventure Live, consisting of 22 stops in North America. The tour ended on 9 May 2015. Leclercq further promoted his debut studio album on his Pixel Empire US Tour in early 2016, which ended on 21 February 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/54889/20151117/madeon-mark-foster-nonsense-video-2016-pixel-empire-us-tour.htm|title=Madeon Shares 'Nonsense' Video Ahead Of 2016 Pixel Empire US Tour|date=2015-11-17|website=Music Times|access-date=2016-05-25}}

{{Main|Shelter (Porter Robinson and Madeon song)}}

On 11 August 2016, Leclercq released with his close friend Porter Robinson a new track called "Shelter". Throughout 2016–2017, he toured the US and Europe alongside Porter Robinson on a live show they called the Shelter Live Tour. This back to back set contained tracks made by both artists, often mixed together between themselves. Throughout the tour both Madeon and Porter also would sing their own songs. Their last performance was on 23 April 2017 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youredm.com/2017/01/03/porter-robinson-confirms-coachella-final-shelter-live-show/|title=Porter Robinson & Madeon's Last Ever "Shelter" Performance Has Been Revealed|website=Youredm.com|date=3 January 2017|access-date=25 August 2020}}

In August 2016, the new gameplay trailer of EA Sports' FIFA 17 was released, featuring Madeon's remix of "Song 2" by Blur,{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=yYjD78X1d9Q/|title=Football, Powered by Frostbite - FIFA 17 Official Gameplay Trailer|date=2016-08-16|website=Youtube|access-date=2016-08-16}} which was also featured in a BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix in 2012. Leclercq's collaboration with Porter Robinson, "Shelter", was included in the FIFA 17 soundtrack.

{{Main|Good Faith (Madeon album)}}

On 13 November 2017, Leclercq announced that he would be releasing his next project in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://djmag.com/news/madeon-offers-update-next-era-career|title=Madeon offers update on "next era" of career|date=2017-11-14|work=DJMag.com|access-date=2017-11-15}} Further hints about the project were not officially revealed until 20 August 2018, when Leclercq's creative director was interviewed via a Madeon-inspired podcast called the Pixel Empire Podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edmtunes.com/2018/08/madeon-will-reveal-details-of-2nd-album-via-pixel-empire-podcast/|title=Madeon Teases Clues of 2nd Album via Pixel Empire Podcast|date=2018-08-20|website=EDMTunes|access-date=2018-09-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmuH7RL2hGg|title=Pixel Empire Podcast Episode 6: The Architects|date=2018-08-20|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2018-09-06}}

On 30 January 2018, Leclercq stated on his Instagram and Twitter that he had moved to the United States to finish his upcoming album. On 20 March 2019, Leclercq announced his new live show would debut on Lollapalooza 2019. He stated this would not be a DJ set but rather a new live show; fans will be expecting new music.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/madeon/status/1108431988254400512 |title=Madeon 的 Twitter: "MADEON LIVE - Lollapalooza 2019" |website=twitter.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620090832/https://twitter.com/madeon/status/1108431988254400512 |archive-date=20 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}

Later that year, on 28 May 2019, Leclercq announced that he would be releasing a new song on 29 May 2019 through a new website, goodfaith.world. On 29 May 2019, the goodfaith.world website was updated with a video{{cite web|author=Madeon|title=FOUR CITIES|date=2019-05-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRL98Urky2w|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2019-05-29}} previewing the new song, titled "All My Friends", along with locations of record stores in four cities: Los Angeles, New York, Ålesund, and Nantes. Each record store was issued two copies of the new single on clear 7" vinyl. On 30 May 2019, the full official audio was released on YouTube.{{cite web|author=Madeon|title= Madeon - All My Friends (Official Audio)|date=2019-05-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qYyU019PbI|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2019-05-30}}

On 10 July 2019, Leclercq premiered the first episode of Good Faith Radio (Beats Radio on Apple Music), where he officially played and released his next single, "Dream Dream Dream".{{Cite web|url=https://weraveyou.com/2019/07/madeon-debuts-good-faith-radio-beats1radio/|title=Madeon debuts Good Faith Radio show midweek on Beats 1 Radio|date=2019-07-14|website=We Rave You|access-date=2019-07-15}} Along with the single, he played tracks by other artists, including some sent by his own fans accompanied by fan-made art.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/gabbyshreve/status/1149029192585175047|title=GFR Episode 1 - Art Feature by Gabrielle Shreve|date=2019-07-10|website=Twitter|access-date=2020-02-12}} He described the radio show as "...a space I want us to share, I want to introduce you to my favorite things and showcase some of the amazing music and art you create."{{Cite tweet|user=madeon|number=1148263705848602630|title=It's a space I want us to share, I want to introduce you to my favorite things and showcase some of the amazing music and art you create. The first episode airs THIS Wednesday at 11am PT. I'll be playing my new single Dream Dream Dream.|date=2019-07-08|access-date=2019-07-10}} Along with the radio premiere, it was released on music streaming platforms and a visualizer video was released on YouTube.{{cite web|author=MadeonVEVO|title=Madeon - Dream Dream Dream (Visualizer)|website=YouTube|date=2019-07-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWAicHiVhk|access-date=2019-07-10}}

The Good Faith Live tour was premiered at Lollapalooza 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/madeon/status/1158434428445757441|title=been waiting for this moment for years i will truly never forget this. Good Faith Live premiere at Lollapalooza. pic.twitter.com/x2rJUAuqfP|last=Madeon|date=2019-08-05|website=@madeon|language=en|access-date=2019-09-26}} followed by headlining shows in London, Amsterdam, and Paris. A longer North American leg started on 30 October in Vancouver and ended on 14 December in Austin, followed by an Australian tour as part of FOMO Festival in January 2020.

On 29 October 2019, Leclercq revealed that Good Faith would be released on 15 November 2019. In an interview with NPR Music, Leclercq said the album was based on his relationship to joy and his mental health: "I wanted to make music that was celebratory but that hinted at the fact that that joy had to have been reclaimed and fought for a little bit."{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/07/785804884/french-dj-madeon-on-good-faith|title=French Entertainer Madeon On 'Good Faith'|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}

Madeon worked again with Lady Gaga on the track "911" from her 2020 studio album, Chromatica.{{cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany |date=30 May 2020|title=Welcome to 'Chromatica': Inside Lady Gaga's Triumphant Dance Floor Return|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lady-gaga-chromatica-making-of-bloodpop-axwell-1007139/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200617192833/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lady-gaga-chromatica-making-of-bloodpop-axwell-1007139/|archive-date=17 June 2020|access-date=16 June 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

On 9 May 2020, Madeon played a DJ set for the virtual Secret Sky music festival. During the set, he previewed a song called "The Prince".Madeon (9 May 2020) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRdKi2GscM "MADEON DJ SET (Secret Sky Festival)"]. YouTube. Retrieved 4 September 2020. The song was released on 14 August that year. Along with the release, Madeon launched an alternate reality game. When it was solved, a 6-track EP named 12122017 was found, reportedly named for the date it was made.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=Madeon Fans Finally Solve Riddle To Accessing Secret 2017 EP|url=https://www.youredm.com/2020/09/01/madeon-fans-finally-solve-riddle-to-accessing-secret-2017-ep/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Your EDM|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-02|title=The cryptic maze to uncover Madeon's secret EP has been solved [Listen]|url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2020/09/the-cryptic-maze-to-uncover-madeons-secret-ep-has-been-solved-listen/|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Dancing Astronaut|language=en-US}} However, after an email correspondence with Leclercq, he revealed that the EP was produced on 6 December 2017.[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/250710137671516161/792507169592967168/unknown.png Discord App]{{original research inline|date=September 2022}} The creation of the EP is attributed to Madeon's own anger due to "not feeling anything from music", and has referred to the EP as a document that serves as context to the Good Faith album instead of an EP.

On 18 September 2021, Madeon premiered the Good Faith Forever Live set at Second Sky music festival in Oakland, California.{{Cite magazine|last=Bein|first=Kat|title=The 10 Best Moments of Porter Robinson's Second Sky 2021 Festival|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/9632815/porter-robinson-second-sky-festival-2021-best-moments|date=2020-09-20|access-date=2021-09-20|magazine=Billboard}}

After many years of being played during live performances and teased online, Madeon released the track "Love You Back" on 27 April 2022, after a reveal at his Coachella 2022 set.{{Cite web |last=Heffler |first=Jason |title=Madeon Turns Back the Clock In Breezy Banger, "Love You Back": Listen |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/madeon-love-you-back |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}

{{Main|Madeon discography}}

• Adventure (2015)
• Good Faith (2019)

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