Madeon

Known for

Music and sound

Born

May 30, 1994 (age 32)

Birthplace

Nantes, France

Biography

Hugo Pierre Leclercq (born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon, is a French DJ and music producer from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles. He initially came to widespread public attention at age 17 through a YouTube video, "Pop Culture", where he performed a mash-up of 39 different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad. It received millions of hits in its first few days of release. Madeon has cited The Beatles and Daft Punk as his greatest musical influences.