Step by Step (Braxe + Falcon song)
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| Single by Braxe + Falcon featuring Panda Bear | ||||
| from the EP Step by Step | ||||
| A-side | "Creative Source" | |||
| Released | 29 March 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 2014; 2020 | |||
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| "Step by Step" on YouTube | ||||
"Step by Step" is a song by the French touch duo Braxe + Falcon. Produced by Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon and featuring Animal Collective member Noah "Panda Bear" Lennox, it was released as a double A-side single with the duo's track "Creative Source" on 29 March 2022, and as part of the extended play of the same name released on 24 June that year.
The cousins Braxe and Falcon each released music on Thomas Bangalter's label Roulé in their early careers, though they were unaware of each other's work. After they discovered this, they began work on music demos together around the same time Falcon produced the Daft Punk track "Contact" (2013). These demos were left untouched for years until Peter Berard, the manager of Domino Recording Company's US label, encouraged the duo to finish them. "Step by Step" was the first of their demos to be completed, with Braxe and Falcon sending the song's instrumental track to Lennox, who completed his lyrics and vocal tracks for the song in 48 hours.
Critics praised "Step by Step" for Lennox's vocals and lyrics, Braxe and Falcon's production, and its message. The song appeared on several year-end best lists by numerous publications. A music video directed by Toru Tokikawa and starring skater Ginwoo Onodera was released on 25 August 2022. A remix by Axel Boman was released in January 2023, and Braxe + Falcon performed the song live for the first time with Lennox that July at Knockdown Center in Queens.