The song as it appears on the album was co-produced and sung by Casablancas , who also performed lead guitar . Daft Punk played additional guitar on " Instant Crush " as well as keyboards and synthesizers . Nathan East performed on bass guitar while John " JR " Robinson played drums and Quinn provided percussion . Critic John Balfe considered the song " appropriately Strokes-ish , even if Casablancas ' trademark drawl is fed quite substantially through a vocoder . " De Homem-Christo noted , " It is true that it is not his usual register , it is the way Julian reacted to the track so for us it is even more exciting . " Warren Fu directed the music video for " Instant Crush " with production by Daft Arts . He was previously responsible for the album artwork of '' Random Access Memories '' , and co-directed the video for " Lose Yourself to Dance " . Tony Gardner and Alterian , Inc. designed character effects for " Instant Crush " and created statues from wax and fiberglass . Gardner previously directed Daft Punk 's music video for " The Prime Time of Your Life " and was involved in the feature film '' Daft Punk 's Electroma '' as well as the '' Alive 2006/2007 '' tour . Clips from the " Instant Crush " video were released exclusively on French news channel BFM TV on December 5 , 2013 . The full music video was released on Vevo the following day . The music video was shot on 35 mm film in a 4:3 aspect ratio and was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen 's fairy tale " The Steadfast Tin Soldier " as well as '' The Twilight Zone '' television series
Alive 2006/2007
Alive 2006/2007
Instant Crush